Yona is the small locality that shares its name with the park, sitting inland from the coast in the arid high country. It is not a tourist village in the usual sense, but it gives the park a human geography that is easy to forget when staring at maps of dunes and rivers.
Pass through respectfully and with a light footprint. Communities around Iona have lived with the desert, livestock, and long distances for generations, and conservation here only works when local livelihoods are part of the plan.