7-Day Southern Namibia Adventurer

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Windhoek to Swakopmund

You will be collected from your accommodation within the Windhoek city limits or the airport by 7:15 am and transferred to for a short pre-departure meeting. You'll head west, to the port town of Walvis Bay. Walvis Bay Lagoon is renowned for its birdlife, in particular, you're here to see the flamingos. You'll complete the final leg of your journey into Swakopmund and check into your accommodation at the centrally located Hotel A La Mer.
Swakopmund offers many opportunities to keep you busy. The town center is small and easily explored on foot, you can do scenic flights over the desert, or, for the more adventurous, perhaps try sky diving or quad biking over and in the Namib dunes. Our guide will discuss all the options with you.
Dinner tonight is on your account. Swakopmund boasts some truly excellent restaurants.

Driving time: ~4 hours

NOTE: No single supplement will be charged if you are willing to share a tent with another single traveler of the same sex.

Main Destination:

Swakopmund (City)

Accommodation:

Hotel Pension A la Mer

• Mid-range hotel located in Swakopmund (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch (Breakfast & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Swakopmund to Sesriem

Today you'll leave Swakopmund at 11:30 am so we can enjoy an optional activity. For the adrenaline junkies, this could be flying down a sand dune head first at 60km/h on a sandboard, exploring the dune field on a quad biking tour, or discovering the “old city” of Swakopmund on a fat bike (e-bike option available). Whatever you choose, you'll depart Swakopmund no later than 11:30 am and drive through the Namib Desert via the Kuiseb Pass, crossing the Tropic of Capricorn, stopping briefly in Solitaire, and arriving at your camp late afternoon. You'll set up your tents and enjoy the sunset over the Namib Desert while listening to the barking geckos. There is a pool and bar available, and our guide prepares dinner. An early night is recommended.

Driving time: ~5 hours.

Main Destination:

Sesriem (Town)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Sossusvlei

Sunrise in the Dunes is the game's name this morning, which means a pre-dawn start. Your first stop will be at Dune 45. The best time to photograph the dunes is at sunrise and sunset. After a quick breakfast, you'll carry on for the last few kilometers before entering the ancient Tsauchab Riverbed. The Tsauchab River is ephemeral, it only flows seasonally when there is enough rain, and for the most part, the riverbed is dry. There is a 4×4 shuttle service that will transport you through the sandy terrain of the riverbed. You will visit Dead Vlei, an ancient pan surrounded by sand, strikingly populated with dead, skeletal camelthorn trees. You will have time to explore the area on foot and to climb one of the highest dunes in the world, some towering 300 m above us, the views are breathtaking.
You will drive back to Sesriem for lunch and perhaps a dip in the swimming pool. In the afternoon, you'll take a short excursion to see the Sesriem Canyon.

Main Destination:

Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes)

Best Time To Visit May to September (Less hot)

High Season July to November (Busy; high-season rates apply)

Best Weather May to September (Cooler during the day)

Wildlife in Namib-Naukluft NP

LeopardRare

CheetahVery Rare

ZebraRare

HyenaRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

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ElephantNone

GiraffeNone

LionNone

BuffaloNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Sesriem to Klein Aus Vista

You'll have a scenic drive today through ever-changing desert scenery, mountains, and open grassland. You'll continue your long drive south. Your destination is the tiny community of Aus, located in the Aus Mountains above the plains of the Namib Desert.
Your actual destination today is Klein Aus Vista located just outside Aus and just inside the private Gondwana Sperrgebiet Rand Park. We aim to arrive in the early afternoon and set up camp, giving you time to stretch your legs on the unguided hiking trails on the property. The landscape is wide open vistas and we are hoping for a spectacular sunset.

Driving time: ~5 hours.

Main Destination:

Aus (Town)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Kolmanskop

After early breakfast, you'll make your way from Klein Aus to the ghost town, of Kolmanskop, situated 15km outside of Luderitz. During the diamond boom in 1910 Kolmanskop quickly became one of the richest towns in Africa boasting the southern hemisphere’s first X-ray machine, a bowling alley, and luxury housing. As the diamond boom came to an end and the town’s inhabitants abandoned the area Kolmanskop became a ghost town. After your tour, you'll continue your adventure to the town of Luderitz, situated on the rocky shores of the Atlantic Ocean and well known for its unique and colorful colonial-style buildings. You'll stop at Diaz Point and enjoy a picnic lunch. On return to Aus, you'll keep your eyes peeled for the wild horses of the Namib Desert that roam between Luderitz and Klein Aus. You'll arrive back at camp late afternoon and can relax before enjoying another incredible sunset over the Aus Mountains. Dinner tonight is prepared by our guide.

Driving time: ~3 hours.

Main Destination:

Kolmanskop (Highlight)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Aus to Keetmanshoop

You'll enjoy another early start this morning as you pack up camp and head east. Your first official stop is at the well-known Hell`s Bend viewpoint of the Fish River Canyon. Here you have the opportunity to overlook the second-largest canyon in the world. After lunch you'll continue your adventure heading to your last destination; the Quiver Tree Forest. It is located just north-east of Keetmanshoop and here approximately 250 quiver trees can be found. The forest grew spontaneously and the oldest trees are estimated to be around 200-300 years old. The Quiver tree (Kokerboom in Afrikaans) is also Namibia’s national tree, and the forest was declared a national monument in 1995. The last night of our adventure is spent camping under the stars with meals prepared by our guide. This is an excellent location for photographing the stars should you be an avid photographer (permits are available for night photography of the quiver trees at additional cost).

Driving time: ~2 hours.

Main Destination:

Keetmanshoop (City)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Keetmanshoop to Windhoek

You'll head north today and you have the luxury of the main tar road for your whole journey back to Windhoek. After about 80 km from Keetmanshoop, in the distance and off to the west you can see Brukkaros Mountain, a volcano, but quite an unusual, steam-formed one. About 150 km into your long road journey today, you will pass a signpost to a place called Gibeon. In ancient prehistoric times, the area was subjected to a Meteor strike. The meteor, when intact, was thought to measure 4 x 4 x 3 meters and of solid metal. As it entered the earth’s atmosphere the metal began to melt and the meteor fragmented in a huge explosion scattering chunks of molten metal across the countryside. The greatest concentration of meteor material has been found in and around Gibeon.
You'll stop along the road for a light lunch and aim to be back in Windhoek in the late afternoon.

Driving time: ~5 hours

Note: We recommend that departure flights are not scheduled for today.

Main Destination:

Windhoek (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.