Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
The Namibian Atlantic Coast
The Namibian Atlantic Coast
Your guide will pick you up from either the cruise ship, accommodation or airport and transfer you to the nearby tourist town of Swakopmund. Depending on the time of arrival, you may stroll the city on your own at your own pace or relax in your hotel room with great views of the Atlantic Ocean. There are various optional activities that can be arranged with us at an extra cost prior to arrival. These include quad biking, sand boarding, scenic flights, moonlandscape and Welwitschia Drive, Historical Township Tour and Sky diving. Your guide will host you for dinner at one of the renowned restaurants in town, for briefing about your activities and travel for the following days.
- Main Destination:
- Walvis Bay (City)
- Accommodation:
- Strand Hotel Swakopmund
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Explore the Central Skeleton Coast
Explore the Central Skeleton Coast
We have a full day Shipwreck Sandwich Harbour Excursion today. Experience a piece of Namibia's central Skeleton Coast exposed to the stormy South Atlantic Ocean claiming numerous ships over past centuries. Combine the scenic beauty and wildlife of the Kuiseb Delta and Sandwich Harbour, as we explore further South along the coastline to an area where the Namibian coast claimed another victim, the Shawnee, a transport tug that ran aground in foul weather on 16 February 1976 about few kilometers north of Conception Bay. Depending on the tides and weather, this excursion does go up to Conception Bay where one will see the Eduard Bohlen Shipwreck that got stranded in 1909 and old diamond camps with house ruins and mining equipment bear witness of a tough past time that ended in the late thirties.
This is for those interested in experiencing the rugged beauty of the Namibian coastal landscape and seeing an actual shipwreck stuck high-up on a beach in one of the world's most isolated places.
- Main Destination:
- Swakopmund (City)
- Accommodation:
- Strand Hotel Swakopmund
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Explore the Northern Skeleton Coast
Explore the Northern Skeleton Coast
We will embark on a half day excursion, the Living Desert Tour. This is a 4 to 5-hour tour conducted by passionate and experienced desert specialists who are desert conservationists as well. If lucky you might see the desert “Little Five”; Shovel-nosed Lizard, Namib Sand Gecko, Namaqua Chameleon, Namib Desert Sidewinding Adder and the Cartwheeling Spider (“Dancing White Lady”). Let us explore this unique biome with sneaky creatures that have adapted to living in harsh environment. For these little creatures either camouflage or agility to faking deaths, helps in serving food on the table or avoid being someone’s meal somehow. After lunch, we will visit the Cape Cross Seal Reserve. This is 60km2 Reserve and has the largest Seal Colony in the world, with numbers up to 240 000 at a given time. It could be the second largest city in Namibia if these animals were humans!
Let us end our Namibian Skeleton experience with a dinner at one of the restaurants in Swakopmund.
- Main Destination:
- Swakopmund (City)
- Accommodation:
- Strand Hotel Swakopmund
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Etosha National Park
Etosha National Park
After breakfast we will leave the coastal environment and drive inland to Etosha National Park. This is one of Namibia’s renowned National Park, the Etosha. It is a 22 270 km2 park with 114 mammal species and over 350 bird species. Etosha means “Great White Place” in local Oshindonga language, referring to the 4800 km2 salt pan that covers 23% of the park’s surface area. Mammals include Black and White Rhinoceros, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, African elephant, Plains and Hartmann’s Mountain Zebras, Southern Giraffe, Eland, Gemsbok, African Wild Cat, Spotted and Brown Hyaena among other animals. We will be in time for an afternoon game drive.
- Main Destination:
- Etosha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Etosha Oberland Lodge
Wildlife in Etosha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Etosha National Park
Etosha National Park
We have a full day game drive in Etosha, driving from the southern to the central parts of the park checking game around waterholes. Being a semi-arid area, the park is mainly dependent artificial waterholes and a small number of natural contact springs. Animals tend to be more concentrated around these waterholes.
- Main Destination:
- Etosha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Etosha Oberland Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Windhoek
Windhoek
Enroute to Windhoek, we will visit the Africat Foundation for a day visit. Founded in 1993, the AfriCat Foundation is primarily dedicated to conservation of large carnivores. The Foundation lies on a 22000-hectare Okonjima Private Game Reserve. Before lunch, you will visit the center and learn more about Namibia’s carnivores and their fight for survival and the Human-Wildlife Conflict challenges that face both man and carnivore. Both Okonjima and AfriCat are dedicated to creating conservation awareness through environmental education at all ages and levels, rehabilitation and reintroduction programmes, and conducts constructive wildlife research. We get a chance to see the ambassador Cheetahs during this tour.
In the capital city of Namibia, Windhoek, your guide will host you for dinner in one of the renowned restaurants in the city.
- Main Destination:
- Windhoek (City)
- Accommodation:
- The Weinberg
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Departure
Departure
This marks the end of the tour. You will be transferred to the airport or continue exploring the country.
- Main Destination:
- Hosea Kutako International Airport (Windhoek)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
