$7,202 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Windhoek to Okonjima Nature Reserve
Windhoek to Okonjima Nature Reserve
On arrival at Hosea Kutako International Airport, you are met by your guide, and then you depart for Okonjima Nature Reserve. The drive is approximately 4 hours, with lunch en route. After check-in, you have time to relax in your room before embarking on an afternoon leopard tracking activity with the lodge. You enjoy a sundowner with snacks after the activity before heading back to the lodge to freshen up for dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Africat Foundation (Wildlife Sanctuary)
- Accommodation:
- Okonjima Plains Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Okonjima Nature Reserve
Okonjima Nature Reserve
This morning, you have an early start to experience an enjoyable game drive in the nature reserve with an experienced lodge guide. You then make your way back to the camp for brunch, allowing you some downtime at the pool or perhaps in your room. Later in the afternoon, you will visit the Carnivore Care Centre, where a small number of carnivores are kept as they cannot be released into the wild.
- Main Destination:
- Africat Foundation (Wildlife Sanctuary)
- Accommodation:
- Okonjima Plains Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3-5
Okonjima to Okaukuejo Resort - Etosha NP
Okonjima to Okaukuejo Resort - Etosha NP
You will depart for Etosha National Park, arriving in time to enjoy a short game drive before checking in. This afternoon, your guide will take you on a game drive, returning to the camp before sunset.
Etosha means "a great white place" in the local Oshiwambo language, a reference made to the Etosha Pan, which covers an area of some 4,731 square km. It was formed some 35,000 years ago when the Kunene River’s gradient changed towards the Atlantic owing to tectonic movements. The saltpan is 120km long and 72km wide and is mainly fed by rainfall and episodic water supply from a natural drainage system called the Cuvelai. The park covers an area of approximately 22,912 square km, reduced from 100,000 square km. It is home to some 340 bird species, 114 mammal species, and 110 reptile species. Etosha was proclaimed a game reserve in 1907, and tourism activities began in the 1940’s.
The following 2 days are spent enjoying early morning and afternoon game drives in the park.
- Main Destination:
- Etosha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Okaukuejo Resort
Wildlife in Etosha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Etosha NP to Damaraland
Etosha NP to Damaraland
Today, you depart for Damaraland. Arrival at the lodge will be in time for lunch and some time to relax in your room or at the swimming pool. You then visit the rock engravings at Twyfelfontein, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Damaraland is located in the Kunene Region in northwest Namibia, between the Brandberg and the little village of Sesfontein. Damaraland is characterised by its rocky and rugged landscapes of rough, fascinating beauty. The region is home to the people of the Damara language group, who were forcefully settled here by the South African government in 1960 as part of the Odendaal Plan. It is also home to desert-adapted wildlife such as elephants, black rhinos, lions, and giraffes.
- Main Destination:
- Twyfelfontein (Rock Art)
- Accommodation:
- Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Wildlife in Damaraland
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Exploring Damaraland
Exploring Damaraland
The morning is spent tracking desert-adapted elephants in the Huab River before returning to the lodge for lunch. Desert-adapted elephants are found predominantly in the Kaokoland and Damaraland regions of northwest Namibia. They are very well adapted to living under the particular conditions of the desert. During the Dry season, they routinely move up to 70km between feeding grounds and the scattered waterholes where they drink.
Later in the afternoon, your guide will take you to visit the Damara Living Museum to experience the Damara culture. Here, you will go through a series of how the Damara people prepared clothes, traditional medicines, beer, and metal tools. You will also enjoy the guidance or company of a friendly and enthusiastic Damara guide at the site.
- Main Destination:
- Twyfelfontein (Rock Art)
- Accommodation:
- Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Damaraland to Swakopmund
Damaraland to Swakopmund
Today, you make your way to the West Coast of Namibia, passing by the Brandberg, Namibia's highest mountain, as you make your way to Swakopmund. The afternoon is at leisure, and you will have enough time to participate in various optional activities, such as scenic flights, sandboarding, quad biking and more. Dinner can be enjoyed at one of the many seafood restaurants in town (at own cost).
- Main Destination:
- Swakopmund (City)
- Accommodation:
- The Delight Swakopmund
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Swakopmund to Sandwich Harbour
Swakopmund to Sandwich Harbour
After a hearty breakfast, your guide will drive you to Walvis Bay for your half-day Sandwich Harbour activity. Sandwich Harbour is a marine sanctuary and Ramsar Site that supports more than 50,000 birds in the summer and 20,000 in the winter. This is also where the sand of the Namib meets the Atlantic Ocean. Experienced guides with 4x4s will take you through the arresting dune landscape to enjoy breathtaking scenery and a unique off-road driving experience.
You will return to Walvis Bay around 12h30, and upon your return to Swakopmund, you will have time to enjoy the town or partake in optional activities.
- Main Destination:
- Swakopmund (City)
- Accommodation:
- The Delight Swakopmund
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Swakopmund to the Namib Desert
Swakopmund to the Namib Desert
A scenic drive takes you to the Namib Desert, passing through the scenic Kuiseb and Gaub passes as well as the Tropic of Capricorn before reaching Solitaire. You will stop at Solitaire for lunch and a slice of apple pie before continuing to Sossusvlei Lodge, where you will spend the last 2 nights of your safari.
The Namib Sand Sea is the only coastal desert in the world with extensive dune fields influenced by fog. Covering an area of over 3 million hectares and a buffer zone of 899,500 hectares, the site comprises 2 dune systems; an ancient semi-consolidated one overlain by a younger active one. The desert dunes are formed by transporting materials thousands of kilometres from the hinterland carried by river, ocean currents and wind. It features gravel plains, coastal flats, rocky hills, inselbergs within the sand sea, a coastal lagoon and ephemeral rivers, resulting in a landscape of exceptional beauty.
- Main Destination:
- Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes)
- Accommodation:
- Sossusvlei Lodge
Wildlife in Namib-Naukluft NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Sossusvlei
Sossusvlei
Today, you enjoy an early morning excursion to Sossusvlei. You will see Dune 45, Dead Vlei and Sossusvlei before heading back to the lodge for lunch. The afternoon is spent exploring the Sesriem Canyon with a sundowner before heading back to the lodge to freshen up for dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes)
- Accommodation:
- Sossusvlei Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Windhoek
Windhoek
Your guide will drive you back to Windhoek International Airport. As you make your way back, you will take a scenic route through the Spreetshoogte Pass, where you may spot some game.
- Main Destination:
- No major destination visited
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
