Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Windhoek- Arrival
Windhoek- Arrival
Upon arrival, you will be transferred to the capital city of Namibia, Windhoek. You will embark on a city and township tour as an introduction to culture, values and norms in Namibia. You get a detailed insight into the history from the German colonial times that influenced history and culture of the Namibian capital. The highlight of the tour is the visit of the ‘slum’ or ghetto area in Katutura Township.
- Main Destination:
- Windhoek (City)
- Accommodation:
- Hilton Garden Inn Windhoek
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
The San (Bushmen) Rock Paintings
The San (Bushmen) Rock Paintings
After breakfast, your guide will transfer you to the Erongo Mountains. After lunch, we will visit a living museum and learn about the San/Bushman people who were the earliest inhabitants of Southern Africa. They represent about 2.9 % of the Namibian population. The San residents of the Living Museum will introduce you to their customs and culture. Learn about hunting, snaring, tracking, lighting a fire and collecting bush food. The highlight is some rock paintings over 2000 years old found in this area, that were done by their ancestors and best interpretated by the San (Bushman) local guide. After making some ropes and jewellery, the tour ends with Bushman singing and dancing.
- Main Destination:
- Erongo Mountains (Mountain Range)
- Accommodation:
- Ai Aiba Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3-4
Twyfelfontein Rock Art and the Damara People
Twyfelfontein Rock Art and the Damara People
After breakfast, we will make our way to Damaraland. We will visit the Damara Living Museum. The Damara people represent 8.5% of the Namibian population. The Living Museum of the Damara is an attempt to reconstruct the ‚lost culture’ of the Damara. Here the visitors have the unique opportunity to get to know the fascinating traditional culture of the Damara, thus contributing to the preservation of the culture. On the second day we will embark on the Desert Adapted Elephant tracking. It is not uncommon to find a herd of elephants and a man herding livestock next to each other. Here, wildlife and humans compete for scarce resources like water in this rather arid area. Let us learn how they coexist. Damaraland is one of the true last remaining wildernesses in Africa. In the afternoon, we will visit the Bushman Rock engravings at Twyfelfontein. This area consists of over 40 000 rock engravings done by the San people 2000 years ago, although they do not live there now.
- Main Destination:
- Twyfelfontein (Rock Art)
- Accommodation:
- Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Wildlife in Damaraland
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Kaokoland- The OvaHimba People
Kaokoland- The OvaHimba People
Our drive today goes past a couple of villages and concessions with chances of encountering wildlife. Because of the harshness of the area, these animals do not occur in huge numbers and not very easily spotted. We will visit the fascinating OvaHimba people upon arrival in Kaokoland. Our destination is the start of the Kaokoland area which extends all the way north covering an extensive territory of 50 000 square kilometers. Let us learn the OvaHimba fascinating culture and way of life. They are semi-nomadic pastoralists with huge herds of cattle. This afternoon we will learn about the intriguing traditional life of the OvaHimba people, including their dress, food and craft. You will also learn about how the homestead is built, with holy fire at its heart (where all communication with ancestors takes place). We will end our day with a sundowner drive around this area.
- Main Destination:
- Sesfontein (Town)
- Accommodation:
- Sesfontein Guesthouse
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Windhoek
Windhoek
After breakfast, we will make our way back to Windhoek. The marks the end of our tour.
- Main Destination:
- Windhoek (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
