5-Day Namibian Southern Skeleton Coast Tour

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

Swakopmund- City Tour

Your guide will pick you up either from the airport or accommodation in Windhoek. We will drive westwards to the Namibian Coast. We will embark on a city tour that enlightens you on the early days in the Namibian Coast dating back to late 1800s, with plenty of anecdotes. Township tours are optional but highly recommended as one visits townships of Mondesa and DRC. You get to visit the market, traditional elders and kindergarten. Meet friendly local people, have a tea a private home and traditional food.

Main Destination:

Swakopmund (City)

Accommodation:

Swakopmund Plaza Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Swakopmund (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Living Desert Tour and Welwitschia Drive

After breakfast, you will embark on an exciting Living Desert Tour. This is a guided 4 x 4 drive into the dunes and explores the incredible landscape and its 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. You will be back around lunchtime and after a rest, you will embark on the Welwitschia Drive during late afternoon. This drive is through a number of beacons at points of interest, culminating in one of Namibia's oldest plants, Welwitschia mirabilis (over 2000 years old). The other stops include Lichen fields, Drought resistant bushes (dollar and ink bushes), Tracks of ox wagons made decades ago but still visible, moon landscape, Old South African Camp (WW1), a dolorite dyke among others. The moon landscape is a rolling, barren area of rocky desert formed by valleys around the course of the Swakop River.

Main Destination:

Swakopmund (City)

Accommodation:

Swakopmund Plaza Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Swakopmund (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Catamaran and Sandwich Harbour Tour

After breakfast, you will be taken to Walvis Bay Waterfront. You will embark on a boat cruise with possible sightings of humpback, southern right, Minke and even killer whales, and leatherback turtle. Bottlenose and the endemic Benguela (heavysides) dolphins are present all year round. You might be entertained by Cape fur seals and Pelicans jumping on the boat for a free ride and food. After lunch on the boat, you will go for heavy 4 x 4 sand dune driving at the Sandwich Harbour, where the dunes meet the sea. This is a large saltwater lagoon, extensive tidal mudflats and a band of reed-lined pools fed by freshwater springs, all together forms a Ramsar site (Wetlands of International Importance), important bird refuge site for over 30 species. Besides mammals like Black-backed Jackal, Oryx, Brown Hyaena and springboks, you get to see the breathtaking scenery including pink lakes.

Main Destination:

Walvis Bay (City)

Accommodation:

Swakopmund Plaza Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Swakopmund (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Cape Cross Seal Reserve and Spitzkoppe

After breakfast, we will head northwards past a Shipwreck to the largest seal colony in the world, the Cape Cross. There can be up 200 000 seals at a given time making an unexpected noise that can be described as a harsh discordant mixture of sounds resembling an entire farmyard of animals at full volume. We will leave the coastal environment and make our way to Spitzkoppe Mountains. These mountains resemble the famous Swiss mountain, hence named the Matterhorn of Africa. We will visit some San (Bushman) rock paintings in the afternoon.

Main Destination:

Spitzkoppe (Damaraland)

Best Time To Visit May to October (Animals are easier to see)

High Season July to November (Some places can get quite busy)

Best Weather May to August (Less hot during the day)

Wildlife in Damaraland

ElephantOccasional

GiraffeOccasional

Black RhinoRare

LionRare

LeopardVery Rare

ZebraRare

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CheetahVery Rare

HyenaVery Rare

White RhinoNone

BuffaloNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Spitzkoppen Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located on Spitzkoppe (Damaraland)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Windhoek

During very early morning, we embark on a guided hike up the Groot Spitzkoppe. The highest point is 1 728 m and towers 600m above surrounding plains. It demands technical climb; hence an experienced local guide will accompany us. We will make our way to Windhoek after breakfast. This marks the end to our coastal experience.

Main Destination:

Windhoek (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

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