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Great Explorations Namibia
4.9/5 – 77 Reviews
$1,875 to $2,110 pp (USD)
This tour is offered in NAD.
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Included
- Rental vehicle
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- Camping equipment
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Sleeping bag
Excluded
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Bath towels
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks
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$1,875 to $2,110 pp (USD)
- This tour is offered in NAD. Show rate in NAD
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77 Reviews - Offices:
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Namibia
- Founded In:
- 2021
- Employees:
- 1-5
Customer Reviews
Hassle free travel in Namibia
Great Explorations Namibia is definitely your go to travel agency for travelling in Namibia. Lilly will personally tailor a trip of a lifetime for you and your fellow travelers. All of her recommendations were great and the accommodation...
Hassle free travel in Namibia
Great Explorations Namibia is definitely your go to travel agency for travelling in Namibia. Lilly will personally tailor a trip of a lifetime for you and your fellow travelers. All of her recommendations were great and the accommodation...

Fantastic trip, Anja was always very helpful
Communication was always very smooth and the vehicle was reliable. The trip was fantastic, highly recommended!
Very Professional - would highly recommend them.
Namibia 2024 Tour: Thank you so much Great Explorations for attending to all our reservations for us, (apart from Luderitz & Solitaire) . We did a self-drive budget tour which was great. However, thumbs up, Namibia is not a cheap country to...

great work and super customize
Im completly satisfied with the work of Anja and GEN.

Amazing
The organisation of the trip in all its parts was perfect: from the booking of the car to the choice of accommodation. Always present assistance and competent people.
No problems, a fantastic trip
Whistle-stop tour through the Kalihari, Namibia & Skeleton Coast deserts
Great Explorations organised a (customised) 7-day self drive safari in Namibia for us. They helped us plan out how we could visit highlight locations, and organised the entire itinerary. I have to say, they provided a really excellent...

Friendly, Knowledgeable, and Reliable
This was our first trip to Africa. We were very pleased with the support we received from Great Explorations, esp. Lilly. Not only did she help us put together a great itinerary but provided us with alternatives when our first choice wasn't...

Great tour operator for Namibia self drive safaris
Lilly did an excellent job choosing good options of Hotels and was very organized providing clear instructions of the itinerary including important tips of everything that is important to know during the trip. She also solved very well some...
Intimate knowledge of the country , professional , and a great desire to provide the best service
This was our 4th visit to Namibia and we had a wonderful 15 days visiting the Cheetah Conservation Centre , Damaraland and Twyfelfontein , the Skeleton Coast , Etosha NP , and Swakopmund . Great Explorations provided the very best service...
A journey of a life time!!!
Family of 4 travelling around Namibia with a quick stop to Victoria falls and Botswana for 32 days. I didn’t know where to start!! I am glad Great Explorations Namibia was there and did all the planning + we were very last minute and they...

Exciting & wonderful
Good and comfortable arrangement for the tour moreover accommodation, transportation,activity and a good driver and tour guide.

Excellent service for a wonderful experience
We found Great Explorations after receiving several answers that indicated that it was too late to plan the trip (2 months before). The team not only answered positively but inmediately understood our expectations, type of experience we...

A Namibian experience that was more than just a journey
The precision and professionalism of Anja allowed the creation of a perfect trip. Thanks to her help and patient everything was organized in an amazing way, starting from the car rental to the choice of the lodges and the interlocking of...

maximun attention to everything!
my assistant Anja was fantastic, in everything. Very quick in contact, already during the planning she gave me advice but also followed my instructions on what I wanted. And she's nice as well as competent. But above all, during the trip he...

The Perfect Travel Agency you need!
We’re a family of 4 (parents+twins 9-year-old) and we travelled for a wonderful 14-days-tour around Namibia. The organization has been perfect and “customized” on our needs and desires: tour design, car rental, accomodation and...

The perfect travel
We travelled last july in Namibia with a tout organized from Anja of Great Exploration. We did a self drive and we were two families with teens. Everything was perfect. Anja had a lot of patience and organized everything as we wanted and...

Anja was the absolute best!
Anja really listened to my ideas of where I wanted to go on my self guided tour in Namibia, especially Tsumeb where my parents had lived and worked in the 1950's. She helped put together an itinerary that incorporated her expertise about...

Great organisation and service, amazing trip
Lilly worked hard to give us a customised itinerary taking in our requests and adding suggestions through lots of emails. It was reasonably priced and explained well. She met us at the car rental facility to give us instructions and a...

Customer oriented tour operator
Lilly helped us to organize a 13 day self drive along Namibia letting us discover and visit the most famous place of this amazing country. The cars we had were well equipped and well maintained. Lilly helped us to solve some problems we...

Super Professional and always assisting us. Wonderfull
Lilly and her team assist us for each single details of our trip. Namibia is an amazing country but you need someone locally that can support you. Great Exploration Namibia is really "customer oriented" Travel Agency. They know Country and...

RELIABLE WITH EXCELENT SERVICE
we had a wonderful self drive vacantion that "great exploration namibia" organized for us.communication with anja was easy and she tried to answer at almost all our questions quickly .everything was well planned , the ...

Great self drive trip
The first contact with Anja was very good, she perfectly met our expectations. It was very convenient to have a guide for our trip that Anja gave us upon our arrival, everything was well organized with a map, vouchers for hotels. We just...

Excellent Service and perfect Star
I hired a 4 days tour in Windhoek, Sesriem & Sossusvlei. The suponer from Anja and Lilly was perfect, with quick response and resolution of any troubles/doubts. Everything was correct, from the pick up in the AirPort to the hotels and...

Good choice for solo travelers
Great Explorations Namibia was able to arrange a 10-day solo-driving safari for me on very short notice. Everything went very smoothly and the various accommodations were all excellent.

Excellent service and a great trip!
I chose one of the more popular self drive routes in Namibia. It was a nine day trip visiting most of the high lights. Overal the service was great. The car rental pickup and drop off went very smooth and the vehicle (Toyota) was perfect...
Perfect self drive Namibian itinerary organiser
Allison organised an idyllic 14 day self drive itinerary. My husband and I knew very little about Namibia and found it very difficult to plan our trip until discovering Great Explorations Namibia. The booking process was very...
Brilliant
Exceptional. Alison was the best. Highly competent and extremely professional

Professional
We found Lilly so knowledgeable, reliable, and most of all flexible with are changing plans and agenda. She catered to our wish list of areas, accommodation and activities and our trip was certainly great value for money. We loved Namibia...

Lilly went out of her way to help us with even small details
my wife and I are 74 and 76 retires and were little apprehensive about doing a self-drive of Namibia but with the excellently organized out tour we found no problems and even managed to have afternoon rests as the heat was getting to...

Self drive Namibia
We were met by Lilly (Great Explorations Namibia) at Namibiatogo where we picked up our 4X4. She warmly welcomed us to Namibia. She gave us much needed coffee and then presented us with our itinerary, map as well as a booklet with...

Superb experience and would work with them again in a heartbeat
I had an amazing trip with Great Explorations Namibia. Before the trip, they were very responsive and worked with me to create an outstanding itinerary where I was able to experience a tremendous amount in a short amount of time, without...
Experienced Safari Agency
We had an amazing trip to Namibia that exceeded all our expectations. Great Explorations Namibia was instrumental in making our experience truly magical. Their detailed guide, tips, and assistance made our trip smooth and hassle-free. All...

EXTREMELY efficent and reliable, the best!
Me and my friends found Great Explorations Namibia on the web by chance. We could’t be more happy for the choice and experience! Allison planned perfectly an amazing trip to Namibia and Botswana, every detail of our itinerary was...
Efficient and itinerary was exactly what we wanted.
Excellent communication from Allison, who organised the trip for us. It was exactly what we wanted. The accommodation was really good and set in some of the most incredible scenery. If you want to get away from noise and just listen to...
Amazing trip
Lilly was so helpful and gave us a lot of advice as it was our first time in Namibia. She organised Hotels in Windhoek, airport transfers and our 4 wheel drive vehicle with roof tent through Classic cars. Everything went so smooth and the...

Excellent communication with Lilly for understanding our requests and delivering to perfection.
A dream holiday in an amazing country. Everything was perfectly arranged, we were handed a detailed tour guide which we consulted each day of our holiday. At no time we doubted that what we were given would not work out and we were...

Extremely efficient and easy to communicate with. Highly recommended
Lilly of Great Explorations was extremely patient with us in providing us in advance with an itinerary plan for every day we intended to spend in Namibia. On top of booking us a car and working out a 4000km driving course over 15 days,...

Allison provided us with good service and advice for a safe and eventful safari.
We were first time traveller to Namibia. Allison responded quickly on our request, doing a self drive safari. Allison answered our questions and changes, gave us good advice, and together we made a schedule for 18 days, with interesting...
Extremely well informed and responsive both in the booking stage and once on the ground.
Had a great time planning this trip with Allison, she came back very fast with an extremely detailed itinerary, which we barely tweaked. Communication was first class, and during the trip Allison responded immediately to help us out on...

Reliable, offering the best at the competitive price.
Great Explorations Namibia (GEN) perfectly arranged our unforgetable holiday - and not only in Namibia! We started with 9 days self-drive in Namibia, then we continued in Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe and Zambia) and Chobe NP (Botswana). Lilly...

In search of desert wildlife.
Our trip was well organized by Allison. All our lodge stays met our expectations. We Kebi Lodge in particular. The dunes and the wild oryx at Sussuvlei were very different. Driving to Swakopmund is tiring , as is the drive to Damaraland....
Efficient, vastly knowledgeable and very friendly and easy to deal with, a pleasure!
I would wholeheartedly recommend Great Explorations Namibia, particularly Allison. We have never been to Namibia so needed loads of guidance about where to stay, what routes to take and what to do in each area. I changed my mind many times,...
Brilliant first trip to Namibia
We have just enjoyed the most wonderful three week trip around Namibia, organised by Lilly. From the outset, Lilly has been enthusiastic and efficient, listening to our requirements and wish-list, and from there putting together a very...

Magnificent road trip
Great explorations Namibia (Anja) well organized our trip according to our demands. The itinerary was perfect and we managed to do everything that was planned in 7 days. She was very helpful and understanding. Thankfully we did not have any...

Amazing trip
The company is extremely reliable. Everything was organized perfectly and no problems at all. I was dealing with Anja van Neel and and I was very happy with her. She follow up on all the bookings along the way as I had to stay in a few...

Amazing attention and organitzation!
Thanks to the Great Explorations Namibia (Anja was our Travel Consultant) we had an amazing experience in Namibia. She provided us all the detailed information and if we had any questions during the trip they resolved instantly. The...

It was an excellent office and the service was impeccable.
He provided us with an amazing stay at all the hotels and camps. They also gave us very informative brochures with information and maps. The staff at the car rental office were also very helpful and always there for us in any difficulties...

Great experience with a self drive camping tour
We did a 16 day self drive camping tour with Great Explorations Namibia. The itinerary was very well put together, and the choosen accomodations/car rental company were great. Our travel consultant, Allison, was really nice and managed...

Great Experience!!
As a traveler that is used to plan trips alone, I was skeptical about using a tour operator, but I can say it was worth the investment. Allison was INCREDIBLE and really helped me find the best options for our preferences. We spoke for...

Excellent Tour Operator for a worry-free experience in Namibia
We chose to contact Great Exploration Namibia after trying to book our trip ourselves, which was challenging as we tried to do this only 3 months ahead of our trip. Planning & Booking process; We heard back from Anja very quickly and...

Anja: excellent in terms of preparing/adjusting itinerary all the time and keeping in touch with us
Self-drive safari with Great Explorations Namibia has been a valuable experience, one not to be forgotten, also because of the positive feedback of the agency in terms of quick and fluent communication, service (itinerary) and our tour,...

Effective
The agency (our consultant Anja) was very fast responding since the 1st email that we exchange. Suggested the itinerary that we liked and changed it according to our wishes. Available 24/7, which was useful as it turned out when we...

Super service, fast, reliable, attentive, proactive - before, during and after the trip
Great Exporations Namibia allowed us to have a fantastic self-drive Namibia tour, in a very short notice and high season - with good selection, attentive service (bring a SIM card for Namibia at our first arrival at the B&B in Windhoek is a...

Unforgettable 5-star self-drive safari adventure with Great Explorations Namibia!
Our recent self-drive safari with Great Explorations Namibia was an extraordinary journey that took us through the breathtaking landscapes of Namibia, the Chobe region in Botswana and the magnificent Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Great...

Enthusiastic and reliable
Great Explorations Namibia helped us planning our dreaming trip to perfection. Our self driving camping trip was in line with all our preferences in terms of accommodation, budget and places to visit. A local agency that knows deeply...

Perfect! Great planning and stunning locations
Perfect organisation of our 14 days self drive tour for 2adults and 2 children Great flexibility by Lilly and availability to accept all our requests Quick communication and great skills Every location was perfect Very good...

5* from beginning to the end!
At the beginning i wasn't sure if a 3000km SOLO trip through Namibia was the right thing for me. But already at the first contact with Great Explorations Namibia i no longer had this fear and i felt ready for this adventure. My...
Superb advice and efficient
We were looking for a bespoke family itinerary. Anja did a fantastic job at understanding our requirements and putting together a holiday that has been incredible. Her local insight and knowledge have made all the difference :) We have...
They were absolutely superb. Professional, always responded quickly, delivered the perfect holiday
I highly recommend using GEN. Great, prompt and accurate communication. Excellent knowledge of Namibia and created an ideal tour of the country for us as first time visitors. They dealt brilliantly with every aspect of our holiday and even...
Helpful
Everything went very well, thank you for your help in the bookings, making everything easier in such a short delay. We enjoyed our family trip very much. The choice of accommodations was great. We would definitely recommend our friends...
Very professional and always totally on top of everything.
Really enjoyed working with Anja, she organised everything just as we wanted. She was always available to answer questions and change plans, or assist in anyway. Our once in a lifetime holiday went perfectly without any issues thanks to...
Great Service.
Contacted Lilly about a trip for March but had to change dates because of a family illness. Lilly was great and set up a perfect schedule taking into account our preferences (wanted to include Fish River Canyon and Skeleton Coast). She...

The best support I could have
I found Great Explorations Namibia through Safari bookings site and I'm glad by have done this choice. Anja was my agent and she is a wonderful professional has an enormous patience (I do ask a lot of questions). She helped me organizing...

Everything went perfect!
It has been years since we wanted to do this trip and it was amazing when we finally did it! Great Explorations took care of everything and they were available for any assistant we might need at anytime which provides an extra security in...

Lilly and her team were amazing; super helpful, knowledgeable and responsive throughout the process.
What an incredible experience. I reached out to several travel agencies with a vague idea of planning a family trip to Namibia. Lilly (Great Explorations Namibia) responded right away and put a sample itinerary together with a route, lodges...
Professional and reliable service
We did 14 days trip around Namibia and Lilly has done a great job in helping us to plan the trip. Every detail was carefully considered and planned according to our needs. All went smoothly from the beginning till the end. Very happy with...

the right choice for Namibia :-)
Being a photographer, I had high expectations for Namibia... after some research on the web, I decided to entrust the planning of my trip to Great Explorations Namibia. Lilly has shown a great love for her work: always very kind and...

We cannot recommend Lilly and Great Explorations Namibia enough!
Lilly and Great Explorations Namibia were incredibly helpful with planning our trip to Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Lilly was collaborative and gave useful insights and suggestions as we worked with her to plan our itinerary. The clear...
FANTASTIC
Everything was done for us and it all went smoothly. The only way to travel and we appreciated it greatly. We loved Namibia and the people that we came across. It was a wonderful trip and well worth the money spent. Organising for the...
Absolutely exceptional service every step of the way
From the very first communication Lilly was exceptionally knowledgable and efficient. Within minutes she’d sent me an itinerary that took into account everything I asked. And gave me all the options if I wanted to upgrade any part of it....

High expectations - exceeded
Generally speaking Namibia turned out to be a fantastic country to visit with breathtaking, ever changing scenery, abundant wildlife, friendly people and providing a very high value for money. Lilly had concocted a two week tour for us...

This is how to do Namibia - with Great Explorations Namibia
Holiday of a lifetime. We had a vague idea of what we wanted to do and see, but without Great Explorations Namibia - and Lilly in particular - we would have been traveling blindly across the country. And you want to have your eyes open...

Our trip was absolutely gorgeous
A wonderful trip organized far beyond what I expected, full of details. We definitely recommend organizing it with
Lilly
Fleischmann

very well organized itinerary, reliable and excelent communication
Lilly of Great Explorations Namibia has a great ability to translate wishes of a trip to Namibia to a very well organized itinerary with reliable partners. The transport (self drive 4x4) that was organized was very reliable, the places we...

Liked that the tour company also arranged our rental vehicle
We are all independent travelers and had a basic Namibia itinerary planned before we contacted Lilly at Great Explorations Namibia. We were afraid we were trying to see too much in a short period of time so wanted advice from a travel...

as professional as them, it's precious
this last trip to Namibia was just as remarkable as the others. in the 22 years that we have been bringing travelers to this country, we have not known a more efficient and serious organizer than Lilly! a peak of responsiveness and...

nice trip
Lilly is a verry good professional , she know verry well Namibia and i work with her from many years ... Never problem with Lilly ;

