ITINERARY
 

Duration: 11 Days, 10 Nights

Start Location: Windhoek

End Location: Windhoek

Departure Time: 09h00 

Drop-off Time: 17h00 - 18h00

Dress: Be prepared for all weather conditions

Fitness Level: Basic

Pack: Camera, Sunglasses and comfortable shoes and clothing

 

Windhoek - Sossusvlei

Day 1:

We pick up guests at 08h30 in Windhoek at your accommodation on day 1 of the Safari.

 

Guests that require pickup from Windhoek International Airport must please Confirm with us their flight details and arrival times, and arrive the day before the Safari start date (Accommodation not included).

 

We drive from Windhoek to Sesriem on day 1 of the Safari. Stopping en-route at a small town called Solitaire and visit their famous bakery to enjoy a cappuccino and their delicious apple pie.

After unpacking the vehicles and stretching our legs we visit the Sesriem Canyon late afternoon. Sesriem Canyon, about 4 km from Sesriem is a natural canyon carved by the Tsauchab river into sedimentary rock layers. 

 

Included Activities: 

Sesriem Canyon

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Included ​Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

Included ​Meals: Lunch, Dinner

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Sossusvlei

Day 2:

We drive to Dune 45 to climb the dune to watch the magnificent sunrise over the Namib desert. Continue to the 4x2 parking area for Sossusvlei, followed by an expedition to Sossusvlei and a hike to Deadvlei.

After an eventful morning, we return to the campsite for some reading and relaxation, a swim or even an afternoon nap.

 

Included Activities: 

Visit to Dune 45

Visit to Sossusvlei Red Dunes

Hike up Deadvlei

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Included Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

​Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Sossusvlei - Solitaire - Swakopmund

Day 3:

We depart after early an breakfast, heading north towards Swakopmund. We enjoy a lunch en-route towards Swakopmund.

We stop along the way for pictures over the magnificent landscapes, we stop at dune 7 for a quick visit.

 

Included Activities: 

Sight seeing along the way to Swakopmund

Visit to Dune 7

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Included Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

​Included Meals: Breakfast, Light Lunch on the road, Dinner

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Swakopmund

Day 4:

A day exploring the town of Swakopmund. There are many activities to choose from which include skydiving, sandboarding, dolphin, and whale watching as well as the all-time favorite, quad biking in the desert.

Your tour leader will provide all the relevant information and make the necessary arrangements. 

 

Optional Activities: 

Explore Swakopmund on your own leisure time

Whale & Dolphin Watching (Weather Dependent)

Skydiving

Sandboarding

Quad Biking in the desert

Camel Rides

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Included Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

​Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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Swakopmund - Henties Bay - Brandberg

Day 5:

After a delicious breakfast, we check out and depart for Brandberg region via the Cape fur seal colony at Seal Point.

This dry, desolate area boasts the most beautiful landscapes and the centuries old desert plant, the Welwitschia mirabilis.

 

Included Activities: 

Visit to Cape Cross

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Included Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

​Included Meals: Breakfast, Light lunch on the road, Dinner

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Brandberg

Day 6:

After a delicious breakfast, we take a  walk into the Brandberg Mountain to visit the famous ‘White Lady’ and the numerous other bushman paintings that can be found in this sacred canyon.

 

Optional Activities:

Spend the day at the lodge, swimming or at your own leisure time

 

Included Activities: 

Visit to Brandberg Mountains

Guided walk Bushman Paintings

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Included Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

​Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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Twyfelfontein

Day 7:

After breakfast, we visit Twyfelfontein, well known for its prehistoric paintings and rock engravings, we visit a Damara Living Museum, seeing how the Damara people lived. The site has been inhabited for 6,000 years, first by hunter-gatherers and later by Khoikhoi herders. Both ethnic groups used it as a place of worship and a site to conduct shamanic rituals. The route takes us into the Ugab River for 14km, then out the River again covering a very rocky section on the east side of the Doros Crater.

Continue following the Goantagab River and then onto a 2-spoor road until we head the Organ Pipes then Burnt Mountain up towards Twyfelfontein.

 

Day 8: We explore the Huab River and search for the desert elephants for the day.

 

Included Activities: 

Visit to the Organ Pipes

Visit a Damara Living Museum

Searching for Desert Elephants 

or spend Day 8 on your own leisure time

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Included Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

​Included Meals: Day 7 & 8: Breakfast, Dinner

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Twyfelfontein - Outjo - Etosha National Park

Day 9:

We depart after breakfast for Outjo via the Petrified Forest. The name is a bit misleading as it is not exactly a forest, which turned to stone, but rather an accumulation of enormous fossilized tree trunks about 280 million years old. Scientists discovered that these trunks haven’t actually grown in today’s Namibia but were washed down a river during ancient times carrying them to where they lie today.

Stop for refueling and replenishments in Outjo before heading to our next destination, Etosha National Park.

Enjoy a late afternoon game drive in our tour vehicle exploring a waterhole and area the around the edge of the pan. Spend the rest of the evening observing the nocturnal activities taking place at the campsite’s floodlit waterhole.

 

Included Activities: 

Visit to Petrified Forest

Etosha National Park

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Included Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

​Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Etosha National Park

Day 10:

Enjoy an early breakfast whilst catching the sunrise over Etosha. Today we can choose to either park in the shade and keep watch over a waterhole to see what wildlife emerges or explore the Park’s excellent road network for game viewing. Bird life is exceptional with 325 identified species.

The animal numbers which live around the pan approximate to 30,000 blue wildebeest, 25,000 springboks, 23,000 zebras, 5,000 kudus, 3,000 hartebeest, 2,600 eland, 3,000 oryx, 450 giraffes, 2,000 elephants, 260 lions, 200 Black Rhinos and numerous other smaller creatures. Enjoy another of our delicious dinners followed by more nocturnal wildlife viewing at the campsite’s floodlit waterhole.

 

Included Activities: 

Etosha National Park

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Included Accommodation: Chalet/B&B

Included ​Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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Etosha National Park - Windhoek

Day 11:

We check out after breakfast making our way back to Windhoek.  

We enjoy a light lunch en-route towards Windhoek.

 

The tour concludes in Windhoek at approximately 17h00 - 18h00 in the afternoon.

We can drop you off at the airport for further flights or any accommodation in Windhoek, of your choice

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Included Activities: 

Sight Seeing along the way back to Windhoek

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Accommodation: Not included

Included ​Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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