Best of Namibia Vacation
Overview
Overview
This is the best tour for Namibia as it combines Cultural, Wildlife and Historical aspects of this ancient country. From the desert dunes to the wildlife haven of Etosha national park and the diversity of cultures, languages as well as desert coastal and savanna landscapes in this country is a bucket list. This is a private tour and can be tailored to suit your traveling needs and budget as well as particular places of interest.
Why book this trip
This adventure is perfect for families who want to discover an African country that is off the beaten track. The trip offers a fascinating journey through Namibia offering an inspiring landscape of the oldest desert on the planet. The Namib Desert and Skeleton Coast are worth a visit by themselves and by combining this with a living desert and National parks, this is an incredible adventure
This is the best tour for Namibia as it combines Cultural, Wildlife and Historical aspects of this ancient country. From the desert dunes to the wildlife haven of Etosha national park and the diversity of cultures, languages as well as desert coastal and savanna landscapes in this country is a bucket list. This is a private tour and can be tailored to suit your traveling needs and budget as well as particular places of interest.
Why book this trip
This adventure is perfect for families who want to discover an African country that is off the beaten track. The trip offers a fascinating journey through Namibia offering an inspiring landscape of the oldest desert on the planet. The Namib Desert and Skeleton Coast are worth a visit by themselves and by combining this with a living desert and National parks, this is an incredible adventure
Inclusions
- Park fees, All activities, All accommodation
- 10x Breakfast
- 3x Dinner
- Accommodation included: 9 nights
- Entry/Admission - Moon Landscape
- Entry/Admission - Namib-Naukluft National Park
- Entry/Admission - Petrified Forest
- Entry/Admission - Etosha Pan
- Entry/Admission - Namib Desert
- Entry/Admission - Sesriem Canyon
What to expect
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and Namib Desert
Stop At: Namib-Naukluft National Park, C27, Sesriem Namibia
Arriving in Namibian capital Windhoek. Tour of the historic city centre with its distinctive influence of German architecture. Then drive to the Namib Naukluft Park – the oldest desert in the world, housing about 200 species of animals.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sesriem Canyon, 4.5km from the entrance gate of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park Namibia
Walk to the Sesriem Canyon, sculpted for centuries by the river Tsauchab. Travellers can go down the stairs carved in the rocks and at the bottom admire the strange forms of the walls of the gorge.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Namib Nauklaft Lodge
Day 2: Sous Vlei
Stop At: Namib Desert, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park Namibia
Departure at sunrise to the orange dunes of Sossusvlei, watching the sun rising over the highest dunes in the world, reaching more than 300 meters high. Climbing the dune from which we observe an unusual play of light on the edges of the sand hills.
In the afternoon we drive through the oldest desert in the world, Naukluft and admire charming Kuiseb river gorge. In the afternoon we arrive in Walvis Bay, Namibia’s main port. We watch huge flocks of flamingos, pelicans and other water birds in the bay. Drive to Swakopmund – Coastal town that is a veritable oasis for any traveller after a long desert journey. We travel through a wonderful Sheltered promenade decorated with palm trees and flowers into the City and drive the main streets with it’s interesting German influenced architecture.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Atlantic Villa
Day 3: Swakopmund - Moon Landscape - Welwitschias
Stop At: Moon Landscape, c28 Namibia
After breakfast we drive to see unusual lunar desert landscapes and endemic, oldest, nearly one thousand years old plants: Welwitschias. Then we are leaving for the journey through the Skeleton Coast National Park. Moving towards the North through the vast and isolated coast, where we enjoy magnificent views of the dunes, the ocean, and shipwrecks. Such landscapes bring us to the Cape Cross – a multi-thousand colony of seals. Then we return to the area covered by savannah and mountains
Duration: 6 minutes
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Atlantic Villa
Day 4: Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Khorixas
Stop At: Petrified Forest, Khorixas Namibia
Today we depart after breakfast and drive North, we pass through the SPITZKOPPE HILLS and we get to the Brandberg Mountains – a spectacular collection of prehistoric rock paintings made by Bushmen four thousand years ago.
We will visit on our way
1. A himba tribal village
2. A herero tribal vllage
3. A damara tribal village
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Twyfelfontein Lodge
Day 5: Desert Elephants of Damaraland
Stop At: Palmwag, Palmwag, Damaraland
Today we drive up North to trek the desert elephants of Damaraland. The lodge is situated in Torra conservancy, a natural habitat for these elusive creatures.
WE have an optional rhino trekking the next morning.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: Palmwag Lodge
Day 6: Etosha Safari
Stop At: Etosha Pan, Etosha National Park Namibia
Full day safari in the reserve, where we admire the unique and dramatic scenery (deep blue sky and white sands of the desert) in addition to countless herds of zebras, springboks, giraffes, wildebeest and elephants. The Reserve of an area of 22, 000 km square has 144 species of mammals, over 340 species of birds and 110 species of reptiles. Watching the daily migrations of herds of animals on the open spaces of Etosha in search of water is an unforgettable experience.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Damaraland, Damaraland
Today we depart after breakfast and drive to Etosha in Kaokoland: exceptional, combining the dense bush with large open areas of the bottom of the salt lake. At the center of the park is the Etosha Pan (salt lake) – shallow depression about 4500 square kilometers, which is dry for most of the year, and filled with water to a depth of 1 m only during heavy rains. Dinner and overnight in the lodge inside of Etosha reserve.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: Okaukuejo Camp
Day 7: Etosha Safaris
Stop At: Etosha National Park, Etosha National Park, Oshikoto Region
Full day safari in the reserve, where we admire the unique and dramatic scenery (deep blue sky and white sands of the desert) in addition to countless herds of zebras, springboks, giraffes, wildebeest and elephants. The Reserve of an area of 22, 000 km square has 144 species of mammals, over 340 species of birds and 110 species of reptiles. Watching the daily migrations of herds of animals on the open spaces of Etosha in search of water is an unforgettable experience.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Okaukuejo Camp
Day 8: Etosha East Safaris
Stop At: Namutoni, Namibia
Awake to the sounds of the bush as you explore the park on an early morning game drive before returning to camp for a refreshing drink and lunch. This afternoon you have time to relax and gaze out to the waterhole and watch as the game lazily congregates in the shade to escape the heat.
As the afternoon progresses you may like to explore the National Park on an afternoon game drive. The beauty of the park unfolds as you venture out into the baobab scattered landscape. Return to camp to freshen up before meeting around the campfire for a pre-dinner drink as you discuss the day's adventures.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Namutoni Bush Chalets
Day 9: Erindi Private Nature Reserve
Stop At: Erindi Game Reserve, Erindi Game Reserve, Erongo Region
The Erindi area used to be a cattle farm and unfortunately its cattle caused some damage to the natural vegetation. However, Gert Joubert and his nephew Paul bought the farm and started to phase out cattle farming and replaced this with numerous species of wildlife and in 2007, it was approved as a nature conservation venture. Over the years Erindi has successfully transformed itself into an eco-tourism and conservation venture with specific programs established to rehabilitate both the land and animals that live in the reserve which include wildebeest, elephant, springbok, lion and even aardvark and monitor lizards. This afternoon, the included game drive roams through the reserve with a qualified and knowledgeable guide in the comfort of an open 4×4 vehicle.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Erindi Game Reserve Lodge (or similar)
Day 10: Windhoek
Stop At: Erindi Game Reserve, Erindi Game Reserve, Erongo Region
You have an optional safari drive and later depart to your accommodation in Windhoek
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
•
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: Arrival and Namib Desert
Stop At: Namib-Naukluft National Park, C27, Sesriem Namibia
Arriving in Namibian capital Windhoek. Tour of the historic city centre with its distinctive influence of German architecture. Then drive to the Namib Naukluft Park – the oldest desert in the world, housing about 200 species of animals.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sesriem Canyon, 4.5km from the entrance gate of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park Namibia
Walk to the Sesriem Canyon, sculpted for centuries by the river Tsauchab. Travellers can go down the stairs carved in the rocks and at the bottom admire the strange forms of the walls of the gorge.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: Namib Nauklaft Lodge
Day 2: Sous Vlei
Stop At: Namib Desert, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park Namibia
Departure at sunrise to the orange dunes of Sossusvlei, watching the sun rising over the highest dunes in the world, reaching more than 300 meters high. Climbing the dune from which we observe an unusual play of light on the edges of the sand hills.
In the afternoon we drive through the oldest desert in the world, Naukluft and admire charming Kuiseb river gorge. In the afternoon we arrive in Walvis Bay, Namibia’s main port. We watch huge flocks of flamingos, pelicans and other water birds in the bay. Drive to Swakopmund – Coastal town that is a veritable oasis for any traveller after a long desert journey. We travel through a wonderful Sheltered promenade decorated with palm trees and flowers into the City and drive the main streets with it’s interesting German influenced architecture.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Atlantic Villa
Day 3: Swakopmund - Moon Landscape - Welwitschias
Stop At: Moon Landscape, c28 Namibia
After breakfast we drive to see unusual lunar desert landscapes and endemic, oldest, nearly one thousand years old plants: Welwitschias. Then we are leaving for the journey through the Skeleton Coast National Park. Moving towards the North through the vast and isolated coast, where we enjoy magnificent views of the dunes, the ocean, and shipwrecks. Such landscapes bring us to the Cape Cross – a multi-thousand colony of seals. Then we return to the area covered by savannah and mountains
Duration: 6 minutes
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Atlantic Villa
Day 4: Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Khorixas
Stop At: Petrified Forest, Khorixas Namibia
Today we depart after breakfast and drive North, we pass through the SPITZKOPPE HILLS and we get to the Brandberg Mountains – a spectacular collection of prehistoric rock paintings made by Bushmen four thousand years ago.
We will visit on our way
1. A himba tribal village
2. A herero tribal vllage
3. A damara tribal village
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Twyfelfontein Lodge
Day 5: Desert Elephants of Damaraland
Stop At: Palmwag, Palmwag, Damaraland
Today we drive up North to trek the desert elephants of Damaraland. The lodge is situated in Torra conservancy, a natural habitat for these elusive creatures.
WE have an optional rhino trekking the next morning.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: Palmwag Lodge
Day 6: Etosha Safari
Stop At: Etosha Pan, Etosha National Park Namibia
Full day safari in the reserve, where we admire the unique and dramatic scenery (deep blue sky and white sands of the desert) in addition to countless herds of zebras, springboks, giraffes, wildebeest and elephants. The Reserve of an area of 22, 000 km square has 144 species of mammals, over 340 species of birds and 110 species of reptiles. Watching the daily migrations of herds of animals on the open spaces of Etosha in search of water is an unforgettable experience.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Damaraland, Damaraland
Today we depart after breakfast and drive to Etosha in Kaokoland: exceptional, combining the dense bush with large open areas of the bottom of the salt lake. At the center of the park is the Etosha Pan (salt lake) – shallow depression about 4500 square kilometers, which is dry for most of the year, and filled with water to a depth of 1 m only during heavy rains. Dinner and overnight in the lodge inside of Etosha reserve.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: Okaukuejo Camp
Day 7: Etosha Safaris
Stop At: Etosha National Park, Etosha National Park, Oshikoto Region
Full day safari in the reserve, where we admire the unique and dramatic scenery (deep blue sky and white sands of the desert) in addition to countless herds of zebras, springboks, giraffes, wildebeest and elephants. The Reserve of an area of 22, 000 km square has 144 species of mammals, over 340 species of birds and 110 species of reptiles. Watching the daily migrations of herds of animals on the open spaces of Etosha in search of water is an unforgettable experience.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Okaukuejo Camp
Day 8: Etosha East Safaris
Stop At: Namutoni, Namibia
Awake to the sounds of the bush as you explore the park on an early morning game drive before returning to camp for a refreshing drink and lunch. This afternoon you have time to relax and gaze out to the waterhole and watch as the game lazily congregates in the shade to escape the heat.
As the afternoon progresses you may like to explore the National Park on an afternoon game drive. The beauty of the park unfolds as you venture out into the baobab scattered landscape. Return to camp to freshen up before meeting around the campfire for a pre-dinner drink as you discuss the day's adventures.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Namutoni Bush Chalets
Day 9: Erindi Private Nature Reserve
Stop At: Erindi Game Reserve, Erindi Game Reserve, Erongo Region
The Erindi area used to be a cattle farm and unfortunately its cattle caused some damage to the natural vegetation. However, Gert Joubert and his nephew Paul bought the farm and started to phase out cattle farming and replaced this with numerous species of wildlife and in 2007, it was approved as a nature conservation venture. Over the years Erindi has successfully transformed itself into an eco-tourism and conservation venture with specific programs established to rehabilitate both the land and animals that live in the reserve which include wildebeest, elephant, springbok, lion and even aardvark and monitor lizards. This afternoon, the included game drive roams through the reserve with a qualified and knowledgeable guide in the comfort of an open 4×4 vehicle.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
•
Accommodation included: Erindi Game Reserve Lodge (or similar)
Day 10: Windhoek
Stop At: Erindi Game Reserve, Erindi Game Reserve, Erongo Region
You have an optional safari drive and later depart to your accommodation in Windhoek
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
•
No accommodation included on this day.
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
If you cancel at least 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
582wellingtonn
February 2020
Enjoyed the lovely scenery in Namibia . The guides were also excellent . The unique Himba people were an exception
Enjoyed the lovely scenery in Namibia . The guides were also excellent . The unique Himba people were an exception