Highlights:

 

• See the wildlife of Etosha, which includes herds of Elephants, Lions, Giraffe, Blue Wildebeest, Zebra, Hyena and antelopes!
• Visit the Damara people and see the Bushman Rock paintings - approximately 600 years old
• Meet the San people, drinking in all the information they share with us
• Visit the Dead valley, with the option of climbing the Big Daddy and maybe even Dune 45 if you can manage!

 

Included:

 

•  Overnight stays 

• Breakfast and Dinner

• Airport transfers, pickup, and drop-off as detailed

• Bottled mineral water throughout 

• Professional English-speaking guide

• Damara Living Museum & Himba Village activities

 

 

Not included

 

• Flights - purchase your own flights in and out of destination 
• Gratuities minimum recommended $10 per person per day
• Optional activities
• Personal Shopping
• Visa
• Travel and medical Insurance
• Other items of a personal nature
• Lunches - it is possible to have choice on the go
• PCR Testing

 

Itinerary

 

Day 1: Cheetah Drive and Sundowner 

 

Shortly after breakfast at any hotel/lodge situated in Windhoek we travel south to world-famous Sossusvlei via Spreetshoogte Pass. We make a quick stop at the viewpoint to admire the picture-perfect Namib. The activities in the afternoon include a Cheetah drive with a sundowner. 

Meals: breakfast; dinner. 
 

 

Day 2: Highest Dunes and Oldest Desert 

 

We leave early in the morning, just before sunrise for Sossusvlei. We start off by climbing Dune 45, this is a must do and we recommend this to everyone. After Dune 45 it is off to the surreal Dead Vlei, a place of vast desert pan where dried-up, ancient acacias stand silent in the open-air gallery. If you up for it, you can take on climbing one of the highest dunes in the World, the “Big Daddy”’ or “Big Mama”. Sossusvlei and Dead Vlei are one of the most photogenic and some of the most photographed places on Earth and make for beautiful memories!

Be on the lookout, you may just see the occasional wildlife: ostriches, Oryx, bat-eared foxes, springboks, possibly cheetah and various birds inhabiting the desert.

 

Day 3: Beautiful Swakopmund 

 

After breakfast, make our way to the north-west, to Swakopmund, set on the Atlantic coast. Be on the lookout, there is a good chance of spotting ostriches, springboks, mountain zebras and Oryx grazing in their natural habitat, so be on the lookout! We make a quick stop at the lagoon in Walvisbay to look at the beautiful Flamingo family.  We have to kinds, Greater and Lesser.  We do the short drive to Swakopmund where you settle in and take time to relax.

Meals: breakfast, dinner at Swakopmund. 

 

Day 4: Fun in the Desert

 

Today we booked you Sandwich Harbour tour as one of your activities.  You will be picked up just after breakfast around 8 am and will return to the hotel just in time for lunch.  The rest of the day you are free enjoy a relaxed day in Swakopmund. You are free to do whatever you want to do.  Swakopmund is well known for its beautiful architecture and German design buildings.  The Kristal Gallery is a must see, so do make time to visit it and the Museum is also an amazing stop while you are wondering around in town.
Other optional activities, not included in the tour’s price: 
 

• Quad bike tour into the desert dunes. (USD 30.00 p/p)

• Sandboarding

• Paragliding

Meals: breakfast, dinner. 

 

Day 5: San People

 

Just after breakfast we make our way to Spitzkoppe. We first make a de-tour to the Cape Cross, where we will have a look at the thousands and thousands of cape fur seals. This drive takes you past the Zeila shipwreck, the beautiful fishermen town called Hentiesbay as well as salt refinery and water sanitation plants, making it an interesting and beautiful scenic drive. At the Spitzkoppe, we visit the rock paintings and take a walk back into history as we listen to how our guide describe the meanings of the many rock paintings.   We then visit the San People near Omaruru, drinking in all the information they share with us, from how they hunt, make fire with sticks to sing and dance at the village.  This is an experience not to be missed. Make sure to take gifts with and loads of cash as they have an open market with beautiful memorabilia, and they also offer to take you on a short walk with them where they share with you how they go about to hunt and also explain the purpose of each and every tree and how they use them for hunting tools, medicine, making furniture, etc.  This comes with a small fee but is optional and not compulsory to do.

 

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

 

Day 6: Cultural Experience

 

After breakfast, we travel further North towards a small town called Khorixas.  Here we find the Damara People.  Our journey for today takes us into the lives of the Damara People and the Himba people.  We learn more about their cultures and their way of living.  If you feel up to it, we will join them in sing and dance, as we make new friends and take pictures that will last us a lifetime.  There usually are cultural performances at the lodge, and that is why we love to stay this lodge with our clients, because they get to enjoy these tails and the beautiful music, and even get to join in.

 

Activities included in your tour price:

Damara Living Museum

Himba Village

 

Meals: breakfast, dinner. 
 

 

Day 7: Etosha Wildlife Part 1

 

After breakfast on our way to Namibia’s premier tourist attraction – Etosha National Park! Etosha is one of the world’s largest Game Parks, extending more than 350km from east to west. The wide-open plains, numerous waterholes and large number of game (estimates: 200 Lions, 16000 Zebras, 7000 Oryx/Gemsbok, 2500 Elephants, 3000 Giraffes, 600 Black Rhino, and many more other species) makes visits to Etosha very rewarding. We make time for an afternoon game drive.

Meals: breakfast, dinner.

 

Duration: around 3 to 4 hours with stops for sight-seeing and lunch.



 

Day 8: Etosha Wildlife Part 2

 

Another day of endless game viewing, we will spend these days on game drives that will hopefully give you lasting memories and endless photos to cherish a lifetime. Etosha is also very popular for bird viewing, the large variety of birds and the ease with which they may be observed has made Etosha a popular birding venue for bird viewing lovers. 

Meals: breakfast, dinner. 
 

 

Day 9: Day of Reflection

 

As we come closer to the end of our amazing highlights tour, we spend a day in the dead quiet of the Waterberg Plateau.  This place has a reach history and if the hills could talk, you would sit all night just listening to its stories.  We reflect on the days gone by, while our guide prepares a delicious Namibian Braai and Potjie for dinner.  Enjoy the quiet nature of the plateau and reflect on your last few days with us.

 

Meals: Dinner and Breakfast

Distance: 240 kms

 

Day 10: Windhoek

 

After breakfast, we make our way back to the capital city.  On the way, we stop at a small town Okahandja for last minute shopping at a local market.  Once we arrive in Windhoek, we take you on a township and city tour, and we visit the Museum before we drop you off at the airport depending well in time for your departure.

 

Meals: Breakfast

Distance: 250 kms