Tour Overview

Experience the beauty of the Namib Desert in the Namib-Naukluft National Park – climb the sand dunes at Sossusvlei, explore stunning Deadvlei and see where the sand dunes meet the ocean at Sandwich Harbour.

Go on safaris in Etosha National Park, and get adventurous in Swakopmund, the adventure capital of Namibia.

Plus, you’ll get to spend an afternoon hanging out with giraffes at Namibia’s answer to Giraffe Manor!

There’s no place on earth quite like Namibia! You have to see it for yourself!

Deadvlei

Cape Cross

Essential Info

Cost

Total – from £2,395 (subject to current USD to GBP exchange rates)*

• Deposit: £400 (non-refundable)
• 2nd Payment: £1,790 (due 62 days before the departure date)
• 3rd Payment: $250 (local payment, paid on arrival)

The local payment is part of the overall cost of the trip. You pay the local payment to your tour leader in US Dollars (unless specified otherwise) upon arrival in Africa.

This includes the on-tour expenses that we cannot pay prior to arrival, such as national park entry fees, meals, local transport, and some activities.

The local payment is NOT your spending money.

Notes

• Maxiumum group size of 8.
• On this trip, we’ll do a mix of camping and mid-range lodges.
• We will be camping in Sossusvlei (2 nights) and Etosha National Park (2 nights). This is participatory camping where we will put up our own tents. All bedding and equipment is provided.
• In Windhoek (2 nights) and Swakopmund (2 nights) we stay in very nice lodges.
• These tours are best suited to laid-back, fun and adventurous travellers who don’t mind hot, bumpy travel and the occasional long drives.

Itinerary

Day 2: Etosha National Park, Namibia

Today we’re off to Etosha National Park. On the way, we will stop at the Okahandja Craft Market on the way, where you can pick up locally made souvenirs.

We will stop enroute at a Himba tribe village to learn about their unique way of life.

We’ll arrive in the park in the afternoon and go on a short safari as we drive to our camp where we may spot a few animals! Fingers crossed!

Before and after dinner, we’ll have the chance to view animals at our camp’s floodlit waterhole, known as one of the best places for animal viewing Southern Africa and often a truly magical sight!

• Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
• Accommodation: Camping (All Bedding & Camping Equipment Provided)
• Activities: Okahandja Craft Market, Himba Village, Etosha, Waterhole Animal Viewing

Day 4: Swakopmund, Namibia

From there we’ll make our way to the town of Swakopmund, the adventure capital of Namibia, where we’ll spend the next 2 nights.

On the way, we’ll visit the Cape Cross Seal Colony and the Zelia Shipwreck.

Once we arrive in Swakopmund, there’ll be some time to chill before we go out to dinner at a great local restaurant in the local township.

• Meals: Breakfast, Packed Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Guesthouse (Ensuite)
• Activities: Cape Cross Seal Colony, Zelia Shipreck, Township Dinner

Day 6: Sesriem & the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Today we will drive to our campsite at Sesriem, the starting point for our journey to see Namibia’s epic sand dunes.

On the way, we’ll stop at the Tropic of Capricorn sign and have lunch is the small settlement of Solitaire.

You will see the landscape change as we drive, first over bleak landscape and gravel roads, to grass savannah and farmland before we reach the deep orange sand dunes of the Namib Desert.

We’ll set up camp when we arrive and you will have the chance to climb Elim Dune at sunset and watch the changing colours of the mountains to the east as the sun sets in the west.

You will be in absolute awe of this other-worldly, almost post-apocalyptic, and photogenic landscape.

• Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
• Accommodation: Camping (All Bedding & Camping Equipment Provided)
• Activities: Tropic of Capricorn Sign, Solitaire, Elim Dune

Day 8: Windhoek, Namibia

After breakfast, we’ll visit Sesriem Canyon, a deep chasm carved through the rocks by water.

The canyon’s name was coined when early settlers used it as a water source, using six lengths of leather (‘ses riem – six thongs) tied together to lower buckets into the water at the base of canyon.

Back in Windhoek, we’ll check into our gorgeous accommodation for the evening. Now, this is not just an ordinary lodge, this lodge has resident giraffes who love to hang out, especially whilst we’re enjoying our afternoon tea and cakes.

In the evening, we’ll enjoy a delicious Farewell dinner at the lodge.

• Meals: Breakfast, Afternoon Tea & Dinner
• Accommodation: Lodge (Ensuite)
• Activities: Sesriem Canyon, Afternoon Tea with Giraffes