11-Day Classic Namibia Thrilling Wildlife Adventure

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrival at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako International Airport | Game Drive in Erindi Private Game Reserve

You will be met on arrival at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako International Airport by an English-speaking guide. You'll have a short time to change money before proceeding directly north to reach overnight accommodation. If time permits after the arrival of your flight, you'll enjoy an afternoon game drive (otherwise the game drive will be tomorrow morning). Halfway between Windhoek and Etosha lies the well-known Erindi Private Game Reserve. It is a protected reserve in central Namibia with 70,700 hectares of pristine wildlife wilderness. Erindi in Otjiherero language means “place of water.”
You will have the game drive in the Erindi Game Reserve with a guide in an open 4×4 vehicle.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Erindi Old Traders Lodge.

Main Destination:

Erindi Private Game Reserve

Accommodation:

Old Trader's Lodge

• Luxury lodge located inside Erindi GR

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning Game Drive | Travel to Eastern Etosha National Park

This morning, you'll enjoy an early morning game drive at Erindi (if we didn’t do it yesterday) you'll continue north (via Otjiwarongo and Tsumeb) to reach our accommodation on the border of Etosha National Park. You'll have lunch en route to Mushara Bush Camp.

If time permitting, you'll undertake a late afternoon game drive in Eastern Etosha National Park, one of the largest National Park in Africa, returning to the lodge at sunset. The park cannot support the large herds of game found in East Africa but it has a diverse and haunting quality few parks can match. Etosha or “the great white place,” owes its unique landscape to the Etosha Pan, a vast shallow depression of approximately 4800 sq km. A series of waterholes along the southern edge of the pan attract game into this area.

Your dinner and overnight stay at Mushara Bush Camp.

Main Destination:

Eastern Etosha National Park

Best Time To Visit July to September (Animals come to water)

High Season July to November (The park gets crowded)

Best Weather May to August (Less hot during the day)

Wildlife in Etosha NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

LionOccasional

HyenaOccasional

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White RhinoVery Rare

Black RhinoRare

LeopardVery Rare

CheetahVery Rare

BuffaloNone

HippoNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Mushara Bush Camp

• Mid-range tented camp located just outside Etosha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning and Evening Game Drives In Etosha National Park

After breakfast, you will head out for a game viewing in the Etosha National Park spans over 22,270 sq km. It is home to several rare and endangered species including black rhinos, black-faced impalas, and the Damara dik-diks. The park is home to over 114 animal species: elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, wildebeests, kudu, oryx, and a variety of antelope species ranging from the giant elands and stately giraffes to the tiny dik-diks.

The dry season (May to October) is a particularly rewarding month for game viewing as the rainwater has dried up and the game is forced to rely on the life-supporting waterholes. You'll enjoy the evening game drive. Etosha holds one of the largest and perhaps the most stable populations of black rhinos in the world. The waterhole at Okaukuejo is famous for its nighttime wildlife including frequent visits by black rhinos, elephants, and lions.

Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Okaukuejo Resort.

Main Destination:

Etosha National Park

Accommodation:

Okaukuejo Resort

• Mid-range chalet located inside Etosha NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning Game Drives| Travel To Twyfelfontein | Visit the Petrified Forest

You'll enjoy one last game drive before bidding farewell to Etosha and departing to reach Twyfelfontein (late this afternoon) into Damaraland. Damaraland is a sparsely populated part of Namibia, an area of stunning scenic beauty and home to the desert-adapted elephant. Twyfelfontein is home to one of the largest collections of rock art engravings found in Southern Africa, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

En route, you'll stop to visit the Petrified Forest where ancient logs estimated to be 240 million years old lie in the hot semi-desert terrain where you can also marvel at the oldest desert plant on earth, the Welwitschia mirabilis. Have lunch en-route to Twyfelfontein.

You will visit the Petrified Forest. Your dinner and an overnight stay are at Twyfelfontein Country Lodge.

Main Destination:

Twyfelfontein (Rock Art)

Best Time To Visit May to September (Animals are easier to see)

High Season July to November (Some places can get quite busy)

Best Weather May to August (Less hot during the day)

Wildlife in Damaraland

ElephantOccasional

GiraffeRare

Black RhinoRare

LionVery Rare

LeopardVery Rare

ZebraRare

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CheetahVery Rare

HyenaVery Rare

White RhinoNone

BuffaloNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Twyfelfontein Country Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located inside Damaraland

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Explore Damaraland | Visit Rock Engravings And Organ Pipes | Nature Drive in Aba-Huab River Bed

You'll explore the beauty and wildlife of Damaraland on a nature drive in the dry Aba-Huab River valley with the possibility to encounter desert-adapted wildlife such as springbok, oryx, elephants, and Ruppell’s korhaan or Benguela long-billed lark.

Also, explore the rock engravings at Twyfelfontein where Bushman communities engraved and painted over 2500 pictures some 6000 years ago. The name Twyfelfontein is Afrikaans for “doubtful fountain” a reference to the small fountain located in the area. The farmer who purchased this land doubted that the fountain could produce enough water to support the variety of games depicted in the engravings.

You'll visit the Organ Pipes located in a small ravine and consisting of a 100-meter stretch of four-meter-high dolerite columns. Close by is the Burnt Mountain which appears to have been burnt by fire. Gaseous releases from deep within the bowels of the earth scorched this area millions of years ago.

Your dinner is at Twyfelfontein Lodge.

Main Destination:

Damaraland

Accommodation:

Twyfelfontein Country Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located inside Damaraland

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Travel To Swakopmund | Visit The Museum | Leisure In The Afternoon

You'll travel across the rugged expanse of Damaraland, passing the Brandberg mountain complex and the highest peak in Namibia en route to the coast. As you near the coast, the temperature drops due to the influence of the cold Benguela current. Hot air off the desert meeting cold air off the ocean often results in fog along the coast.
Swakopmund served as the territory’s main harbour for many years. Today this historical desert town, surrounded by desert and sea is a popular destination with a Bavarian flair. You'll reach Swakopmund in the afternoon and after a short orientation of the town, you'll check into the hotel.

Leisure in the afternoon is free for shopping and/or optional extra activities such as quad biking on the dunes, scenic flights over the desert, sky-diving, para-gliding, and horse and camel riding. You'll visit the museum, the cristal gallery or art galleries. In the evening, you will go to one of the best restaurants for dinner.

Overnight at Swakopmund Guesthouse.

Main Destination:

Swakopmund (City)

Accommodation:

Swakopmund Guesthouse

• Mid-range guest house located in Swakopmund (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Visit Walvis Bay | Marine Cruise | An Exhilarating Dune Drive In Sandwich Harbour Area | Birding

You'll go to Walvis Bay has been a haven for sea vessels because of its natural deepwater harbour. Being rich in plankton and marine life, these waters drew large numbers of whales attracting whalers and fishing vessels.

From the Walvis Bay Yacht Club, board the catamaran and spend the morning exploring the bay area which is home to a great variety of birdlife, seals and three different types of dolphins may be encountered. You'll see the heavyside dolphins which are the most prolific in being endemic to the coast of Namibia, dusky dolphins and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins.
The larger mammals like the southern right whale and the humpback whales may be spotted and with a bit of extra special luck, rare sightings of the sunfish and the leatherback turtles also.
You'll depart for an exhilarating dune drive in the Sandwich Harbour area. Breathtaking panoramic views of the picturesque dunes engulfed by the sea make for photographic opportunities. The area hosts upwards of 70,000 birds.

Main Destination:

Walvis Bay (City)

Accommodation:

Swakopmund Guesthouse

• Mid-range guest house located in Swakopmund (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Travel To Sossusvlei | Explore the Diversity Of The Namibia Desert

You'll travel across the vast expanses of Namibia. You'll experience the many different faces of the Namibia desert on the journey today. You'll cross the silent gravel plains, to reach the Kuiseb Canyon where the Kuiseb River cuts off the northward march of the Namib dune sea. Climbing out of the canyon the towering mountains of the escarpment loom on one side while on the other the distant glow of orange indicates the start of the dune fields.

You'll descend into the smaller Gaub Canyon before you cross the Tropical of Capricorn. Once clear of the canyons you'll travel between the escarpment and the dune fields to reach the aptly named settlement of Solitaire. Here you can stop for a cold drink and a slice of excellent apple cake, which is reputedly the best in Africa.

You'll explore the diversity of the Namibia desert and you'll have the rest of the afternoon at leisure, you can relax.
Lunch en-route to Sossusvlei.

Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Desert Homestead Lodge.

Main Destination:

Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes)

Best Time To Visit May to September (Less hot)

High Season July to November (Busy and high rates apply)

Best Weather May to September (Cooler during the day)

Wildlife in Namib-Naukluft NP

LeopardRare

ZebraRare

HyenaRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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ElephantNone

GiraffeNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Desert Homestead Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Excursion in Namib Desert To Visit Sossusvlei| Exploring The Dune Fields | Visit Sesriem Canyon

You'll spend the morning exploring the dune fields. The Namib Sand Sea is the second UNESCO World Heritage Site for Namibia (2013). One of the oldest, driest and most pristine areas on Earth, the Namib Desert is a world of vast spaces, endless horizons, dramatic deserts capes and jagged mountain heights. The best time for photography in the dunes is early morning when the rising sun still casts shadows that give depth and contrast to the dunes.

You'll drive along the ancient Tsauchab riverbed until the tar road ends, the last few kilometres of thick sand to reach Sossusvlei: "the gathering place of the water." Sossusvlei is a striking white pan surrounded by ancient Camelthorn trees and the towering orange dunes of Namib. You'll visit Sesriem Canyon, a 30-meter deep gauge incised into the desert floor by the Tsauchab River. You'll rest in the afternoon and relax.

You'll have dinner at Desert Homestead Lodge.

Main Destination:

Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes)

Accommodation:

Desert Homestead Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Travel To Kalahari Desert | Game Drive

This morning, you'll travel east to the Kalahari Desert. The Kalahari Desert is located in eastern Namibia on the border with Botswana. Kalahari is derived from the Tswana word Kgala, meaning "the great thirst" or Kgalagadi, meaning "a waterless place"; the Kalahari (520,000sq km) has vast areas covered by red sand without any permanent surface water. Long, gently rolling linear dunes stretch hundreds of kilometres in length. The deep red sands are dotted with yellow grasses and in the dune corridors, ancient camelthorn trees are decorated with the giant nests of the communal sociable weaver.

After lunch, you'll head out for a thrilling game drive. Despite being a desert, the Kalahari is home to a great diversity of species including lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, hyenas, rhinos, and venomous snakes. This afternoon, you'll join a 4x4 drive to further explore the Kalahari. Your dinner and overnight stay are at Kalahari Anib Lodge.

Main Destination:

Kalahari Desert

Accommodation:

Kalahari Anib Lodge

• Luxury lodge located near Mariental (Town)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Final-day In Namibia | Travel To Hosea Kutako International Airport

After breakfast, you'll return to Windhoek and transfer to Hosea Kutako International Airport to check in for your outbound flight back home.

Expert yips:
Please note no outbound flights before 1:00 pm.
If you would love to extend your trip to Botswana, this can be arranged too.

Main Destination:

Hosea Kutako International Airport (Windhoek)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.