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Day 1
AfriCat Carnivore Conservation & Leopard Tracking-Okonjima Nature Reserve
AfriCat Carnivore Conservation & Leopard Tracking-Okonjima Nature Reserve
🌎 Travel from Windhoek to Okonjima Nature Reserve, home of the AfriCat Foundation, one of Namibia’s leading carnivore conservation organisations.
🧐 You will visit the conservation centre to learn about leopard, cheetah and brown hyena research, rehabilitation and human-wildlife conflict mitigation.
🧐 Conservationists explain how livestock conflict affects carnivore survival and how research, environmental education and local partnerships support coexistence.
🐆 In the afternoon, enjoy a specialist-guided leopard tracking activity inside the reserve. Using telemetry and field interpretation, guides track free-roaming leopards while explaining predator ecology, territorial behaviour and long-term monitoring projects.
Other wildlife around Okonjima includes giraffe, plains zebra, kudu, sable antelope, baboon and Damara dik-dik.
- Main Destination:
- Okonjima Private Nature Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Okonjima Plains Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Okonjima Nature Reserve-White Rhino & Pangolin Conservation Safari
Okonjima Nature Reserve-White Rhino & Pangolin Conservation Safari
🦏 Begin the day with a white rhino tracking experience on foot alongside specialist guides and anti-poaching personnel. Learn how Okonjima monitors its small southern white rhino population through continuous field patrols and conservation management.
🌎 The activity combines a game drive with a guided walking safari in search of rhino within the reserve’s open landscape.
⭐️ In the afternoon, focus shifts to pangolin conservation. Using VHF telemetry equipment, guides track one of the reserve’s monitored pangolins while discussing illegal wildlife trafficking, research initiatives and pangolin ecology. Okonjima protects one of Namibia’s important pangolin populations.
✔️ Birdlife may include Rockrunner, Monteiro’s Hornbill, Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Carp’s Tit and the yellow morph Crimson-breasted Shrike.
- Main Destination:
- Okonjima Private Nature Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Okonjima Plains Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Cheetah Conservation Fund & Etosha Safari
Cheetah Conservation Fund & Etosha Safari
🌎Journey north towards Etosha National Park with a conservation stop at the Cheetah Conservation Fund.
Established in 1990, the organisation focuses on long-term cheetah conservation through research, habitat protection and farmer support programmes.
✔️ Learn how livestock guarding dogs such as Anatolian Shepherds and Kangals reduce predator conflict on farmlands.
✔️ You will visit the education centre and ambassador cheetahs while learning about Namibia’s declining cheetah range and conservation challenges.
✔️ Continue towards Etosha National Park for an afternoon game drive exploring one of Africa’s greatest wildlife conservation areas.
The park protects black rhino, elephant, lion, cheetah, leopard, giraffe, zebra and numerous antelope species within a vast semi-arid ecosystem.
- Main Destination:
- Etosha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Okaukuejo Resort
Wildlife in Etosha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Etosha Wildlife Conservation & Ecology Safari
Etosha Wildlife Conservation & Ecology Safari
🌎 Spend a full day exploring Etosha National Park with your specialist guide.
Covering over 22 000 km², Etosha remains one of Africa’s most important protected wildlife areas. The park was originally proclaimed in 1907 to conserve migratory wildlife populations threatened by uncontrolled hunting and habitat loss.
⭐️ Today it protects black rhino, elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah and more than 340 bird species. Your guide explains the ecological importance of the Etosha Pan, natural waterholes and wildlife management strategies used to sustain biodiversity in this harsh environment.
⭐️ Expect excellent game viewing around productive waterholes where large concentrations of zebra, springbok, wildebeest and elephant gather, attracting predators and scavengers throughout the dry season.
- Main Destination:
- Etosha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Okaukuejo Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Hobatere Concession-Western Etosha Conservation & Night Drive Safari
Hobatere Concession-Western Etosha Conservation & Night Drive Safari
🌍 Continue west through Etosha towards Hobatere Concession, an important community-linked conservation area bordering western Etosha.
⭐️ The concession belongs to the #Khoadi//Hoas Conservancy and directly supports local communities through conservation tourism revenue, student tuition support and infrastructure projects.
Your guide explains how conservancies help reduce human-wildlife conflict while creating incentives for wildlife protection.
✔️ The route through western Etosha offers opportunities for elephant, giraffe, oryx, springbok and lion sightings in a quieter region of the park.
✔️ After dinner, embark on a guided night drive searching for nocturnal species including aardvark, aardwolf, bat-eared fox, Cape fox, genet and porcupine while learning about their adaptations to Namibia’s arid ecosystems.
- Main Destination:
- Western Etosha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Hobatere Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Hobatere Concession-Human/Wildlife Mitigation & Lion Conservation
Hobatere Concession-Human/Wildlife Mitigation & Lion Conservation
🦁 Explore Hobatere Concession with local guides while learning about lion conservation outside Etosha National Park.
⭐️ This region forms part of important wildlife corridors where lions interact with livestock farming communities.
⭐️ Guides explain how organisations such as the Namibian Lion Trust support coexistence through GPS collaring, lion monitoring, predator-proof kraals and local lion guard programmes.
⭐️ These initiatives reduce livestock losses while protecting free-roaming lion populations.
✔️ Morning and afternoon game drives focus on wildlife ecology, birdlife and the importance of conservancy conservation models in Namibia.
✔️ The area supports elephant, lion, giraffe, kudu and extensive mopane woodland ecosystems rich in birdlife and termite mound biodiversity.
- Main Destination:
- Western Etosha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Hobatere Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Hoanib River- Desert Wildlife Conservation
Hoanib River- Desert Wildlife Conservation
🏜️ After breakfast, you will travel into the remote Hoanib River system, one of Namibia’s most important ephemeral river ecosystems linking Damaraland and Kaokoland with the Skeleton Coast.
⭐️ The river supports desert-adapted wildlife surviving in extremely harsh conditions. Along the journey, your guide explains how these seasonal rivers systems sustain elephant movement, predator populations and fragile desert biodiversity.
⭐️ The region remains largely unfenced, allowing natural wildlife movement across vast wilderness landscapes.
⭐️ Learn how low-impact tourism and conservancy partnerships help protect this globally important desert ecosystem.
- Main Destination:
- Sesfontein (Town)
- Accommodation:
- Fort Sesfontein Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Hoanib River-Desert Adapted Lion Research & Tracking Expedition
Hoanib River-Desert Adapted Lion Research & Tracking Expedition
🦁 Spend the day exploring remote desert habitats in search of desert-adapted lions and other specially adapted wildlife. Namibia’s desert lions survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth, with only a small population remaining across the northwest.
Guides explain ongoing research conducted by desert lion conservation organisations studying lion movements, behaviour, prey availability and human-lion conflict.
⭐️ Conservation efforts include GPS collaring, community collaboration and monitoring of free-roaming prides outside protected national parks.
⭐️ Although sightings can never be guaranteed, tracking these elusive predators through dry river systems and rugged desert terrain forms one of Namibia’s most exclusive wildlife experiences.
The region also supports oryx, springbok, ostrich and occasional desert-adapted elephant.
- Main Destination:
- Sesfontein (Town)
- Accommodation:
- Fort Sesfontein Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Palmwag/Grootberg Concessions- Wilderness Conservation Safari
Palmwag/Grootberg Concessions- Wilderness Conservation Safari
🐘 Journey south towards Palmwag Concession, a vast unfenced wilderness area covering approximately 4500 km² within Namibia’s communal conservancy landscape.
🦏 This rugged region forms part of one of Africa’s largest free-roaming black rhino habitats and supports desert-adapted elephant populations.
⭐️ Unlike fenced reserves, wildlife moves naturally through this open ecosystem shared with local communities.
⭐️ Your guide explains Namibia’s internationally recognised community-based conservation model and how tourism supports wildlife protection in remote regions.
✔️ After lunch, enjoy a scenic sundowner drive exploring dry river systems and rocky valleys in search of desert wildlife.
✔️ Palmwag’s remote landscapes support elephant, giraffe, springbok, oryx, Hartmann’s mountain zebra and occasional predators.
- Main Destination:
- Palmwag (Damaraland)
- Accommodation:
- Palmwag Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Palmwag/Grootberg Concessions-Desert Black Rhino Conservation Tracking
Palmwag/Grootberg Concessions-Desert Black Rhino Conservation Tracking
🌄 Rise early for one of Namibia’s premier conservation experiences: tracking free-roaming desert-adapted black rhino with local trackers and Rhino Rangers.
⭐️ This conservation initiative combines the efforts of Save the Rhino Trust, local communities and Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism.
✔️ Using expert tracking skills, guides search remote valleys and rugged terrain for one of the world’s last truly wild black rhino populations. The experience involves both 4x4 driving and walking through mountainous desert landscapes.
⭐️ Along the way, you will learn about anti-poaching operations, rhino monitoring techniques and the importance of community involvement in wildlife conservation.
⭐️ This exclusive activity provides rare insight into frontline rhino conservation in Namibia’s northwest.
- Main Destination:
- Palmwag (Damaraland)
- Accommodation:
- Palmwag Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Damaraland-Desert Elephant Conservation & Twyfelfontein
Damaraland-Desert Elephant Conservation & Twyfelfontein
🐘 Continue through Damaraland exploring the Huab and Aba-Huab river systems in search of desert-adapted elephants.
⭐️ Guides explain how Elephant-Human Relations Aid works with local communities to reduce conflict through elephant monitoring, protective water infrastructure and conservation education.
⭐️ In this arid environment, elephants, livestock and people often depend on the same scarce water resources, making coexistence essential. The drive focuses on tracking elephant herds moving through dry riverbeds and rocky valleys.
✔️ Later, visit Twyfelfontein UNESCO World Heritage Site with local guides. The site contains over 40 000 San rock engravings documenting wildlife, hunting traditions and cultural connections between people and nature dating back thousands of years.
- Main Destination:
- Twyfelfontein (Rock Art)
- Accommodation:
- Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Wildlife in Damaraland
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Swakopmund-Skeleton Coast Ecosystems & Seal Conservation
Swakopmund-Skeleton Coast Ecosystems & Seal Conservation
🌊 Travel through the Skeleton Coast National Park, one of the world’s most dramatic coastal desert ecosystems shaped by the cold Benguela Current and shifting Atlantic dunes.
⭐️ Wildlife here survives under harsh environmental conditions, including oryx, springbok, ostrich, brown hyena and occasional desert-adapted elephant.
✔️ Guides explain how nutrient-rich ocean currents influence marine biodiversity and desert ecology along Namibia’s coastline.
✔️ Continue to Cape Cross Seal Reserve, home to one of the world’s largest Cape fur seal colonies.
⭐️ Learn about the ecological importance of seals within the Benguela ecosystem and ongoing conservation debates surrounding commercial seal harvesting.
The route offers spectacular scenery where desert landscapes meet the Atlantic Ocean.
- Main Destination:
- Swakopmund (City)
- Accommodation:
- The Delight Swakopmund
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Walvis Bay-Living Desert Ecology & Coastal Conservation
Walvis Bay-Living Desert Ecology & Coastal Conservation
🦎 Explore the Dorob National Park on a specialist-guided Living Desert Tour focusing on the remarkable survival strategies of Namibia’s desert-adapted reptiles, insects and small mammals.
✔️ Passionate desert conservation guides explain how tiny creatures survive extreme heat, shifting sands and scarce moisture through camouflage, agility and behavioural adaptation.
✔️ Search for the famous “Little Five” including the Namib Sand Gecko, Namaqua Chameleon, shovel-nosed lizard, sidewinding adder and dancing white lady spider. Birdlife may include Gray’s Lark, Tractrac Chat and Damara Tern.
🌊 In the afternoon, continue to Sandwich Harbour where giant Atlantic dunes meet the ocean inside Namib-Naukluft National Park. This internationally important coastal wetland supports flamingos, pelicans and migratory birds within the productive Benguela ecosystem.
✔️ Explore the dune fields and tidal lagoon while learning about coastal conservation and low-impact tourism.
- Main Destination:
- Swakopmund (City)
- Accommodation:
- The Delight Swakopmund
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Journey to Sossusvlei-Namib Desert Research & Sustainability Journey
Journey to Sossusvlei-Namib Desert Research & Sustainability Journey
🌍 Journey south towards the Namib Desert while exploring one of the world’s oldest desert ecosystems.
⭐️ The route follows the Namib Sand Sea UNESCO World Heritage landscape and provides access to pioneering desert research and conservation initiatives.
⭐️ Visit a Namib conservation and research centre where scientists study fog-basking beetles, Welwitschia mirabilis and other desert-adapted organisms surviving under extreme arid conditions.
⭐️ You will also learn about sustainable off-grid technologies including solar energy systems, water purification and environmental monitoring projects supporting long-term conservation in remote desert regions.
This region demonstrates how Namibia protects large wilderness areas through integrated conservation, scientific research and responsible tourism initiatives.
- Main Destination:
- Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes)
- Accommodation:
- Sossusvlei Lodge
Wildlife in Namib-Naukluft NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 15
Return to Windhoek-– Sossusvlei Desert Ecology & Conservation Safari
Return to Windhoek-– Sossusvlei Desert Ecology & Conservation Safari
🏜️ Enter Namib-Naukluft National Park early in the morning to explore the iconic dunes and ancient desert landscapes of Sossusvlei and Deadvlei.
⭐️ The Namib Desert has remained arid for millions of years, creating one of the planet’s oldest continuously surviving desert ecosystems.
⭐️ Your guide explains desert ecology, dune formation and wildlife adaptations within this harsh environment.
Visit:
✔️ Dune 45
✔️ Deadvlei
✔️ Big Daddy Dune
✔️ Learn about climate, geology and specialised desert biodiversity.
Wildlife in the region includes oryx, springbok, ostrich, brown hyena and the endemic dune lark.
After exploring the dunes and clay pans, return to Windhoek through Namibia’s scenic central highlands.
- Main Destination:
- Windhoek (City)
- Accommodation:
- Hilton Hotel Windhoek
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 16
Departure & Why Book This Safari
Departure & Why Book This Safari
You will be transferred to the airport for outbound international flight.
_______________✅Why Book This Safari? ✅_______________
✅ Specialist conservation safari focused on endangered and conservation-priority wildlife.
✅ Visit leading conservation centres including AfriCat Foundation, Cheetah Conservation Fund and Save the Rhino Trust.
✅ Track pangolin, leopard, desert-adapted elephant, black rhino and desert lion.
✅ Learn directly from guides, trackers and conservation stakeholders working in the field.
✅ Explore remote wilderness areas rarely included on ordinary safari itineraries.
✅ Tourism revenue supports conservancies, research projects and local communities.
✅ PEA Tours and Safaris operations stem from nature conservation, responsible tourism and environmental education.
✅ Small departures ensure a more exclusive and personalised conservation experience.
🔥 Limited availability. Secure your place on this rare Namibia conservation expedition before departures fill.
- Main Destination:
- Windhoek Airport (Windhoek)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
