11-Day Etosha Exploration

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

Windhoek

Your specialist guide will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to the capital city of Namibia, Windhoek. Depending on the time of arrival, you may explore the city on your own at your own pace, or your guide will take you around the township before discussing what the whole trip entails at a dinner table.

Main Destination:

Windhoek (City)

Accommodation:

The Weinberg

• Luxury hotel located in Windhoek (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Private Game Reserve

Your guide will pick you up from the hotel and head towards the north-western part of Namibia. Our destination is a private game farm where you will taste wildlife in a closed ecosystem. We will embark on an afternoon game drive around the private reserve.

Main Destination:

Outjo (Town)

Accommodation:

Sophienhof Lodge

• Mid-range lodge

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Western Etosha

After breakfast, we will drive to the western part of the Etosha National Park. This pristine and less visited part of the park is characterized by dolomite hills and flat plains which allows great. The wildlife has developed without human disturbance and rare species such as black rhino and black-faced impala have established themselves in the area. This biome is a migratory route boundary between desert adapted and savanna wildlife. After checking in and relaxation, we will embark on an afternoon game drive in our vehicle.

Main Destination:

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:

Dolomite Resort

• Mid-range lodge located inside Etosha NP

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Western Etosha

We will embark on both morning and afternoon game drives, exploring waterholes in this rather arid habitat. Besides encountering normal wildlife, chances of getting to see escapees from the national park to neighboring concessions are high. Sightings of either Elephants or Lions leaving the park through an effort made boundary fence are there. There are high chances of seeing near endemic mammals like the Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra as they occur in abundance in this part of the park.

Main Destination:

Etosha National Park

Accommodation:

Dolomite Resort

• Mid-range lodge located inside Etosha NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Southern Etosha

Today, we have a whole day game drive from the western to the southern part of the Etosha National Park. We will be visiting mostly waterholes all day long. We will drive through some Savanna shrubland and Mopane woodlands as we make our way to the south of the park. The renowned flood-lit waterhole is accessible any time.

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)

Southern Etosha

We have a more relaxed day of a little later breakfast before exploring the southern side of the park. Besides abundance of mammals, they are good chances of seeing bird species like Southern Pied and Bare-cheeked Babblers, Sociable Weaver, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Violet-eared Waxbill, Red-headed and Cut-throat Finches, Namaqua, Double-banded and Burchell’s Sandgrouse, Pygmy and Lanner Falcons, Pink-billed, Sabota and Spike-heeled Larks among other specials. At night one has a chance to spend time at a lit waterhole frequented by Black Rhinos among other mammals.

Main Destination:

Etosha National Park

Accommodation:

Okaukuejo Resort

• Mid-range chalet located inside Etosha NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Central Etosha National Park

We will continue with our Etosha exploration towards the only small hills in a rather flat area. There are chances of encountering the elusive Leopard around this area. We have a chance to have a great view of the salt pan, which covers 23% of the park’s surface area.

Main Destination:

Etosha National Park

Accommodation:

Halali Resort

• Mid-range lodge located inside Etosha NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Eastern Etosha

After breakfast, let us explore the relatively higher rainfall part of the park, with more natural contact springs. Our journey takes us through Acacia nebrownii shrubland and a combination of Mopane and Purple pod Terminalia woodlands. There are more natural contact springs around this area hence higher wildlife density.

Main Destination:

Eastern Etosha National Park

Accommodation:

Namutoni Resort

• Mid-range lodge located inside Etosha NP

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Eastern Etosha National Park

We have another more relaxed day. We will start an early morning game drive on the eastern part of Etosha, break for lunch, swimming pool or siesta around noon. We will then go back in the park for an afternoon game drive and continue searching for wildlife. For enthusiastic birders, during the rainy season the eastern part of the park may yield, Blue Crane, Great Crested Grebe and Black-necked Grebe, various Storks, Greater and Lesser Flamingoes when they come for breeding around the salt pans, Caspian Plover, Greater Painted Snipe and other waders. Some birds seen all year round include Red-capped, Fawn-coloured, Eastern Clapper and Stark’s Larks. Grey-backed and Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Larks are quite common as well. Double-banded and Temminck’s Coursers, Rufous-eared Warbler, Kori Bustard, Chestnut Weaver, Violet and Green Wood-Hoopoes, Carp’s Tit, Barred Wren-Warbler are among other specials birds to Etosha.

Main Destination:

Eastern Etosha National Park

Accommodation:

Namutoni Resort

• Mid-range lodge located inside Etosha NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Windhoek

After breakfast, we will leave the park to Windhoek, past the AfriCat Foundation for a day visit activity. Founded in 1993, the AfriCat Foundation is primarily dedicated to conservation of large carnivores. The Foundation lies on a 22000 hectare Okonjima Private Game Reserve. Before lunch, you will visit the center and learn more about Namibia’s carnivores and their fight for survival and the Human-Wildlife Conflict challenges that face both man and carnivore. Both Okonjima and AfriCat are dedicated to creating conservation awareness through environmental education at all ages and levels, rehabilitation and reintroduction programmes, and conducts constructive wildlife research. We get a chance to see the ambassador Cheetahs during this tour.

Main Destination:

Windhoek (City)

Accommodation:

The Weinberg

• Luxury hotel located in Windhoek (City)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Departure

Your guide will transfer you to the airport for your outbound flight.

Main Destination:

Windhoek 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.