Southbound Tours
- Office In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2017)
- Member Of:
- Namibia Tourism Board
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $136 to $1,238 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Mar | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Accommodating
They organized a tailor-made trip for us with an excellent value for money. They helped us make the most of each day.
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Email Puri de Vega | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excelent
The trip has been a magnificent experience. Everything was very well managed and coordinated. I think the value for money was appropriate. It’s a pity we didn’t have more days to enjoy Namibia even more. I want to make a special mention of Hendricks, our guide. He was magnificent, and without him, the trip wouldn’t have been so wonderful.
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Email Isaura | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Breath taking
It was an incredibly well planned and beautiful experience ….
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Email Paloma | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
Everything fantastic! Our guide Hendricks, the best!
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Email Begona | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing company That took really Good care of organizo g and amazing trip
we spend 12 days in Namibia and this company made everything smooth and Great. They took care sincero we booked, explaining all the paperwork that we need ed and chooing beautiful destinations. The guide Hendricks speaks severas languages and was very profesional. Marco the owner took care directly and the trip was a experience of a life time
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Email Beatriz | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic
It wats incredible and friendly
The organización was very amazing
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Email Susan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect Vacation planned by Southbound.
It was so easy to work with Marco at Southbound. He listened to what we wanted and adjusted his recommendations based on our preferences. His response to messages was almost immediate. Our driver, Boyckey was skilled, friendly, and knowledgeable. His English was perfect. We went for luxury and weren’t disappointed. We highly recommend Southbound Tours.
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Email Lakey | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing!
I came into contact with Marco, around 5 month ago, when I was googling in search of a local agency to provide travel services in Namibia. He was very quick in answering, and very helpful regarding every aspect of our trip through Namibia. The support was amazing through emails. WhatsApp and even two "zoom" conferences to calm all my questions and doubts about self driving in an unknown country. Marco was very sensitive to my limited budget and helped me find incredible value for my money without sacrificing unbelievable experiences. He was always opened to any changes that I wanted to make after considering his invaluable feedback.
Marco provided excellent service throughout the entire trip. He took care of every details including booking activities, restaurants reservations and lodges recommendations. He was always available and I felt reassured that someone was watching over us on our journey.
There is no words to thanks to Marco and his team for ensure this unforgettable lifetime experience in Namibia. The trip was fascinating and lived up to my high expectations.
We are pensionaries and went on a 16 day self drive. We went to the Kalahari Desert, Sossusvlei, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund before driving up the Skeleton Coast to Terrace Bay. After that we drove north through Damaraland. We entered Etosha through the western gate and exited through the eastern gate. That was amazing. We also stayed at a private lodge and were welcomed by the rhinos.
As a grand finale to our trip, Marco recommended the Na'an Kuse Lodge where we had the unbelievable experience of walking with the cheetahs.
Not to be missed are all the activities in Walvis Baa, the catamaran safari, Sandwich Harbor, kayaking with the seals and quad biking on the dunes.
Marco and Desiree, Creative Safari designers welcomed us when we arrived at our hotel in Windhoek and went through our itinerary so that we knew what to expect.
The organization of the trip and the communication, before and during it, were excellent.
Highly recommended.
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Email Marisa | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional, careful and always available
I have used the services from Southbound for a trip to Namibia with my family. I choose my stages of the journey but the travel agent suggested to me some changes very clever. He looked for me very nice lodge and proposed very exciting activities. I had always the possibility to choose. I gave him a budget to find the right solution. He helped me also with the documents to enter in the country. He was always very kind and quick in any answer. I haven't got any problem during the entire trip.
Professional, friendly company to deal with
We felt fortunate to have discovered Marco and his lovely team after reading the reviews on this website.
I gave Marco a wish list of the places in Namibia that we would like to visit, and he came up with 14 day itinerary.
Windhoek - Sossuvlei - Swakopmund - Twyfelfontein - Etosha - Windhoek.
It was a late booking for July, which is a busy time of year in Namibia, but Marco managed to get us into some excellent lodges sometimes by tweaking the date of the stay or wait listing us for one of the nights.
The itinerary was completed within four days, with emails exchanged promptly. My partner delegated decision-making, which speeded up the process. Additionally, Southbound’s local presence was an advantage.
Once the trip was paid for, I sent Marco a list of questions and small requests for each lodge that I had read about on TripAdvisor, and he patiently took everything on board. These tiny details made such a difference to the trip and highlight the level of service that Southbound offer.
Marne and Desiree, Creative Safari designers welcomed us when we arrived at our hotel in Windhoek and went through our itinerary so that we knew what to expect, and it was good to meet Marco too after all the work that he did for us.
We needed to use soft bags for our flights and we were going to be limited to 20 kilos of luggage. Southbound kindly offered to store our hard travel cases whilst we were on our trip, enabling us to also leave some travel clothes in Windhoek.
At the start of the trip, we joined a WhatsApp group for communication with the team.
The level of accommodation was mixed, so we were able to stay in an amazing suite at Camp Kipwe and less expensive accommodation when it didn’t matter, for example, in Swakopmund.
With the exception of Etosha, the food was excellent wherever we stayed, very imaginative, with a high level of service.
We particularly wanted to stay at Okaukuejo Resort within Etosha National Park so that we were close to the wildlife, which proved to be a good choice for us, although it may not suit everybody !
We used flights and road trips with Boyki as a guide from Windhoek to Sossuvlei and George, another Southbound team member who drove us from Etosha to Windhoek.
Marco came up with the idea for us to stay at a quirky place on the drive to Sossuvlei at Namibgrens Guest farm, Villa 1 and combined it with watching the sunset at Spreetshoogte Pass viewpoint, which was an unforgettable experience. It was also an honour to get to know Boyki and learn about his family during our two days together.
Driving allowed us to experience the scenery from the car, and it had the added advantage that we arrived at the lodge earlier in the day, meaning we could take part in the lodge’s afternoon excursion.
Despite sometimes opting for more expensive accommodation, we considered this trip to be highly worthwhile in terms of value for money, considering the “from” prices available in the UK for significantly shorter durations.
This trip was different from any adventure that we have booked previously.
Each destination offered a distinct experience, landscape and new friendly people to meet.
Southbound are a professional, friendly and lovely company to deal with.
Thank you for a great trip!
Steve and Jane
From the UK