A truly remarkable trip that takes you to Namibia‘s surreal desert landscapes, finest wildlife experiences and quirky towns. From its tiny but charming capital, Windhoek, head to the endless dunes of the 80 million year old Namib Desert where you’ll get to explore the iconic Sessriem Canyon, Sossusvlei and Deadvlei. Then follow the coast north to Swakopmund, a curiously German town squeezed between the Atlantic and endless sands, and on to the rugged mountains and plains of Damaraland. Your safari and wildlife adventure is wraped up with the majestic Etosha National Park, a tuly wildlife paradise.
Namibia: Etosha National Park To Desert Dunes
Price
From$2,500
7 Days
Windhoek
Etosha National Park
Min Age : 4
- Windhoek City Tour
- Shipwreck On Skeleton Coast
- Himba Tribe Village Visit
- Etosha National Park
- Swakopmund
- Sand Dunes of Sossusvlei
- Deadvlei
- Dune 45
- Sesriem Canyon
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Day 1Welcome To Namibia: Airport Transfer
Upon arrival at Hosea Kutako Int Airport, a Local Safaris Africa guide will meet you at the International arrivals gate and transfer you to Windhoek central roughly 40 minutes away. Depending on your time of arrival, you will have a Windhoek city tour with your guide. If your flight is a late one, you will check in, relax and get ready for an experience of a lifetime. Your city tour will then take place before leaving for Etosha national park or on the day you return to Windhoek.
Overnight: Hotel Thule or Similar
Meals: None today
Included Activity: Windhoek City Tour (time permitting)
DAY 2Etosha National Park- Game Drives
We leave the hotel in Windhoek and drive to Etosha National Park. We make a short stopover in Otjiwarongo and have lunch before making our way into Etosha National Park via the Anderson Gate. We spend our day game driving through the park and paying visits to waterholes in search of predators and animals such as zebra, giraffe, elephant and rhino. We reach our accommodation situated inside of Etosha National Park just before the sun sets. There is a beautiful floodlit waterhole that neighbours the camp. We spend the evening in twin-shared double rooms with en-suite bathroom facilities. We then sit down for supper and get an early night’s rest for the day ahead.
*Please note that accommodation in Etosha gets booked out early. In some cases we may switch our accommodation, start at Halali/Namutoni then Okaukejo Camp or reverse. In extreme cases, we use luxury camps located just outside the park.
Overnight: Namutoni Camp
Meals: Breakfast
Included Activities: Game drive inside Etosha National Park
DAY 3Explore Etosha
We awake early today for a light breakfast before the sun rises and then embark on a game drive till about midday where we fill our tummies again. Another game drive takes us to various populated waterholes before we return to Halali for a picnic lunch. We then continue game driving through the park in search of the Big 4 as well as the wildlife on the plains. We reach Okaukuejo in the early evening and depart from the park just before sunset. Our camp tonight is a highly demanded camp and normally runs out on availalbility. In such cases, we will overnight just outside the park.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Okaukejo Camp or Etosha Village
Included Highlights: Morning & Afternoon Game Drives
Distance: +/- 70 km
Day 4Etosha National Park To Swakopmund
We have an early breakfast and leave our lodge early for our journey through the communal plains of Damaraland (Kunene Region). We make a stopover at the Ugab River Bridge to pay a visit to the stunning Herero women who sell their lovely artworks in order to support their families. We indulge in a delicious lunch in the Brandberg Mountain’s shadow and pay a brief visit to the Himba group who have migrated to this region in order to sell their craft items. Following lunch, we make our way through the Namib Desert and make a stopover at the latest shipwreck on the Skeleton Coast before reaching Swakopmund in the early evening. Please note that we do not enter Skeleton Coast Park. The detour is to give you firsthand experience of the Shipwreck. Exploring this coastal town on foot at midday is a wonderful way to spend the afternoon and you are encouraged to visit the jetty for sundowners overlooking the cold Atlantic Ocean. In the evening you can visit one of the lovely local restaurants for a delicious dinner (own expense).
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel A La Mer or similar
Trip Highlights: Himba, Herero, and Damara Tribes Handicrafts Market, Shipwreck Visit
Distance: +/- 510 km
Day 5Swakopmund
Following a good breakfast, we encourage you to pay a visit to the museum or aquarium, or for those seeking more of a thrill, a two-hour sand boarding experience through the dunes is recommended. We leave Swakopmund in the afternoon and travel through the Namib Desert through the Kuiseb Canyon and Solitaire. We reach our hotel in the early evening, when we will have time to unwind and bask in our gorgeous surrounds before embarking on a brief sunset walk that provides incredible vistas of the Naukluft mountain range.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Sossusvlei Lodge or similar
Optional Activities: Sand Boarding, Quad Biking
Distance: +/- 350 km
Day 6Sossusvlei, Desert Dunes
Today we leave before sunrise to reach the Park’s gate. We then travel down an old riverbed encircled by enormous sand dunes and climb aboard 4X4 shuttles to be transferred into Sossusvlei. Here we can fully appreciate the splendour of this area, especially early in the morning, as well as bask in the quiet serenity surrounding us. We traverse this incredible region on foot before making our way into Deadvlei, comprised of an abundance of whitened and cracked clay and bare camel thorn trees that are in harsh contrast to the setting of the massive dunes with their constantly changing colours.
As we head back to our hotel, we stop over at the renowned Dune 45 where we have a chance to either hike up the dune or simply roam around its base. We make our way back to Sesriem and pay a visit to the nearby Sesriem Canyon, one of the limited permanent water sources before reaching our lodging in the early evening to witness the spectacular sunset over the vast desert.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Sossusvlei Lodge or similar
Included Highlights: Sossusvlei (including 4×4 shuttle), Deadvlei, Dune 45, Sesriem Canyon
Distance: +/- 120 km
Day 7Sesriem – Windhoek, Tour Ends
After breakfast this morning, we make our way to back to Windhoek via Solitaire Guest Farm where a biologist will take us on a walk to track cheetahs in the Namib Conservation Centre. We then return to Rehoboth via the Naukluft mountains. You will then be taken to your accommodation in Windhoek. If you require a transfer, this will be at an additional cost. We recommend you do not book a flight that departs before 18h00 because there may be delays on the safari.
Meals: Breakfast
Distance: +/- 320 km
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