Day By Day Itinerary
Day 1: Windhoek
After arrival at the International Airport, you proceed via mountainous terrain to Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia. Your pension is situated in a quiet suburb and close to the city center with its afro-european flair and peaceful atmosphere. In the evening enjoy typical Namibian cuisine in one of the numerous restaurants in the city.
Accommodation: Pension Moni
Day 2: Kalahari Desert
Traveling south after breakfast, you will soon see the red sand of the Kalahari interspersed with yellow grasses, shepherd’s trees and acacia’s. Your lodge is situated on a private game reserve where Oryx, Springbok, Zebra, and a variety of smaller game species abound. In the late afternoon experience the Kalahari and its symbiotic components on a sundowner / nature drive.
Accommodation: Anib Lodge Meals: Breakfast Distance: 260 km
Day 3: Fish River Canyon
This morning you travel further south into endless plains dotted with dolerite hills and desert-adapted vegetation. Visit the Quivertree forest at Keetmanshoop, before arriving at your lodge, situated close to the Fish River Canyon. In the late afternoon enjoy a scenic walk onto an adjacent granite hill, from where you can enjoy an unforgettable view of the sun setting over the desert landscape while enjoying a refreshing drink.
Accommodation: Canyon Road house Meals: Breakfast Distance: 430 km
Day 4: Fish River Canyon
After breakfast, travel the short distance to the magnificent Fish River Canyon. Enjoy this natural phenomenon, the second largest of its kind on earth, with its awesome splendour and adapted fauna and flora on a scenic walk along the ridge of the canyon. After the visit travel back to your lodge, where you can enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.
Accommodation: Canyon Road house Meals: Breakfast
Day 5: Lüderitz
Your journey continues past Aus and down the open plains of the Great Escarpment to Lüderitz. On your way see if you can spot the Wild Horses of the Namib, and, once in Lüderitz, enjoy a scenic drive to Diaz Point, site of Bartholomew Dias’ landing in 1488.
Accommodation: Zum Sperrgebiet Meals: Breakfast Distance: 420km
Day 6: Helmeringhausen Area
This morning visit the “ghost town” Kolmanskop, the remnant of a bustling diamond town that flourished here from 1908 to 1950. Once the diamond reserves became depleted, the town was left to the unforgiving wind swept sand and ravages of time. Traveling north, your next stop is situated in a more densely vegetated area along the foot of the stunning Tiras Mountains.
Accommodation: Helmeringhausen Hotel Meals: Breakfast Distance: 270 km
Day 7: Sossusvlei Area
After breakfast you travel along stretches of grassplains interspersed with huge mountain ranges into the area of Sossusvlei, where you lodge is situated. En route you may choose to visit Duwisib castle, a stately building originating from 1908, the contents of which has been preserved till this day. At your lodge you have the rest of the day at leisure, and can take part in optional activities offered.
Accommodation: Desert Homestead Meals: Breakfast Distance: 270KM
Day 8: Sossusvlei Area
Today calls for an early rise, when sunrise paints the highest sand dunes on earth at Sossusvlei into an artwork of awe-inspiring proportions. After taking a walk along or even up some of the majestic dunes, travel back to your lodge. Stop at the Sesriem Canyon, a 30-meter deep gauge eroded into the desert floor by the forces of the mighty Tsauchab River. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Accommodation: Desert Homestead Meals: Breakfast Distance: 240 km
Day 9 & 10: Swakopmund
After breakfast, travel through two rugged passes and via the Welwitschia plains and the Moonlandscape to Swakopmund. Better known as Namibia’s playground, this idyllic town is wedged between the sweltering Namib Desert and the cold Atlantic Ocean, and enjoys a distinct German architecture and atmosphere. Swakopmund has numerous activities to offer.
Accommodation: Intermezzo Meals: Breakfast Distance: 340km
Day 11: Damaraland
Proceed along the coastline in a northern direction this morning, visit Cape Cross and experience up to 80 000 seals frolicking in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Today your lodge is situated in the heart of the Damaraland, one of Namibia’s most geologically diverse areas. Visit the Burnt Mountain and the Organ Pipes in the later afternoon to experience these geological phenomena at sunset.
Accommodation: Twyfelfontein Lodge Meals: Breakfast Distance: 340km
Day 12: Damaraland
After breakfast, visit Twyfelfontein, a National Heritage site and an “open air art gallery” that boasts over 2500 different Bushman rock engravings and rock paintings. On your way to your lodge visit the Petrified Forest where pre-historic tree trunks jut out between patches of Welwitschia. Optional activities at your lodge consist of a scenic nature walk or nature drive.
Accommodation: Toko Lodge Meals: Breakfast Distance: 270km
Day 13 & 14: Western Etosha National Park
After a relaxed breakfast you can visit a traditional Himba village and meet these proud and statuesque people. The Himba still adhere to their traditional values and cultures and are one of the last truly nomadic tribes on earth. Travel further north to the Etosha National Park, which, with its numerous water holes, is home to the array of 114 different animal and 340 different bird species that thrive here.
Accommodation: Etosha Safari Camp Meals: Breakfast Distance: 190km
Day 15: Eastern Etosha National Park
After sunrise you travel to the eastern section of the park, enjoying the sight of pronking springbok and playful animals announcing the start of another glorious day. The dense stands of Mopane forests support a large variety of browsers and specialized predators such as leopards, while it offers a variety of migratory as well as non-migratory bird species safe cover and nesting sites.
Accommodation: Etosha Aoba Lodge Meals: Breakfast Distance: 325km
Day 16: Waterberg
Travel south to the Waterberg Plateau, rising like an enormous fort above the surrounding plains. This is one of the most scenic locations in Namibia - perfect for undertaking scenic walks or guided nature drives on the Plateau.
Accommodation: Waterberg Rest Camp Meals: Breakfast Distance: 380km
Day 17: Return to Windhoek
Enjoy a pre-breakfast walk along one of the scenic mountain trails before traveling south towards Windhoek. After strolling through one of the large craft markets in Okahandja, your route takes you between high mountain ranges back to the capital city, Windhoek, where your tour ends.
Meals: Breakfast Distance: 275KM
Rates 01 Jan 09 to 31 Oct 09
Price Namibian Dollars (NAD) 9,550 per person plus cost of rental vehicle.
Rate based on two sharing and is plus cost of rental car. Trip is subject to availability.
All trips booked through us can be paid for in US Dollars through our New York office at the exchange rate of the day payment is made. We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express.
(For our clients oustside of the USA, we can also accept payment in Euro and British Pounds)
