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Namibia

Namibia Lodge Safari / Namibia in Focus / Transafrican Lodge Safari / Cape to Namibia Self-Drive
Transkalahari Explorer/ Luxury Camping / Serviced Camping / Budget Camping

Namibia in Focus

An escorted tour is designed to visit some of the further reaches of Damaraland, where you would not venture with a rental car, as well as the Namib Desert, Sossusvlei, Swakopmund and Etosha.

Meals Mostly Full Board - 12 dinners, 11 lunches
Accommodation Mostly Premier accommodation with 2 nights in comfortable rest camps and guest farms
Departure Dates Once a month, Sunday from Windhoek
Transport Specially modified VW microbus or 4x4 landrover
Price Includes Meals and accommodation as shown in text, transport, services of a guide, all park and entrance fees
Price Excludes International flights, visas, items of a personal nature, meals not specified
Minimum Number 4
Climate Desert climate with hot summers and warm winters, summer afternoon rains from December to March
Best time to go From April to October
Health Requirements Anti-Malarial precautions essential north of Windhoek
Parties of 4 or more can choose their own departure date, subject to availability

Day 1 - 1 night Windhoek
On arrival at Windhoek Airport you proceed to the Arrivals hall. Here you are met by our guide for the start of your Namibian tour. You are transferred to Olive Grove for your overnight stay and dinner.

Olive Grove is a contemporary 11 room guest house in a quiet location close to the centre of Windhoek. Rooms in the main house are spacious with a North African influence and earthy décor. Some have funky bathrooms incorporating organic oversize baths. Others are smaller with more classically elegant furnishings. All have spacious verandas with their own garden furniture. There's a pool, terrace and secluded jacuzzi.
Dinner, Bed & Breakfast. Accommodation: Olive Grove Guesthouse

Day 2 - 2 nights Namib Desert
Today the adventure begins! Our guide will collect you to set off across an extraordinary range of desert habitats and "moonscapes" on your way to the famous dunes at Sossusvlei for your two night stay at the delightful Kulala Desert Lodge.

At Kulala you rise with the sun to see one of the most exhilarating sights in Namibia - the towering dunes of Sossusvlei, some of the largest in the world, rising more than 1000 feet above the desert. Many of our visitors lose their hearts to Namibia after seeing Sossusvlei. This is paradise for the photographer, as the shadows create a magnificent contrast of colours. Marvel at the gemsbok and other animals that manage to survive in these dry conditions. The energetic can climb one of the dunes for a panorama of the endless dune landscape and the changing play of light.

Kulala Desert Lodge is a small and intimate lodge with only 13 rooms and particularly fine cuisine. The lodge is 30km south of Sesriem but their private entrance to the Park is the closest to Sossusvlei, with some of the highest sand dunes in the world, and is used for their 4x4 guided dune excursions. Nature walks and sundowner drives are also offered, with horse riding and hot-air ballooning optional extras. Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert rivals Etosha as the highlight of a Namibian holiday.
Full Board. Accommodation: Kulala Desert Lodge

Day 4 - 2 nights Swakopmund
You leave the Namib Naukluft after breakfast and travel to the German colonial resort of Swakopmund. The drive over the gravel plains of the northern Namib Desert is another long drive. But as you travel across the stark and hauntingly beautiful desert plains you will note that, although seemingly barren, this area is home to a surprising number of animals, including, ostrich, oryx and springbok. The sea breezes of Swakopmund make a refreshing change in the early afternoon, and on your way into town you can briefly tour the Bay, with its squawking flocks of flamingos and seabirds. During your stay in Swakopmund, depending on your interests, you can visit Sandwich Bay inhabited by Flamingos and waders, or visit the Welwitschia "forest" and the surreal landscape of the "Moon Mountains", an area of deep chasms and interesting geological features. Alternatively Swakopmund provides a welcome resting place where you can meander along the beach, enjoy superb seafood or marvel at the High German architecture.
Full Board. Accommodation: Hansa Hotel

Day 6 - 1 night Damaraland
Journey up the coast, via Africa's largest seal colony at Cape Cross, seeing a little of the infamous Skeleton Coast en route. Imagine the horror of early explorers whose shipwrecks lie strewn along the shore, doomed by treacherous fogs and currents. Then cut inland towards the Burnt Mountain, Twyffelfontein and the Petrified Forest. Stay overnight at Mowani Mountain Camp.

Mowani Mountain Camp, meaning "place of god", lies amongst rugged boulders with sweeping panoramic views over Damaraland. Styled as an African village, a cluster of six thatched dome-shaped structures echo the surrounding boulders. The sides of the bar, lounge and dining areas are open giving a cool feel even on the hottest day. Twelve elegantly decorated safari tents, built on raised wooden platforms, each have a covered veranda with spectacular views and en suite facilities. There is also an exquisitely furnished and secluded suite with a deck, lounge area, outside bathroom with a huge stone bath and shower, indoor bathroom with a shower, basins and toilet and a bedroom with a double bed. Tucked away amongst giant boulders, the plunge pool is perfect for hot days. Activities include nature drives, guided excursions to Twyfelfontein Engravings and hot air ballooning.
Full Board. Accommodation: Mowani Mountain Camp

Day 7 - 2 nights Palmwag Lodge, Damaraland
Head further north into Damaraland, to the Palmwag Lodge for your two night stay and game walk in the afternoon. Damaraland is one of our favourite areas of Namibia - its innate beauty intensified by the solitude and the sense of freedom it engenders. This rugged mountain wilderness to the west of Etosha offers great photographic opportunities with its imposing granite domes and dramatic flat-topped mountains. Here you may be lucky enough to encounter some of the desert-dwelling elephant, the rare black rhino and other game which migrates across Damaraland according to the rains.
Full Board. Accommodation: Palmwag Lodge

Day 9 - 1 night Ongava Game Reserve, south of Etosha
Today you continue to Ongava. Ongava Main Lodge lies in the private 30,000 hectare Ongava Game Reserve on the southern boundary of Etosha. The luxurious lodge has a magnificent setting, perched on a koppie overlooking an active floodlit waterhole and the African plains below. The twelve air-conditioned thatch and stone chalets are beautifully furnished, with a spacious bathroom, (bath and shower), and a secluded veranda and viewing deck.

Activities include game drives in open 4x4 vehicles into Etosha, as well as night drives and nature walks in their private reserve. With its resident White and Black Rhino, rhino tracking on foot is one of the most popular activities at Ongava. Guests also have the chance to see elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah and the plains species. Keen birders may see various species from a Pygmy Falcon to some of Namibia's endemic species such as Hartlaub's Francolin, the Barecheeked Babbler or Ruppel's Parrot.
Full Board. Accommodation choice: Ongava Lodge

Day 10 - 2 nights Etosha National Park
Continue to the Etosha National Park.

Mushara Lodge has a lovely position 8km from Etosha and is known for its delicious Namibian cuisine. Named after the purple pod tree which is called Mushara in Ovambo, the lodge has 13 spacious en suite thatched chalets (including one family suite, two single rooms) each have air-conditioning, mosquito nets, minibar and telephone. The main lodge is very spacious with high ceilings. The expanse of space has been effectively furnished using wooden screens to create cozy seating areas with leather sofas, kelims, throws and Namibian paintings. There's a welcoming pool to cool off and their morning and afternoon guided game drives into Etosha are very popular.
Full Board. Overnight at Mushara Lodge

Day 12 - Return to Windhoek
After a last game drive this morning, you head south back to Windhoek in time for your onward flight.