Landscapes, Culture & Animals
12 Day Guided Camping Tour
Tour Type
Guided | Camping
Duration
12 days
Group Size
unlimited
Main Destinations |
Sossusvlei Walvis Bay Twyfelfontein Opuwo Etosha |
Tour Price | From N$45 500 p/p |
Included |
Experienced Tour Guide Air-conditioned vehicle Meals as specified Camping equipment Accommodation if applicable Activities as per itinerary Airport transfers Park fees VAT @ 15 % |
Excluded |
Personal insurances & expenses Drinks Sleeping bag Tips International flights Airport taxes |
Arrival at Hosea Kutako International airport. Meet and greet by our representative at Hosea Kutako Windhoek International Airport. We will drive into Windhoek which is often described as a city with a “continental” atmosphere. This can be ascribed to its architecture- historical buildings dating to German colonial rule as well to its cuisine, culture, dress codes and educational institutions. Windhoek has the colour, sounds and pace of a modern African city. Dinner is on own account.
Overnight: Arebbusch Travel Lodge/ similar
An early morning lies ahead of us today as we go and visit Deadvlei, Big Daddy, Big Mamma and Sesriem Canyon. A packed breakfast will be enjoyed in the dunes. Lunch will be a luxury buffet at Sossusvlei Lodge. Mid, afternoon, guests have an option to go back to the dunes to enjoy the sunset.
Overnight: Sesriem Campsite
An early morning lies ahead of us today as we go and visit Deadvlei, Big Daddy, Big Mamma and Sesriem Canyon. A packed breakfast will be enjoyed in the dunes. Lunch will be at Sossusvlei Lodge. Mid afternoon, guests have option to go back to the dunes to enjoy the sunset. Dinner will be at the camp site.
Overnight: Sesriem Campsite
The morning takes us to Walvis Bay which is Namibia’s second Harbour town which is fast becoming a holiday town with its cosmopolitan air. We will stop at the Flamingo Lagoon to view the beauty of the many flamingos. Your accommodation at the coast will be at a local host family to allow you to make new friends and receive true Namibian hospitality.
Overnight: Home Stays
Today will be packed with plenty of fun and learning as you partake in an undeniably fun and educational dolphin and dune cruise in Walvis Bay. The cold Atlantic waters of the Namib coast harbor a wealth of marine life, including two dolphin species and a large colony of Cape fur seals reside at Pelican Point. Walvis Bay, home to a wide variety of bird species such as flamingo, pelican and numerous water animals. After the dolphin cruise, you will get onto 4×4 vehicles and have lunch in the dunes, followed by a 4×4 adventure in the dunes of Sandwich harbour where you will drive over the dunes overlooking the sea, a sight that will leave you breathless.
Overnight: Home Stays
After breakfast, we will visit the 2000- plus rock Twyfelfontein in the Kunene Region representing one of Africa’s largest and most important rock –art concentrations. They are estimated to be 6000 years old the newer paintings approximately 2000 years old. This striking artwork in its natural red-rock gallery was awarded World Heritage status at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Christchurch, New Zealand. You will also learn about the way of life of the Damara ancestors at the Damara living museum.
Overnight: Twyfelfontein Campsite
Today takes us to Opuwo, home of the Himba People. The Otjiherero-speaking Ovahimba, commonly referred to as the Himba, are one of Africa’s last remaining ethnic groups who chose to maintain their traditional life-style by retreating into Namibia’s most remote and un spoilt wilderness area. Slowly the industrialized nations are reawakening to the importance of that balance for the future of our planet. The Ovahimba with their ancient knowledge and traditions can not only serve as sources of inspiration and encouragement but they also deserve recognition and support as the carriers of an invaluable cultural heritage who are trying to survive on the brinks of a modern African society. Your tour guide will prepare dinner which you will enjoy with your host family.
Overnight: Camp at Himba Homestead
The day will be spent learning and partaking in the daily life of the Ovahimba.
Overnight: Camp at Himba Homestead
Breakfast and make our way to Etosha National Park. Etosha, “place of the great white spaces”, was once a vast shallow lake created, Heigum Bushmen legend tells us, by the tears of a grieving mother. At its present size of 22270 square kilometers, it remains one of the largest wildlife parks in Africa.
Overnight: NWR Resort
The day will be spent doing game drives with our vehicle and relaxing at the swimming.
Overnight: NWR Resort
After breakfast, we will make your way down to Windhoek, free afternoon to do last minute shopping in town.
Overnight: Arebbusch Travel Lodge/ similar
After breakfast at leisure, guests will be taken to the airport depending on their flight times.