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8 Days Namibian Adventure: From Desert To Wildlife Safari
Itinerary Highlights:Swakopmund famous for its German colonial architecture, seaside location, adventure sports, and vibrant cultural scene
Damaraland famous for its rugged and dramatic landscapes, ancient rock art sites, unique desert-adapted wildlife, and cultural heritage
Etosha known for its vast salt pan, diverse wildlife including rare and endangered species, and excellent game viewing opportunities and much more...
Swakopmund , Damaraland & Etosha National Park
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Your journey mapped out:
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Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport to for flight to Namibia
Arriving at Hosea Kutako International Airport, you will be transferred to your accommodation in Namibia ready to explore the best that Namibia offers.
Transfer To Jro Airport
Your designated driver/guide will pick you up and escort you to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) for your flight.
Windhoek Airport Transfer
Windhoek Airport Transfer
Day 1 Alternatives:
CONTINUE TO SOSSUSVLEI
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Windhoek to Sossusvlei for Overnight
Drive From Windhoek To Sossusvlei
We will drive through the Khomas Highland and down the escarpment via one of the many scenic mountain passes into the Namib Desert. This journey will take about 4 to 5 hours, depending on the number of stops for photographs. We will certainly start seeing some of Namibia’s fantastic fauna and flora along the way, including Common Ostrich, Gemsbok, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Sociable Weavers or even a Greater Kudu.
We will reach our accommodation in the afternoon and if there is time it might be fun to walk around the lodge grounds looking for interesting smaller fauna and local flora. Our accommodation for tonight is in an area perfectly situated to explore the surrounding desert and its many attractions.
Day 2 Alternatives:
CONTINUE TO SKELETON COAST
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Sossusvlei to Swakopmund
Either via Walvis Bay to Swakopmund, or (recommended) detour via Ganab to the Welwitschia Plains and Moon Landscape about a 4 hours drive.
The Namibian coastline is generally known as The Skeleton Coast due to the barren areas, ship wrecks and, in days gone by, whale skeletons left on the beach.
Swakopmund and Walvis Bay offer a wide range of activities such as: Dolphin cruise, Sandwich Harbour excursion (a real Skeleton Coast experience), Dune quad biking, Sand boarding, Sea kayaking, Lots more…
Sossusvlei To Swakopmund
It is a beautiful drive of about 4 hours, and if time allows we will stop for the famous Apple Pie in the small desert oasis town of Solitaire, a true Namibian tradition that should not be missed.
Our drive this afternoon is wholly in the Namib Sand Sea, one of Namibia’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog. Covering an area of over three million hectares, the site features gravel plains, coastal flats and rocky hills within the sand sea, a coastal lagoon and ephemeral rivers, resulting in a landscape of exceptional beauty. Fog is the primary source of water in the site, accounting for a unique environment in which endemic invertebrates, reptiles and mammals adapt to an ever-changing variety of microhabitats and ecological niches.
Swakopmund is a very popular holiday destination for many Namibians and will probably be the only place that you will visit on the Namibian safari that has a real town feel to it. We will spend the night at a hotel and have dinner at one of the top restaurants in Swakopmund. Please note that dinner tonight is not included in the package price and is for your own account.
Day 3 Alternatives:
EXPLORE SKELETON COAST
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Full Day Swakopmund Experience
After our tour in the morning you have the afternoon available for any of the many optional activities on offer in Swakopmund:
Optional Activities
- Scenic Flights
- Sandboarding
- Quad Biking
- Horse Riding
- Swakopmund Fat Bike Old City Tour
- Swakopmund Fat Bike Scenic Desert Tour
- Swakopmund Tandem Skydiving Tour
Once we are back in Swakopmund we will enjoy lunch and explore the town with optional activities listed above.
We will all return to our accommodation to freshen up and enjoy another dinner in Swakopmund before settling in for another good night’s sleep.
Swakopmund Living Desert Tours
We will encounter and learn more about the fascinating wildlife of the Namib Desert with the help of a local expert. We will look for geckos, scorpions, snakes, lizards, birds and beetles as well as the incredible plant life that survives in this harsh and seemingly inhospitable environment. Some of the special creatures we might see include Namib Sand Gecko, Namaqua Chameleon, Shovel-snouted Lizard, Tractrac Chat and even Peringuey’s or Horned Adder.
The Living Desert Tour is a unique 4x4 adventure which specializes in bringing the desert to life while sharing the awesome beauty of the Namib Desert with travellers from all over the world. The coastal dune belt may seem barren and lifeless to many people, but in fact it is alive with a fascinating variety of little desert adapted animals, which are able to survive on the life-giving fog which consistently rolls in from the cold Atlantic Ocean.
Come see the Dancing White Lady Spider (Carparachne aureoflava) cartwheel 44 turns per second down a dune to escape the enemy. Admire the transparent Namib Dune Gecko (Pachydactylus rangei) with webbed feet that are equivalent to snow shoes. Learn about the different beetles and insects and how they survive in the dune desert. Follow in the tracks of a legless Lizard (Fitsimmon’s Burrowing Skink), observe Sand Diving Lizards (Meroles Anchieta) dancing on the hot sand, Sidewinder Snakes (Perinquey’s Adder), Desert Chameleons and many more fascinating creatures. Learn about the geology, structure and formation of the desert, and admire the vast and beautiful landscapes while enjoying a scenic dune drive combined with fun and adrenalin.
Day 4 Alternatives:
CONTINUE TO TWYFELFONTEIN
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Swakopmund to Damaraland
We will be at our lodge in time for a sundowner drink while we enjoy the view over this rugged but beautiful landscape.
Cape Cross Seal Colony
This colony of Cape Fur Seals is one of the largest in the world, home to approximately 80 000 to 100 000 of these so-called 'seals', which are in fact a species of sea lion. Day trips to the colony are offered and the seals can be viewed from a walkway at a distance of roughly 200 metres.
Burnt Mountain
Burnt Mountain is a small hill located near Twyfelfontein and just a kilometre from the Organ Pipes in Damaraland, Namibia. This national monument displays an intense variety of colours formed by volcanic activity interacting with organic material that transformed into a sedimentary bed over 125 million years ago.
Organ Pipes
Nearby Burnt Mountain, a brilliantly coloured mountain of maroon, black & charcoal, a rock was formed 120 million years ago when a large sheet of black magma forced its way into carbonaceous shale. Nearby is an outcrop of volcanic rock called the Organ Pipes, a mass of perpendicular slabs of basalt between 130 & 150 million years old.
Petrified Forest
A visit to the fossilized tree trunks is equally absorbing. The stone ‘trees’ lying on the ground are so well preserved they seem like logs. The Petrified Forest consists of at least 50 trees which are between 240 & 300 million years old.
Here you will also find one of the world’s botanical curiosities, the strange-looking Welwitschia. Although it does not resemble a tree at all, the Welwitschia is nevertheless classified as one, & much of its stem is underground. Only 2 leathery leaves of up to 8m long & 1,5m wide are produced on the gnarled stem, but the leaves are shredded by searing winds & extreme temperatures into a tangled mass, creating the impression of a multitude of leaves.
Day 5 Alternatives:
CONTINUE TO ETOSHA SOUTH
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Damaraland to Etosha South Game Drive
From Khorixas head further east along the tar road to Outjo and then north to your lodge which is situated very close to the southern entrance of Etosha, the Anderson Gate
If time permits, enter Etosha for an afternoon game drive. Depending on how often you stop today, you should arrive at your lodge in time for lunch (optional extra)
On entering the park, the first stop would be Okaukuejo and I suggest you pop in at the local shop to purchase some drinks and snacks and most importantly, a map of Etosha which will show you all the waterholes along the way.
Etosha is one of Africa's great game parks. With 114 species of mammal and 340 species of birds you are sure to see a great variety of wildlife on your safari.
Etosha South Game Drive
Located just south of the boundary of Etosha National Park in North-western Namibia, Etosha South makes up the southern region of this wild paradise. The national park can be accessed via the southern entrance at Andersson’s Gate. Catching a glimpse of a variety of wildlife including: lion, giraffe, elephant, white and black rhino, and a multitude of plains game.
Day 6 Alternatives:
CONTINUE TO ETOSHA EAST
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Etosha South to East Game Drive
Etosha has become one of the main reasons visitors from all over the globe come to Namibia, and annual numbers are over 200,000. Although Etosha is best known today as a spectacular refuge for an abundance of animals, it is also a part of the world that is providing critical evidence for the existence and evolution of ancestral animals. The rocks in the hills near Halali camp have revealed fossil life as old as 650 million years!
We will arrive at our accommodation in the late afternoon, freshen up and enjoy dinner together.
Etosha East Game Drive
Etosha East is a protected sanctuary in the eastern part of the world-renowned Etosha National Park, known as one of the most accessible game reserves in Southern Africa. Etosha East boasts vast open plains scattered with semi-arid savannah grasslands dotted with watering holes and secluded bush camps. An impressive 5000-square-kilometre Etosha salt pan makes up a large area of the eastern side of the park and can even be seen from space. This remote area teems with abundant wildlife such as lions, elephants, black rhinos and giraffes, as well as a variety of birdlife featuring flamingos, ostriches, eagles, hornbills, and owls.
Day 7 Alternatives:
EXPLORE ETOSHA EAST
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Etosha to Hosea Kutako International Airport
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