After arrival at the Windhoek international Airport, meet with your guide and drive to Naankuse Lodge. Participate in the full carnivore feeding tour.
The next day you have the possibility to visit the Shiloh Rehabilitation Sanctuary in the morning, and to participate in a game drive in the afternoon.
N/a'an ku se Wildlife Sanctuary Game drive
Drive to Sossusvlei area in the southern Namib Desert. The Afternoon is at own leisure. Possibility for a Sundowner drive in the late afternoon to see the sunset from a scenic spot while sipping a drink of your choice.
The next morning visit Dune 45, which you have the opportunity to climb and enjoy the unfolding panorama around you. Take a leisurely walk to dead vlei to marvel at the age-old dead tree trunks on the white lake floor and surrounded by the worlds biggest sand dunes. On your way visit the Sesriem Canyon, a 36 metre-deep gorge cut into the limestone conglomerate. the afternoon is at leisure to relax at the pool from the morning activities.
Drive to the coast and Swakopmund, traversing the desert from east to west. Visit the Welwitschia Plains and the Moon Landscape en route. Spend the afternoon exploring the town and sip a cocktail for Sundowner watching the sunset over the Atlantic Ocean.
The next day spend a full day participating in a dolphin cruise in the morning and enjoying a 4x4 excursion to the freshwater lagoon of Sandwich Harbour in the afternoon. The return trip is a thrilling exercise in dune driving, where the off-road vehicles can show their best qualities as you cruise over the dune belt of the western Namib Desert.
In the morning visit the town of Swakopmund and the Moon Landscape on your way to Cape Cross. Spend some time at the Zeila shipwreck just before Henties Bay. Check-in at cape Cross Lodge and in the afternoon visit the Cape Cross Seal Reserve to enjoy a myriad of seals sunbathing on the rocks and playing in the surfs.
Today you traverse the Skeleton Coast Park on your way to Grootberg Lodge. Visit the abandoned oil rig and stretch your legs at the guano station of Toscanini. Arrive at Grootberg Lodge around lunch time. In the afternoon you may want to participate in a scenic drive on the Grootberg plateau.
The next day you have the opportunity to participate in a lodge activity of your choice, which could be elephant or rhino tracking excursions. Damaraland is the the last refuge for the endangered black rhino and the last wilderness area, where these prehistoric beasts can roam freely. The region is also well known for its desert-adapted elephants, who have adjusted to the extreme desert conditions, surviving on much less water consumption and reduced food intake. Strangely enough, the desert elephants are the biggest of their kind in the world.
Your journey takes you to Anderssons at Ongava, where you have the opportunity for a game drive in Ongava's private game reserve in the afternoon. Be prepared to see lion, rhino and many other game species. Ongava borders the famous Etosha National Park and boasts of 33 000 hectares of wilderness area teeming with game.
Another two days in paradise spent with game viewing while you cross the park and at the eastern confines of the park and Onguma Bush Camp bordering this terrestrial Garden Eden. This is elephant and rhino country, so enjoy the adventure.
Drive further east to Fiume Bush Camp and visit the world's largest falling star, the 55-ton Hoba meteorite on the way. Meet the resident San (Bushmen) community and spend an exhilarating day with them to learn more about age-old survival skills and still living traditions.
Driving through 700 million years old dolomite mountain ranges and the endless open spaces of the central high plateau, reach Old Traders Lodge in the early afternoon. In the later afternoon, you have the opportunity to partake in the last game drive of your journey through Namibia to see the Big Five.
Game drive
Transfer to the airport in time for your return flight. Check-in and end of services.
