On arrival Windhoek proceed thru immigration and customs formalities into the arrivals hall where you will be met for transfer to the hotel for overnight.
Depart this morning after breakfast with your driver to the airport to meet your flight to Sossusvlei
Nearby Sossusvlei is an enormous clay pan, flanked by red sand dunes that stand out starkly against the blue sky. The 'vlei' itself only fills after rare heavy rainfall transforming it into a spectacular turquoise lake. Afternoon activities include nature walks, and drives to scenic viewpoints.
Wilderness Little Kulala is the closest luxury desert retreat to the famous, seen-from-space Sossusvlei dunes, enjoy exclusive private concession access and the camp’s location makes early morning dune visits (to see Sossusvlei at its best) very easy.
Activities make the most of the solitude and stark beauty of the Namib Desert, with nature drives and guided walks revealing the majesty and mystery of the Namib Sand Sea.
For the next two days enjoy your activities at the lodge enjoying access to the Sossusvlei dunes through a private access gate, for walks in the sands of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, game drives (by day and night). Photography of the dunes in the early morning and late afternoon is particularly stunning.
Optional Balloon safaris are available
INSIDER'S TIP: Experience the desert from new heights … a hot air balloon excursion provides awe-inspiring views of the dramatic scenery below.
After your morning activity and breakfast return to the airstrip for flight to Doro Nawas and on to Damaraland Camp in one of the best best wilderness areas in Namibia, The Huab River Valley offering endless vistas of plains, valleys and mountains.
Wilderness Damaraland Camp is run in partnership with the Torra Conservancy and visits to the local farmstead reveal the fruits of this very positive relationship. Each of the ten spacious en-suite, adobe-style thatched accommodations (including a family unit) has a large private viewing deck. n
Damaraland is a land of stark desert beauty with activities including explorations on foot or 4x4 vehicles, viewing springbok, gemsbok and ostrich, and tracking the unique desert-adapted elephant, ature drives and guided walks offer sights of desert-adapted wildlife, ancient rock-art and striking geological formations. Astonishing night skies round out each day’s experiences.
Insider’s Tip: Meet members of the local village on a community visit and discover the inspiring story of how Wilderness Damaraland Camp came to be.
Continue to Ongava Game Reserve on your scheduled air transfer by light aircraft. On the edge of Etosha Pan, in the heart of one of Africa’s last great wilderness areas, lies a place of sanctuary and renewal, where the balance of nature has been restored.... Ongava, the Realm of the Rhino.
Here, in a vast private reserve that was once unproductive farmland, this magnificent creature roams free, in the company of lion, elephant, leopard, and an abundance of other species.
The lodge is scenically nestled around a rocky outcrop and overlooks the vast plains beyond plus a productive waterhole that is floodlite at night. Ongava is a prolific 30,000 hectare (74,132 acres) private reserve bordering the acclaimed Etosha National Park. This reserve is a conservation success story and a haven for large concentrations of wildlife; notably lion, springbok gemsbok, wildebeest, Burchels an Hartmann’s zebra, waterbuck, red hartebeest, eland and the largest populatin of the endemic black faced impala out side Etosha. Etosha’s dry-season game viewing rates as one of the top wildlife encounters on the plan et, while in the wetter months, various game species all have their young.
Highlights of your stay are game drives into Etosha National Park (Ongave is situated a short distance rom the Etosha Andersson Gate) as well as day and night drives, informative nature walks(including the opportunity to track white rhino on foot) and wildlife viewing hides on the exclusive Ongava Reserve itself.
As we depart Ongava and the Etosha Pan today the Kaokoveld and Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp will not disappoint.
The name “Skeleton Coast” conjures up romantic images of desolate beauty, the dry bed of the Hoanib River supports a thin green ribbon of vegetation and the wild beaches of the Atlantic coast are within reach, with their noisy seal colonies and eerily quiet shipwreck remnants.
Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp offers eight large en-suite tents (including one family unit) and the main area provide shady viewpoints, while nature drives into the surrounding area reveal a wealth of desert-adapted wildlife.
Desert-adapted lion and brown hyena may also be glimpsed in this vast but far from lifeless landscape. INSIDER'S TIP: On a stay of three nights or more, a coastal excursion to The Skeleton Coast is included. Usually involving a drive down to the coast and a flight back to camp, to see such a diverse area both on the ground and in the air.
INSIDER'S TIP: On a stay of three nights or more, a coastal excursion to The Skeleton Coast is included. Usually involving a drive down to the coast and a flight back to camp, to see such a diverse area both on the ground and in the air.
Enjoy breakfast and a morning activity before departing for the banks of the Kunene River and Wilderness Serra Cafema, one of the most remote camps in southern Africa. Its Portuguese name originated from the mountains that dominate the northern skyline.
Fall asleep to the sound of rushing water, while by day exploring one of the driest deserts in the world. Activities here are varied, including boating (water levels permitting), walking, viewing breathtaking landscapes, as well as carefully guided quad-bike excursions that tread lightly on the dunes.
In this isolated region, the Himba people continue their nomadic, traditional way of life and when in the area, guests have the opportunity to meet them and learn about their lifestyle and traditions.
Insider's Tip: Most authentic Himba cultural experience in all of Namibia!
Day 7: Fly to Windhoek and depart
On the last morning, there’s time for a hearty breakfast at camp before your flight back down the Atlantic Coast to Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport.
