Upon arrival at the Windhoek International Airport meet with the representative of Habitas , who will transfer you to the lodge . Then depart for Habitas Lodge some 30 kilometres southeast of the airport. Check in and relax from the long flight. Depending on your flight arrival you have the opportunity to participate in an optional afternoon game drive.
The next day is dedicated to lodge activities.
Game drives
Spa treatments
From Habitas drive through the Kalahari to Suricate Kalahari Tented Lodge where you arrive around lnchtime. In the afternoon you have the opportunity to participate in an optional game drive until after sunset, which you will watch from the top of a dune while wine, beer, and the classical Gin & Tonic will be served as sundowners to celebrate the moment.
From Suricate Tented Lodge the route leads further south to Sonop Lodge via Mariental and Maltahöhe. Visit the Duwisib Castle en route. Arrival at Sonop is in the early afternoon. Check in, relax and enjoy the tranquil old world charm of the lodge for the next two days together with the many activities the lodge offers.
Today you visit the red dunes of Sossusvlei as you drive from Sonop to the Namib Naukluft entrance at Sesriem. Climb Dune 45 to take in the surrounding panorama from the top. Walk to Dead Vlei to marvel at the age-old dead trees covering the brilliant white lakefloor against the backdrop of the red dunes and the deep blue sky. On your return stop over at the Sesriem canyon, a 36-metre and 6-km long gorge carved in the surrounding limestone conglomerate. Check in at Sossusvlei Lodge. In the early evening you have the opportunity for a leisurely sundowner drive to see the sunset from a scenic spot while wine, beer, and Gin & Tonic are being served.
Drive to the coast crossing the Ghaub and Kuiseb Canyons and the great wide open plains of the central Namib Desert. Stop over at Solitaire for refuelling and enjoying a piece of the famous freshly baked apple crumple. Before arriving at Swakopmund visit the barren Moon Landscape of the Swakop canyon. Then check in at your hotel, freshen up and explore the town on foot. Dinner will be served in a restaurant in town and is NOT included in the tour price, but on your own account.
The next day is fun-filled with a choice of many optional activities. We suggest the Marine Dune Day, a combination of a marine cruise in the bay of Walvis Bay, followed by a 4x4 excursion to Sandwich Harbour, 65 km south of Walvis Bay, and over the dunebelt of the southern coastal Namib Desert. Return to the guesthouse will be in the early evening. Relax and prepare for dinner, which will be again served in a restaurant in town and is on your own account.
After breakfast you depart in direction for the seal colony Cape Cross. Visit the shipwreck Zeilah en route a few kilometres before Henties Bay. The seal reserve is the biggest breeding colony of the Cape Fur Seal on the entire west coast of southern Africa and easily accessible because it is on the shore. After your visit return to Henties Bay and turn inland and via the mining town of Uis you will reach Doro Nawas Camp in the later afternoon. Check in, relax and enjoy a sundowner drink before dinner.
The next morning visit the engravings at Twyfelfontein, Namibia's first World Heritag Site, the Organ Pipes and the Burnt Mountain. On your return visit the Damara Living Museum and learn about the culture and tradition of the Damara people. In the afternoon you have the opportunity for an optional desert elephant tracking excursion the lodge offers. This excursion returns to base after sunset in time for dinner.
A charter flight will take you from the Doro Nawas airstrip to Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp. Enjoy the next two days at this exclusive camp with its exhilarating activities.
Return to Doro Nawas airstrip by flight, and continue with your own car direction of Etosha National Park via Khorixas and Outjo. Arrive at Ongava Tented Camp in mid-afternoon. Check in, relax from the drive and sit down on the veranda overlooking the much-frequented waterhole at the edge of the camp.
The next morning you have the opportunity of an optional guided game drive in the Etosha National Park in open vehicles until lunchtime. Alternatively undertake a game drive in Etosha with yur own vehicle. In the afternoon you can participate in a game drive in the Ongava Reserve. This activity is optional and not inluded in the tour price.
Ongava Tented Camp Watering Hole
Today is dedicated to full day game viewing in Etosha as you traverse the Etosha National Park from Okaukuejo Camp to its eastern confines. Exit the park through the Lindequist Gate with sunset as the park closes for the night and check in at Onguma Tented Camp for the next two nights.
The next morning you have the option of participating in an optional guided game drive in the park in open vehicles, or undertake a game drive in your own vehicle. The afternoon may be spent with a guided game drive in the Oguma Game Reserve. This activity is optional and not included in the tour price.
From Onguma the route leads south via the towns of Tsumeb, Otavi and Otjiwarongo. Okonjima Bush Camp is reached around lunchtime. Check in and prepare for the afternoon leopard & cheetah tracking excursion. This activity and the after dinner nocturnal game drive are both optional and not included in the tour price.
All good things have to end and so today you drive to the airport in time for your return flight to Italy.
