Namibia Luxury Guided Wildlife Photography Tour

You arrive at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako Airport where will be met by your guide and driven north on the main tar road before turning off onto the gravel road to Erindi Private Game Reserve.

Your first two nights in the country will be spent at Old Trader's Lodge deep in the reserve.

Your day starts with your first early morning safari in this 70,719 hectares of pristine wilderness. 

In addition to the am and pm game drives Erindi's guests can also join the scientists on a number of different conservation projects including research into leopards. You can enjoy a guided walk or a private photographic safari or even track pangolins with the guides.

We leave after a hearty breakfast to travel west on the gravel roads, past Namibia's highest mountain, The Brandberg, until we reach the bright red boulders that surround the area around Twyfelfontein.

We will be staying at the beautiful Mowani Mountain Camp which nestles in the rocks overlooking the dramatic, boulder-strewn landscape

An early breakfast and then we set off in search of Namibia's famed desert adapted elephants which are often seen in the dry riverbeds around the Twyfelfontein area.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site containing thousands of rock engravings is just a few kilometres from the lodge and your guide will happily take you there to walk the area.

Mowani's famous Boulder-Top Bar is a perfect place to enjoy a sundowner as you sit propped against cushions on top of the rock.

The drive from Mowani to Etendeka is arguably one of the most stunning in Namibia.  Our journey which takes us over mountain passes and through sandy riverbeds before you reach the Palmwag  Concession, a vast, unfenced area designated to wildlife. 

Etendeka gives you the opportunity to totally relax in one of the most pristine and remote areas on earth. The landscape dwarfs you and guests often describe it as a humbling experience. The scenery is breathtaking, the wildlife  runs wild and free and the hospitality genuine and warm

Today you will enjoy being in the middle of one of the most remote and beautiful parts of Namibia. Etendeka is a legendary camp, here you can enjoy the total solitude, the magnificent scenery and with luck Damaraland’s famous desert lions, elephants and black rhinos along with giraffes, oryx, springbok, zebras and other resident herbivores. Your days will be spent in search of wildlife and your evenings will be spent around the campfire back at the lodge discussing the highlights of the day before a million stars come out.

A long drive today, but an interesting one, we will try and leave the lodge as early as possible and drive over the Grootberg Pass to the one horse town of Kamajab where we can have a spot of lunch before heading back onto the tar road to the Andersson Gate in Central Etosha to begin your safari in this world famous wildlife sanctuary.  This huge park is home to an amazing diversity of wildlife and just outside the gate lies the Ongava Reserve and our camp for the next two night, Andersson Camp.

Newly refurbished our lodge has superb glass fronted chalets with extensive decks and the main lodge has both open area seating and a lounge area with one way glass within a few metres of the camp's waterhole.

There is an underground hide at the waterhole which is just a short walk from the main lapa

At Ongava we have a choice of staying within the private reserve which has a wealth of wildlife or driving into Etosha and exploring the central area around Okaukuejo Camp

We have a whole day today to drive through Etosha to the Eastern Von Lindquist Gate stopping at waterholes all the way.

The Eastern, wildlife rich acacia woodland around Fischer’s Pan. is not only to home some of Etosha’s largest lion prides, cheetah sightings here are frequent, this area is home to the majority of the park’s giraffe and it is one of the best places in Africa to see the world’s smallest antelope, the diminutive Damara Dik-Dik.

In order to explore this area fully we will stay at Onguma Game Reserve for 3 nights. Onguma borders the park and has several waterholes as well as an underground hide.

Today we will spend our time in Etosha National Park.

Within a few kilometres from camp there are several excellent waterholes and two in particular are productive all day.  There is a very large hyena clan near one of the waterholes and the members are often seen returning to their den early in the morning.  All the main carnivores are often spotted in this area and cheetah are often seen hunting around Fischer’s Pan.  Good area for lion, hyena, leopard, cheetah, elephants, black rhino, damara dik-dik, all plains game, warthogs and mongooses.  Flamingos and pelicans can be seen in Fischer’s Pan after the rains

Early mornings will give us the best opportunities to try and find cheetah who hunt along the Pan's Edge on the road to Twee Palms. From this waterhole The Fort is easily visible  and you will see elephant tracks on the pan that cross between Etosha and Onguma.

Evening drives are best spent at two productive waterholes,: Chudop is good both early morning and all day for herbivores, especially giraffe. For the last hour Klein Namutoni waterhole is often very rewarding and has perfect photographic light and offers the added bonus of a perfect African sunset on the way back to camp

After a final game drive we leave the peace and quiet of Etosha and head south on the tar road until we reach the gates to Okonjima.  The lodge lies a further 24km into the middle of the mountains and it is here we will spend our last night searching for some of the Africa’s biggest carnivores.  On our game drives out in the 54,000 reserve we will have the opportunity to track leopard and brown hyena with the aid of a telemetry and visit the Africat Foundation.  With its magnificent rooms, excellent cuisine and genuine conservation story, Okonjima is always a highlight of any trip to Namibia

Okonjima is not only a luxury lodge and a wonderful place to spend your last night in Namibia it is also home to the AfriCat Foundation.

Africat is a non-profit organisation set up to support conservation through education and to help secure the future of Namibia's endangered carnivores.

With opportunities to track leopard in the 54,000 acre reserve and the new Endangered Wildlife Trail. Okonjima gives you chances to see some of Africa's rarely seen animals such as brown hyena, aardwolf, aardvark and pangolin

Whilst staying at the lodge you will be able to actively observe part of this programme and understand how Africat aims to protect and rehabilitate these endangered carnivores. 

At the Carnivore Care Centre you will have the opportunity to photograph cheetah in their natural habitat within their large enclosures while your guide explains in detail how the programme works. 

You have the option this morning to enjoy your last morning trail or enjoy a relaxed morning before we head back to Windhoek Airport in good time for your onward flight