Arrival at Windhoek airport where a team-Member of Terra Nova is waiting for you.
Option 1) You will be met by a local guide
Option 2) You will pickup your rental car here
The drive to your accommodation will take approx. 45 minutes.
Today you depart for the Kalahari. Travel distance 233 km, ca. 3 hours
After check-in you depart for a sundowner nature drive in the afternoon.
Depart to Fish River Canyon.
We recommend to visit the Quiver Tree Forest en route
Travel distance without stops: 380 km, ca. 4 hours
During your stay at the Fish River Canyon you can visit the various view points at the Canyon at your leisure or alternatively book a guided tour or walk at the Lodge.
The next destination is Aus. Travel distance 260 km, ca. 3 hours.
We recommend to visit the wild horses on your way to the Lodge.
Today, we recommend a visit to the Diamond Town of Kolmanskop and the charming town of Luderitz at the Atlantic Seaboard.
After breakfast, departure for Sesriem. Travel distance 341 km, ca. 4- 4 1/2 hours. The next day, you can visit the dunes in your own rental car or alternatively book a guided tour at the Lodge.
Early morning breakfast and depart for Swakopmund. You will be passing through the ever changing desert and the Ghaub and Kuiseb Pass always alongside the Namib Naukluft National Park towards the north. You will drive past Solitaire, a curious assembly of houses, where you should stop to take a look around and enjoy lunch including their delicious and famous apple pie. Duration: 4.5-5 Hours, 350km
Arrival and check-in at Swakopmund Gueshouse for two nights.
Swakopmund is a popular seaside resort because of its old-world charm and relaxed atmosphere. Swakopmund exudes romance and history; a rich cultural melting pot of old and new. The town is an eclectic mixture of Bohemian and Bavarian, home to artists, hippies, strait-laced descendants of German settlers, stately Herero women in Victorian dress, and hard bitten miners, game rangers, safari operators and fishermen.
Early morning breakfast and depart for Walvis Bay for your Seal & Dolphin Cruise. Duration: 40 Min, 30km.
Before departing back to Swakopmund you can visit the Walvis Bay Lagoon to view the Lesser or Greater Flamingo’s.
An early morning breakfast and depart for Twyfelfontein via Cape Cross. Duration: 4.5 - 6 Hours, 430km
Early morning breakfast and depart for your Elephant Nature Drive.
After lunch either spend the afternoon at leisure by the poolside or depart for Twyfelfontein.
BURNT MOUNTAIN: Just a short walk from the Organ Pipes is a small inselberg named the Burnt Mountain, proclaimed a national monument on 15 September 1956. The reason for its name is best evident in the early mornings and late evenings when the rays of the sun seem to set the mountain ablaze. Rich red colours mixed with shades of black and purple are quite strikingly caused by Manganese coated clay molecules. During the day, however, the inselberg is just a normal black colour as if the morning fire has burnt it to ashes.
ORGAN PIPES:The beautiful organ pipes are a fascinating geological formation located near Twyfelfontein. Strikingly rich rusty colours are portrayed in long columns resembling those of a church organ, some rising up to 5m high. Thought to be the result of the Gondwanaland breakup, fractures and cracks were formed as the dolomite columns cooled through the process of columnar jointing approximately 120 million years ago.
Enjoy an early morning breakfast and depart for Etosha National Park. Duration: 4.5-5 Hours, 345 km
Arrival and check-in at Etosha Safari Lodge.
From here you can visit the Park in your own touring vehicle or alternatively book a guided safari at the Lodge.
Today you will travel through the Park visiting the various waterholes en-route to Namutoni and exit at the Von Lindequist Gate.
Duration: 3-5 Hours, 180 km
Arrival and check-in at Onguma Bush Camp for two nights.
Continue your journey to Grootfontein. En route the Hoba Meteorite can be visited.
Travel distance: 162 km, ca. 2 1/2 hours.
The Living Museum of the Ju/'Hoansi-San gives visitors an interesting insight into the life of the friendly San. The Living Museum is an authentic open-air museum where guests can learn a lot about the traditional culture and the original way of living of the San. The Ju/'Hoansi bushmen demonstrate and describe everything with great dedication and the guide translates into english. Almost every offered programm is interactive, because it is also great fun for the Ju/'Hoansi when the visitors try to shoot an arrow, experience the special Ju/'Hoansi rope skipping or try to sing a an original song.
Today you transfer to the South, where you overnight in a charming Lodge not far from Windhoek. Travel distance: 403 km, ca. 4 1/2 hours.
Relax around the pool and enjoy a wonderful dinner at the Lodge.
Depending on your flight time, drive to Windhoek and return the rental car at the airport. Travel distance: 80 km, ca 1 hour.
