Departing Windhoek in the morning, you fly over the Central Plateau to the Namib Desert, where your lodge is situated within a private nature reserve in the vicinity of Sossusvlei. Enjoy the stunning view onto the mesmerizing desert landscape from your secluded deck or cool off in the private plunge pool.
The day is enjoyed on the Namib Rand Nature Reserve. Activities offered consist of nature drives on the private property or scenic guided walks. Highly trained guides will explain the unique desert environment in detail and bring you closer to this mesmerizing dune environment.
An optional yet highly worthwhile activity is drifting over the desert in a hot-air balloon during sunrise. Afterwards breakfast is enjoyed amidst the dunes of the desert. Afterwards you travel to your next lodge, situated directly bordering and with own entrance to the Namib Naukluft Park. You have the day at leisure and can partake in activities offered by the lodge such as guided walks or nature drives.
This morning you visit Sossusvlei to adore the highest dunes on earth. Afterwards your flight takes you over a scenic desert route and along the Atlantic coast to Swakopmund. You have the rest of the day at leisure. A wide variety of optional activities are available in Swakopmund, of which only some include Living Desert Tours or a quad biking experience in the Namib dunes.
After breakfast you embark a marine cruise on the Walvis Bay peninsula. Enjoy the interaction with cape fur seals and dolphins whilst sipping cold sparkling wine and savouring the taste of fresh oysters and snacks. Afterwards continue your flight into Kaokoland via the shipwreck-strewn Skeleton Coast. Your lodge is situated in the Kaokoland, one of the last true wilderness areas in Africa.
After breakfast visit one of the secluded Ovahimba villages and meet these proud and statuesque people, who still live according to their age-old traditions and culture. On a guided game drive you may have the rare opportunity to see the endemic and elusive desert elephant.
After breakfast continue south over Damaraland to the Etosha National Park. Your exclusive accommodation is built like a fort in front of a frequented waterhole. Take in the invigorating environment from the elevated viewing deck while sipping cold champagne before enjoying dinner. In the afternoon you have the option to join a guided game drive on the Onguma property.
Game Drive on Onguma Reserve
The morning is spent game driving in the park in open vehicle to view some of the 114 different game and 340 different bird species that inhabit this stunning park.
Departing the Etosha National Park after breakfast you fly north into Namibia’s lush Zambezi region, reputed as Southern Africa’s most celebrated birding hot spot. Your lodge lies on one of the shady banks of the Okavango River among tall and ancient African ebony and marula trees and promises you an exceptional and unforgettable nature experience. Specialist guides in open safari vehicles conduct morning and afternoon game drives, while you may also navigate the lush channels of the Okavango on a boat cruise.
After breakfast you fly to the most eastern point of the Zambezi Strip to Kasane where you will be met by your transfer guide and transferred to your lodge. For the following two nights you are accommodated exclusively alongside the the Chobe River overlooking the Chobe National Park, whose riverine forests and floodplains support a multitude of game species, which in turn attract predators such as lion, leopard and hyena. Enjoy the rest of the day relaxing along the swimming pool or take part in activities offered by your lodge.
Shortly before sunrise travel by open vehicle into the Chobe National Park, where wildlife roams freely in profusion and diversity. It is home to the largest concentration of Elephant in Africa and during the dry season the herds congregate along the fertile flood plains of the Chobe River. Some of the other game species found within the park and along the banks of the river consist of large herds of buffalo, puku, lechwe, bushbuck and kudu. Other major species such as Lion, leopard Wild Dog, Sable and Roan Antelope are encountered in many areas of the reserve. In the afternoon embark on a guided Chobe sunset cruise along the National Park to experience the multitude of game species found along the banks of the Chobe River.
This morning you depart the Chobe National Park and receive a transfer to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Nestled amongst lush, indigenous vegetation on the edge of a gauge, your lodge is in close proximity to the mystical Victoria Falls, the longest falling curtain of water on earth. Enjoy a guided visit to the falls and wander through the lush rain forests that are maintained by the constant spray plume from the falls.
Enjoy the peace and tranquility of your lodge, relax on a serene sundowner cruise or experience the Victoria Falls by helicopter or airplane (optional activities). In the evenings be spoilt with 5-star meals and fall asleep to the Victoria Falls thundering in the background.
This morning after breakfast you are transferred to the Victoria Falls Airport, from where you fly to connect with your flight home.
