Your journey starts by travelling south into the heart of the Namib Desert, an area with awe-inspiring landscapes and majestic dunes. Arriving at your lodge, situated near the entrance to Sesriem, the remainder of the day can be spent at leisure. Enjoy a late afternoon walk or take part in optional activities offered by your lodge.
350 km Namib Desert
Superior: Sossusvlei Lodge – Dinner
This day calls for an early rise, as you will forever remember the picture of a sunrise over the mighty dunes of the Namib Desert. Gaze at the bright splash of sun-baked sand combined with the mighty play of shadows cast onto the layside of the dunes. From Sossusvlei visit Dead Vlei, a surreal white clay pan surrounded by monumental dunes and dotted with age-old camelthorn trees. Travelling back, visit the Sesriem Canyon, an 18-million year old gorge eroded into the conglomerate floor.
150 km Sossusvlei
Superior: Sossusvlei Lodge – Breakfast, Dinner
Today you travel via the Namib Naukluft Park to Swakopmund, a tranquil coastal town situated between the Namib Desert and the Atlantic Ocean. Visit the Welwitschia plains and the aptly named Moonlandscape, two of the attractions during this scenic drive. In Swakopmund.
360 km Swakopmund
Superior: Hotel Zum Kaiser – Breakfast
You will have the option of a day at leisure or participating in some of the adventurous activities on offer. These could include scenic flights, dolphin cruises, quad-biking, parasailing, dune-boarding.
Superior: Hotel Zum Kaiser – Breakfast
On your way to Damaraland visit the largest fur seal colony in southern Africa at Cape Cross. Your lodge for the evening is situated in the heart of the Damaraland, where game such as rhino, desert elephant and kudu roam freely. A visit to the Burnt Mountain and the Organ Pipes is particularly rewarding in the later afternoon. En-route to your lodge you can stop at various local street stands to purchase hand crafted artifacts and a wide variety of minerals and gemstones.
340 km Damaraland
Superior: Doro Nawas – Breakfast, Dinner
After breakfast, visit Twyfelfontein, a National Heritage Site and an “open air art gallery” that boasts over 2500 different Bushman rock engravings and rock paintings. En-route to your lodge you can also visit a traditional Himba village and meet these proud and statuesque people. The Himba still adhere to their traditional values and cultures and are one of the last truly nomadic tribes on Earth. Travel further north to the Etosha National Park, where you will overnight this evening.
320 km Etosha National Park
Superior: Okaukuejo Waterhole Chalet – Breakfast, Dinner
Entering the Etosha National Park in the early morning, your time will be devoted purely to the abundant wildlife found here. The park surrounds a parched salt desert known as the Etosha Pan, and is home to 4 of the ‘Big 5’; elephant, lion, leopard and rhino. The park’s waterholes support a diversity of mammals and birds, including species such as black-faced impala, cheetah, and Namibia’s smallest antelope, the Damara dik-dik.
300 km Etosha National Park
Superior: Mushara Outpost – Breakfast, Dinner
You have the entire day available for extensive game viewing experiences. No game drive is the same; all waterholes hold new surprises and attract different animal species that you may not have seen on previous game drives.
300 km Etosha National Park
Superior: Mushara Outpost – Breakfast, Dinner
Departing the Etosha National Park, you travel south through Namibia’s maize triangle with its majestic Otavi Mountain range. This is one of the most scenic locations in Namibia – perfect for undertaking scenic walks or guided nature safaris on the private nature reserves.
380 km Central Namibia
Superior: Okonjima Bush Camp – Breakfast, Dinner
After Breakfast, depart your lodge and travel south towards Windhoek. After strolling through one of the large craft markets in Okahandja, your route takes you between high mountain ranges back to the capital city, Windhoek, where your tour ends. Return your rental car and await your onward bound flight.
Breakfast
490 km Departure
