Route: HKIA to City
Distance: 48 km
Journey: On arrival you will be met by your guide and transferred from the airport to the City, a short city tour will be undertaken prior to check-in at your guest house. Late afternoon at leisure, your guide can collect you should you wish to have dinner at one of the local restaurants.
Route: Windhoek to Namib Naukluft Park
Distance: 310 km
Journey: After breakfast embark on the drive to Sossusvlei, home to the giant red dunes, some of the most spectacular in the world, standing up to 300m high. It is a wild, beautiful and romantic spot, with sparse vegetation edging a few water courses which flow in from the Tsauchab River. Here Springbok and Ostrich are often seen. On arrival check into your hotel and relax before dinner.
Route: Sesriem – Sossusvlei - Sesriem
Journey: Today you have an early start to drive to Sossusvlei and enter the national park at sunrise. The first rays of the sun light up the dunes with a deep orange glow making for a photographer's delight, and you will have the opportunity to climb “Big Daddy”, one of the tallest dunes.
You will also explore the cool passageways of the Sesriem Canyon on foot. The canyon is small but very picturesque - many plants grow in the shade and shelter it offers, and water pools attract several species of birds and animals. Sesriem means 'six thongs'; which refers to the six lengths of rawhide rope (from a wagon) needed to make a line long enough to lower from the rim of the gorge to the stream below, in order to haul up a bucket of water.
Route: Namib Naukluft Park - Swakopmund
Distance: 345 km
Journey: Begin the drive to Walvis Bay stopping for photos at the Tropic of Capricorn sign. You will also stop at the Gaub and Kuiseb passes, and at any points of interest along the road. At Walvis Bay you will spend time at the lagoon which is Paradise for bird lovers with roughly 50 species of seabirds, including vivid flocks of flamingos, bulky- billed pelicans and glossy black cormorants. The promenade stretches for 3 kilometres along the water’s edge and it is a great place for a stroll. Continue to Swakopmund where the rest of the day will be at leisure.
Morning activity whilst the afternoon is at leisure to explore the town of Swakopmund.
Route: Swakopmund - Camp Kipwe
Distance: 423 km
Journey: Leave Swakopmund for Cape Cross seal Reserve before heading inland passing the mining town of Uis and the Brandberg Mountain as we travel through Damaraland.
Route: Camp Kipwe - Grootberg Lodge
Distance: 125 km
Journey: After breakfast we visit Twyfelfontein and the Damara Living Museum before heading up the Grootberg Pass to our lodge for overnight.
Route: Grootberg Lodge - Okonjima
Distance: 385 km
Journey: This morning you will have the privilege of meeting the Himba people and learning about their traditions and way of life. The Himba are the last semi-nomadic herders in Namibia, and their simple lifestyle has remained unchanged for generations, as they have chosen their traditional lifestyle over modernization. They have become iconic for using a characteristic red paste made of butter, fat and red ochre that they apply to their skin, and which serves an aesthetic purpose in beautifying their bodies, as well as protecting them from the scorching sun. You will visit the Himba orphan village where the children are cared for by some of the women. Continue onto Okonjima Nature Reserve where you will have the opportunity to visit the AfriCat Foundation and take a Nature Drive.
Route: Okonjima - Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport
Distance: 265 km
Journey: Enjoy the early morning relaxing until you return to Windhoek - this last day morning activity depends on your outbound flight details.
