You arrive at Windhoek Airport today where you will be met by Paul and your guide who will drive you into the city and to your overnight accommodation Hotel Thule which sits high on a hill overlooking the Windhoek. Thule has a good restaurant and a lovely al fresco dining area with panoramic views
After breakfast we leave the city and head north on the main tar road going until we get to the gates of Okonjima, home of the Africat Foundation and it is here you will have 2 opportunities to go out into the 54,000 acre reserve in search of leopards and other wildlife with an Okonjima guide.
With its magnificent rooms and phenomenal wildlife experiences, Okonjima is always a highlight of any trip to Namibia and a perfect way to start your tour of this amazing country
2 x leopard tracking activities are included per person during your stay. A small additional supplement for walking with white rhino is possible, please discuss this option on arrival
Your first camp in Etosha is Namutoni on the eastern side of the Park. which is a four hour drive from Okonjima.
This area is home to the majority of the park's giraffe who feast on the acacia trees that dominate the area and it is here that you will have the best opportunity to find cheetah around Fisher's Pan which is the best habitat for their hunting methods.
There are also several large lion prides in this area and 2 nearby hyena dens that house clans in excess of 30 animals
There are many key waterholes around Namutoni all within a few kilometres so looping back to camp for quick rest stops makes planning your safaris easier than long days out.
Today you head further into the park to the centrally wooded area around Halali Camp.
Halali has an exceptional floodlit waterhole where huge elephant herds come to drink at night and black rhino are seen there daily.
From Halali it is possible to go out onto the giant Etosha Pan to experience this unique geological feature
Heading further west into the park today your destination for the next 2 nights is Okaukuejo Camp which is famed for its floodlit waterhole which sees huge amounts of wildlife coming to drink all day and all night with opportunities of seeing large elephant herds that come to drink at dusk and nightly visits by black rhino.
The area around Okaukuejo is dominated by vast open plains, home to thousands of herbivores and the inevitable lion prides looking for their next meal.
We leave the peace and quiet of Etosha this morning and head down through the centre of the country to the Erongo Mountains to Ai-Aiba Rock Painting Lodge.
The lodge nestles underneath one of the boulder strewn mountains that are typical of the area. Facing west, the lodge enjoys glorious sunsets with the giant red boulders becoming a deeper colour as the sun goes down.
After breakfast we leave Ai Aiba and head out of the Erongos to the spectacular Spitzkoppe granite outcrop that dominates the landscape for miles.
From here we will carry on south into the Namib Desert with an overnight stop at Rostock Ritz which lies just south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Rostock sits on a hill overlooking a wide open plain that rolls all the way down to a rugged mountain range.
An early morning start today to drive to Sesriem, the gateway to Sossusvlei.
Here you will have the opportunity to spend the morning at this world heritage site and enjoy some desert photography
We leave the giant sand dunes this afternoon and drive the short distance to our two night stay at Tsauchab River Camp.
This quirky lodge has bungalows spread out along the Tsauchab River surrounded by the Tsaris, Naukluft and Roter Kamm mountains. Here we can visit the nearby quiver tree forest to photograph these magnificent aloes and enjoy the exceptionally dark skies that this part of Namibia is so well known for.
From one desert to another today when you venture further east into the Kalahari Desert and your last two nights' accommodation at Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch.
The lodge nestles amongst the deep red linear sand dunes that are typical of the Kalahari. Between the dunes are swathes of grasses and trees that attract many wildlife species including gemsbok, springbok, ostrich, cheetah, leopard, honey badgers, porcupines and giraffe
Bagatelle offer optional sunset and night drives and there is ample opportunity here to capture Namibia's incredible night skies
After an early morning activity or a well deserved lie in followed by a wholesome Bagatelle breakfast you head north on the tar road all the way to Windhoek.
Here your guide will drop you off at the airport in good time for your flight home.
( If you have an early morning flight we can organise an additional night in Windhoek for you so you can depart the following day )
