Wine and Wildlife with Helen McGinn in Namibia

Join Helen McGinn on this unique Namibian safari !

About Helen

Helen McGinn is a wine writer and broadcaster, international wine judge and bestselling fiction author. She is also the author of the award-winning blog, Knackered Mother’s Wine Guide.

After spending almost a decade working as a wine buyer for a leading UK supermarket, Helen decided to share her expertise with the public. Helen is a regular guest on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen Live, and ITV’s This Morning as their resident wine expert.

When she’s not on set, Helen writes about drinks for Waitrose Food Magazine as well as for other publications. Helen’s informative and warm writing style has won her the award for Fortnum & Mason’s Online Drink Writer of the Year. She is also a regular judge for the annual International Wine Awards.

Helen has authored four non-fiction titles about wine and drinks, and five fiction books. Her latest book, Under a Riviera Moon, will be published in April 2025.

Follow Helen on

• Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/knackeredmother/
• Website https://www.knackeredmotherswineclub.com

About the tour

This tour combines Namibia's incredible wildlife and dramatic scenery with the opportunity to sample the country's finest wines and spirits created in some of the most unusual wineries in the world.

We start the tour in a top Windhoek hotel before travelling up country to Etosha National Park stopping at wonderful Okonjima in search of their resident leopards and a visit to the Otavi Valley Vineyards on the way.

From Etosha we head south to the Erongo Mountains where we will have the opportunity to visit two further vineyards for lunch and tastings before heading to the Skeleton Coast and Swakopmund, the adventure capital of Namibia where we can explore the huge coastal sand dunes or go out into the ocean looking for Namibia's marine life. In the evening we will dine at the award winning "Tug" restaurant with its extensive wine menu and fabulous food

Our last stop is Utopia Guesthouse, sister lodge to Neuras Winery where we can sample our final Namibian wines of the trip