Dunes, Desert and Wildlife: 13 Day Self-drive Namibia

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

Discover Namibia’s wide open spaces on an excellent network of gravel and tar roads in your own rental vehicle

Climb some of the world’s highest free standing sand dunes.

Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Twyfelfontein.

Track for desert adapted elephants on the ephemeral riverbeds in Damaraland

Enjoy a different viewpoint for game viewing in an underground hide overlooking a waterhole on a private game reserve.

Embark on exciting game drives within the Etosha National Park in your own rental vehicle

Game viewing at a floodlit waterhole at night

Visit the world renowned AfriCat Foundation and learn more about conservation initiatives involving Africa’s large cats.

Namibia is a vast country, even by African standards, covering an area approximately four times the size of the United Kingdom or twice the size of California, with a population of a mere 2 million , the second lowest densities in the world giving an amazingly ‘soulful’ feeling of peace and solitude. It is also an 'ageless land’, visible through our heritage of rock art created by stoneage artists and geological attractions such as the petrified forest where fossilised tree trunks have lain for over 280 million years. Added to the space and silence, these contribute to a feeling of antiquity, tranquillity, and wilderness. Whilst long driving times cannot be avoided (accept an average of 5 -7 hours per journey, where a two week safari will easily clock over 2000 km or over 1260 miles) in Namibia, it's about enjoying the journey rather than rushing from place to place and many routes include various sights of interest worthy of a stopover. Namibia boasts an excellent infrastructure and although 70% of all roads are gravel/dirt roads, they are in good condition and well maintained. The climate is typical of a semi desert country. Days are warm to hot and nights are generally cool. Temperatures are modified by the high plateau in the interior and by the cold Benguela Current that runs along the Atlantic coastline. Except for the first few months of the year, the country is generally dry with very little rain.