Namibia Highlight Safari

14 night Small Group Namibia Guided Safari capturing the highlights of this stunning country

$7101-7331 USD

Safari summary

From the moment you are picked up from the airport you will know you are in safe hands.Our guides are Namibia experts and have nearly 20 years of experience guiding our guests around this beautiful country.
The tour takes in the mighty sand dunes of the Namib Desert at Sossusvlei, the action-packed Skeleton Coast, wild Damaraland with its desert adapted elephant, lion and rhino, Etosha National Park and the Africat Foundation

About this tour

	Tour type	Set-date, set-itinerary, group
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	May, June, September, October
	Countries	Namibia
	Parks	Etosha Namib-Naukluft

What’s included?

Airport transfers
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
International flights
Park fees

Itinerary

Day One - Arrival

You arrive at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako Airport where will be met by your guide and driven the short distance to your overnight accommodation at the Trans Kalahari Inn where you can relax on your first night. The Inn has lovely thatched rooms, friendly staff, a swimming pool and bar and one of the best restaurants in Windhoek a perfect first night stop over before your adventure begins the following day.

Trans Kalahari Inn

Day Two - Sossusvlei

Namib-Naukluft

The Elegant Desert Eco Lodge is situated less than an hour from the entrance to Sossusvlei and nestles into the Namib Naukluft Mountains amidst stunning scenery. Here you will spend two nights enjoying the wide vistas from your lodge along with the opportunity of going south to the Namib Rand Nature Reserve as well as visiting the world's highest sand dunes at Sossusvlei and Dead Vlei. Throughout the day the shifting sands change colour under the Namibian sun.

The Elegant Desert Eco Camp

Day Three - Sossusvlei

Namib-Naukluft

Here you will be enjoying the wide vistas from your lodge along with the opportunity of going south to the Namib Rand Nature Reserve as well as visiting the world's highest sand dunes at Sossusvlei and Dead Vlei. The ever changing features of this unique desert landscape captivates people and throughout the day the shifting sands change colour under the Namibian sun.

The Elegant Desert Eco Camp

Day Four - Swakopmund

A long drive today but an interesting one, over the Tropic of Capricorn and on through the Kuiseb Canyon until we eventually reach the ocean at Walvis Bay. From here it is just a 40km drive up the coast to Swakopmund. This quirky seaside town is Namibia’s adventure capital and over the next two days your choices of activities range from sky diving or sandboarding to quad biking. A seal and dolphin tour or a trip to Sandwich Harbour 50km south through the Namib Desert.

Cornerstone Guesthouse Swakopmund

Day Five - Swakopmund

Whatever your particular interests you will find something to enjoy in Swakopmund. The town is delightful and is a perfect place to wash the sand out of your hair before continue our journey north.

Cornerstone Guesthouse Swakopmund

Day Six - Brandberg

After a hearty breakfast we take the salt road north before turning inland at Henties Bay on to the gravel road east past Namibia’s highest mountain, the Brandberg . Here we will head for the White Lady Lodge, a rustic but simple place to stay right at the foot of the mountain and famed for occasional visits by Namibia’s desert elephants.

Brandberg White Lady Lodge

Day Seven - Palmwag

The drive from Brandberg to Etendeka is arguably one of the most stunning in Namibia. Which takes you over mountain passes and through sandy riverbeds before you reach the Palmwag Concession. Etendeka gives you the opportunity to totally relax in one of the most pristine and remote areas on earth. The landscape dwarfs you and guests often describe it as a humbling experience. The scenery is breath taking, the wildlife runs wild and free and the hospitality genuine and warm

Etendeka Mountain Camp

Day Eight - Palmwag

Etendeka is a legendary camp, here you can enjoy the total solitude, the magnificent scenery and with luck Damaraland’s famous desert lions, elephants and black rhinos along with giraffes, oryx, springbok, zebras and other resident herbivores. Your days will be spent in search of wildlife and your evenings will be spent around the campfire back at the lodge discussing the highlights of the day before a million stars come out.

Etendeka Mountain Camp

Day Nine - Etosha South

Etosha

A long drive today, but an interesting one, Heading back onto the tar road to the Andersson Gate in Central Etosha to begin your safari in this world famous wildlife sanctuary. This huge park is home to an amazing diversity of wildlife and the area around Okaukuejo is known for its open plains and wide vistas where vast herds of herbivores trek endlessly to the camp’s floodlit waterhole followed by the ever present carnivores looking for their next meal.

Okaukuejo Rest Camp

Day Ten - Etosha South

Etosha

We have the whole day to explore the open plains that surround Okaukuejo Camp and the Mopane woodlands east of the camp around Olifantsbad waterhole. At the camp's own waterhole large herds of elephants often come down to drink and dust bathe before heading back into the bush and black rhinos often frequent the whole from 9pm onwards and throughout the night.

Okaukuejo Rest Camp

Day Eleven - Etosha East

Etosha

We head east today towards Namutoni Camp and the wildlife rich acacia woodland around Fischer’s Pan. Not only is this area home to some of Etosha’s largest lion prides, leopard sightings here are frequent, this area is home to the majority of the park’s giraffe and it is one of the best places in Africa to see the world’s smallest antelope, the diminutive Damara Dik-Dik.

Namutoni Camp

Day 12 - Etosha East

Etosha

There are many key waterholes within a few kilometres of Namutoni Camp so we can spend our game drives looping back to camp for quick comfort breaks before we head off again to other areas. The camp has a lovely pool area that sells lunchtime toasties and beers and the evening restaurant has an outside seating area and good food.

Namutoni Camp

Day Thirteen - Okonjima

The lodge lies 24km into the middle of the mountains and it is here we will spend your last 2 nights searching for some of the Africa’s biggest carnivores. Options include an Endangered species trail, tracking leopard and hyena from an open vehicle with the aid of a telemetry and visiting the Africat Foundation. With its magnificent rooms, excellent cuisine and genuine conservation story, Okonjima is always a highlight of any trip to Namibia.

Okonjima Plains Camp

Day Fourteen - Trans Kalahari Inn

After our morning trail and a hearty breakfast we head south once more and retrace our steps back to the Trans Kalahari Inn for our last night in Namibia. Here we can enjoy a final sundowner on the terrace while we discuss the highlights of our trip before a final sumptuous dinner.

Trans Kalahari Inn