Specialized Conservation Tour

After meeting your Specialist Guide, you will drive to Okonjima Nature Reserve, which is the home to the AfriCat Foundation. Founded in 1993, the AfriCat Foundation is primarily dedicated to conservation of large carnivores. We will visit the center to learn more about Namibia’s carnivores, their fight for survival, the Human-Wildlife Conflict challenges, conservation awareness through environmental education and wildlife research. We will see their ambassador Cheetahs during this tour.

Okonjima Plains Camp

After breakfast we will head towards Etosha, past the Cheetah Conservation Fund. CCF was established in 1990 with the aim of securing habitats for the long-term survival of cheetah and their ecosystem through multi-disciplined and integrated programs of conservation, research and education. We will learn how they breed the Anatolian shepherd and Kangal dogs to become livestock guard dogs. After lunch we will make our way to Etosha and do the afternoon game drive in the Etosha National Park.

Etosha Safari Lodge

We have another full day in the Etosha, driving from the southern part to the less visited western Etosha, visiting waterholes. Hobatere is outside the park on the western side and belongs to #Khoadi//Hoas Conservancy. The primary objective is to increase the benefits to the local community, reducing human-wildlife conflict and also conservation of the area. After dinner we will go for a night drive in search for nocturnal animals like Aardvark, Bat-eared Fox, Aardwolf, Small Spotted Genet.

Hobatere Lodge

After breakfast, we will drive towards the desert into one of the most important conservation ephemeral rivers in Namibia, the Hoanib River. Being 270 km in length, the Hoanib River goes all the way to the sea and borders northern Damaraland and Kaokoland. There are thriving populations of desert Adapted Elephants, Oryx, Steenbok, Springbok, Black-backed Jackals, Small spotted Genets, Southern Giraffe subs. angolensis among others.

Sesfontein Lodge

We will drive after breakfast to Palmwag Concession. It covers 4500km2 wilderness area not bordered by any fence. After lunch we will relax before embarking on a sundowner drive in our own vehicle in the afternoon. We still have chances of encountering desert adapted wildlife both enroute to our destination and during sundowner drive.

Palmwag Lodge

We will head towards Twyfelfontein, exploring the Huab and Aba-Huab Riverbeds in search for Desert Adapted Elephants. We will learn more about an organization: Elephant-Human Relations Aid (EHRA) whose mission is to implement practical solutions that help combat elephant-human conflict, and thereby secure a future for Namibia’s desert elephants. In the afternoon, we will visit the Bushman Rock Engravings done by the San people 2000 years ago around Twyfelfontein (UNESCO World Heritage Site).

Twyfelfontein Country Lodge

We will do the Living Desert Tour or the Catamaran/Sandwich Harbour Tour. If lucky you might see the desert “Little Five”; Shovel-nosed Lizard, Namib Sand Gecko, Namaqua Chameleon, Namib Desert Sidewinding Adder and the Cartwheeling Spider (“Dancing White Lady”). Birds of interest include Gray’s Lark, Tractrac Chat, Damara Tern among others. You may stroll around the Swakopmund city or take any optional activities that we can arrange for you in advance.

The Delight

An early morning start will see us getting into the Namib Naukluft Park, to Sossusvlei sand dunes. We will visit the most photographed sand dune in the area, Dune 45. After a visit to the Deadvlei and Sossusvlei, we will then visit the Sesriem Canyon. After lunch we will make our way to Windhoek.

Hilton Hotel