Upon your arrival at Windhoek international airport, clear customs and immigration, then you will be met by a Camelthorn transfer representative and transferred to the Safari Court hotel for check-in.

Spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight: Safari Court hotel or similar

Check out of the hotel after breakfast.

At about 12:30pm you will be met at your hotel.

Depart from Windhoek and travel to the Kupferberg Pass. We drive through cattle farm land and hilly landscapes with splendid views of fertile valleys. Our journey continues via the scenic and steep Spreetshoogte Pass. Enjoy an undisturbed view from the top of one of the steepest passes in Namibia! A comfort stop will be made at the small settlement of Solitaire, before continuing to the beautifully set private nature reserve, NamNau Habitat, which hosts a variety of desert adapted game like Springbok, ostrich, earth wolf, bat-eared fox and many more.

Overnight at Namib Naukluft Lodge or similar

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

After a healthy breakfast, depart to Swakopmund, travelling via the Gaub & Kuiseb Passes. You will pass Namibia’s largest Nature Reserve, the Namib Naukluft Park, and an internationally renowned desert research station at Gobabeb (not accessible to the public). We travel past the Vogelfederberg and will drive through Walvis Bay, Namibia’s largest commercial port, before arriving in Swakopmund at around 12:30.

Overnight in Swakopmund - Sandfields Guesthouse or similar

Meals: Breakfast

After a healthy breakfast, depart to Swakopmund, travelling via the Gaub & Kuiseb Passes. You will pass Namibia’s largest Nature Reserve, the Namib Naukluft Park, and an internationally renowned desert research station at Gobabeb (not accessible to the public). We travel past the Vogelfederberg and will drive through Walvis Bay, Namibia’s largest commercial port, before arriving in Swakopmund at around 12:30.

Overnight in Swakopmund - Sandfields Guesthouse or similar

Meals: Breakfast

Explore the quaint town of Swakopmund. You may wish to book an optional day tour (for own account) in Swakopmund (guided tour through the Mondesa township, quad-biking, sand-boarding; a scenic flight over the Skeleton coast or a catamaran cruise in Walvis Bay). Many optional activities are on offer (for own account): visit the aquarium, various museums or the crystal gallery. There is a possibility of meeting fellow travellers at dinner that will be joining the tour in Swakopmund.

Overnight in Swakopmund - Sandfields Guesthouse or similar

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Depart early morning and travel on the salt road towards Henties Bay, past salt pans and an array of bird life, to Damaraland, one of the most scenic areas in Namibia. Visit Twyfelfontein, a site of ancient rock engravings and the Organ Pipes, a distinctive series of dolerite pillars that have been exposed by erosion. Arrive at your lodge during the late afternoon.

Overnight in Damaraland – Twyfelfontein Lodge or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch pack & Dinner

The morning is at leisure, to relax at the lodge until lunchtime.

In the afternoon, join a sun downer drive in the Aba Huab River and possibly encounter the desert dwelling elephants (seasonal). These elephants are not a distinct species but are African bush elephants that have made their homes in the Namib and Sahara deserts. They were once more widespread in Africa, but are currently found only in Namibia and Mali. 

Overnight in Damaraland – Twyfelfontein Lodge or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, depart Damaraland and journey to the Etosha National Park. Visit a Damara village near Twyfelfontein and learn more about the culture and the tradition of this half-nomadic people. Continue via the little town of Outjo. Lunch stop (for own account) - possibly meet fellow guests joining the Etosha tour. From there continue to Etosha National Park. Arrive in the early afternoon and undertake your first game drive, in your closed touring vehicle, into the park.

Overnight near Etosha National Park – Etosha Safari Camp or similar

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

The entire day will be spent in the Etosha National Park, exploring the waterholes along this enormous saltpan, in your closed touring vehicle. Enjoy a lunch stop at one of the rest camps (lunch for own account). There are close to 114 species of mammal in Etosha, including the black faced impala and the threatened black and white rhino. The Etosha Pan (a flat calcrete depression), contains water only after very good rains and sometimes only for a few days each year, but is enough to stimulate the growth of a blue green algae which lures thousands of flamingos.

Overnight near Etosha National Park – Etosha Safari Camp

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Enjoy another full day exploring this world famous National Park, in your closed touring vehicle. Your guide will introduce you to the complex subject of managing such an enormous reserve, that’s considered to be one of the world’s great wildlife sanctuaries. Lunch stop en route at one of the rest camps (lunch for own account).

Overnight near Etosha National Park – Mokuti Etosha Lodge or similar

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, travel south towards Otjiwarongo. Continue towards Windhoek via Okahandja where we will visit a local handicraft market. Tour ends on arrival in Windhoek late afternoon at your hotel.

Overnight: Safari Court hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast

Check out of the hotel and you are transferred to Windhoek airport to start your homebound journey.

Meals: breakfast