Upon your arrival at the Windhoek International (Hosea Kutako) airport, you will collect your vehicle and drive west to Chameleon Guesthouse in Windhoek (approx. 45km). Here, you will be met by one of our tour consultants, who will go through your travel plan with you. Depending on the time of your arrival you may choose to relax by the swimming pool, browse the internet or head into the city to explore the sights.  Alternatively, you might want to start your adventure with an optional 2.5hour sun downer horse ride or enjoy a township tour – please ask for details. Overnight is based in an en suite twin/double room on a bed and breakfast basis. Lunch and dinner will be on your own expense.


After breakfast, depart for the desert region of the Namib Naukluft.  Located just outside the park is Desert Homestead that combines comfortable accommodation, with friendly service, good food and a great location.  There are 20 thatched chalets each with a private verandah so you can pull up a chair, sit and relax and take in the views or perhaps enjoy a horse ride or one of the many optional activities on offer.  Overnight is based on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis, optional activities at own expense.


This morning, recommend you depart to arrive at the park gate for sunrise; this is only about 30kms away. From here it’s around a 65km drive into the heart of the Sossusvlei dunes. You can explore this unique area on foot before heading into Dead Vlei with its large expanse of bleached cracked clay and skeletal camel thorn trees, contrasting with a backdrop of huge dunes with their ever-changing colours.  You can either walk or take the 4x4 shuttle back to your vehicle and before returning back to the camp recommend you make a stopover at the Sesriem Canyon before driving back to the camp.  Overnight as above, all meals will be on your own expense.Sossusvlei: Sossusvlei is a clay pan set amid monstrous piles of sand known as star dunes that reach the height of a 70storey skyscraper and rank among the tallest dunes on earth. A deathly white against red sands, the pan is the endpoint of a usually dry river, Tsauchab, in the interior of the Great Sand Sea. The river course rises south of the Naukluft Mountains in the Great escarpment. It penetrates the sand sea for some 55km before it finally peters out about the same distance from the Atlantic. Until dunes stopped it in its tracks 60 000 years ago, the Tsauchab reached the sea, as ephemeral rivers still do in the northern half of the Namib. Sand-locked pans to the west were endpoints before Sossusvlei. The dunes in the vicinity of Sossusvlei get to be as high as 220m. They look even higher when their base rests on an elevated surface such as a river terrace. Indeed one of them that lie beside the Tsauchab rises 325m above the valley floor. Once a decade or so rainfall over the escarpment is sufficient to bring the river down in flood and fill the pan. On such occasions the mirror images of dunes and gnarled trees around the pan are reflected in the water.Sossusvlei is the biggest of four pans in the vicinity. In one of them, Dead Vlei, big camel thorn trees, dead for want of water, still stand erect. They grew in that place until about 900 years ago when the sand sea finally blocked the occasional floods.


Today’s adventure takes you through the desert with its endless views across the pastel-coloured gravel plains to the port town of Walvis Bay. Overlooking one of the most important wetland areas on the African coastline, the Walvis Bay Lagoon, declared a Ramsar site to ensure that its protection is guaranteed by the Namibian government, here you will see the many aquatic birds that make their home here such as flamingo, pelican, cormorant, avocets, the endemic Damara tern and many more. Swakopmund is the ideal location for the visitor who loves to explore both the desert and the coast. The Namib Desert exhibits an astounding plant, insect and animal life that has uniquely adapted to this age-old landscape of sand. Optional activities include scenic flights along the Skeleton Coast, quad biking, sky diving and more. Most visitors soon realise that they have allocated too little time to experience the many interesting sites this region can offer. You will be based here for 2 nights in a twin/double room with en suite facilities on a bed and breakfast basis. Lunch and dinner will be on your own expense.There will be time for activities here such as a scenic flight over the dunes, coastline and desert, perhaps enjoy a highly recommended day trip to Sandwich Harbour where you’ll be driven up the slopes of the dunes, learn about the desert life and take in the marine life of this natural harbour.  Perhaps, for the adventurous, you’ll choose a tandem sky dive, sand boarding, quad biking, kayaking – there are so many activities for all ages here in Swakopmund there is plenty to keep everyone happy.


Depart after breakfast and head north along the Skeleton Coast, you may wish to visit Cape Cross, a huge seal colony before retracing your steps to Henties Bay and turning inland. The Brandberg Mountain is the largest mountain in Namibia and can be seen from miles away, it’s full of minerals such as quartz, amethyst and tourmalines and is home to the famous White Lady Painting. The Brandberg White Lady Lodge is famous for it is situated near the famous Brandberg Mountain. Here you can relax, enjoy the antics of the resident meerkat, or take a walk and keep your eye’s open for desert elephant that have been know to wander the area. Overnight is based in a twin/double room with en suite facilities on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. Lunch will be on your own expense.


Today’s adventure will take you through the dramatic landscapes of Damaraland. You may choose to visit the Twyfelfontein, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for its rock engravings and paintings before continuing your drive through beautiful and dramatic landscapes arriving at Palmwag in the afternoon.  This lodge is set close to an oasis, which attracts various game to the waterhole (though this depends on the amount of rain that has fallen in the region).  If time permits you can enjoy a walk in the surrounding area or sit at the floodlit waterhole to see what game is attracted. Sometimes the well-known desert adapted elephants are seen roaming around this area. Overnight is based in a double/twin room with en suite facilities on a breakfast, lunch and dinner basis.


Today you can relax at the lodge, enjoy a walk in the surrounding land or take part in an optional activity at the Palmwag Lodge such as a day trip to visit a local Himba tribe. These remarkable and proud people live in the Kunene region.  Formally cattle/goat herders some still live a traditional life style in this harsh environment.  You will be accompanied by a local guide who will translate all your questions giving you a chance to find how they survive in today’s modern world learn about their fascinating culture. Alternatively you may take a game drive into the private concession land searching for the desert adapted game such as elephant, lion, rhino as well as giraffe, springbok, kudu and plenty more.  Overnight is based in a double/twin room on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis, activities are at your own expense.


Recommend an early departure from Palmwag Lodge to arrive at Etosha National Park via the southern gate (Anderson’s Gate).  Game drive to the rest camp, perhaps visiting a waterhole en route and keep your eyes out for the animals. After checking in you may choose to relax by the pool then later in the afternoon head out for a game drive. Spend the rest of the evening around the floodlit waterhole watching the animals come in to quench their thirst; this is often a busy waterhole and many species flock here after sunset including the black rhino. You will spend the remainder of your day’s game either optionally or on your own inside this extraordinary park. Etosha is regarded as one of the best game reserves in Southern African and at over 22,000 sq kms is home to many species of game including lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, hyaena and countless plains animals.  Overnight is based in a twin/double bedded bush chalet on a bed and breakfast basis. Lunch and dinner will be on your own expense.


After a leisurely breakfast at the Etosha National Park you will exit via the eastern gate (Von Lindequist Gate) and game drive out of the park and onto Okonjima, home of the AfriCat Foundation and just south of Otjiwarongo. This afternoon, after tea and scrummy cake, you will join an afternoon activity and learn how AfriCat has been involved in rescue and release of cheetah and leopard, generally the afternoon activity is heading into the 4,000ha enclosure in search of the radio-collared leopards before enjoying a sun downer drink and returning to the lodge in time for dinner.  Overnight is based in a double/twin room with en suite facilities on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis and one activity at Okonjima.


This morning you may choose to join a second (optional activity) or head straight back to Windhoek Perhaps stop at Okahandja, a small town in Namibia en route to Windhoek for some last minute souvenir shopping at the craft markets where you can barter some some gifts before returning to Windhoek International airport to drop off your vehicle and connect with your onward flight back home.


Hot air ballooning and champagne breakfast N$3950 per person from Desert Camp LodgeSwakopmund activities – there are many more, this is a selection and your guide will be able to assist you further and book any trips for you.Dolphin & Seal Cruise: N$450/personSand boarding: N$250-350/person1 hour quad biking: N$320/personSkydiving (tandem): N$1900/person

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