Highlights of Namibia

To experience Namibia is to discover an entirely different world, a strange and beautiful place, unlike anything or anywhere you’ve ever imagined. Take off on an adventure with eXplore Plus through the dramatic landscapes of Namibia — experiencing the country’s vast desert (one of the oldest deserts in the World), salt pan, beautiful coast and unique wildlife.  With our 10-day safari, we explore the red dunes of Sossusvlei, relax in the seaside town of Swakopmund, and see impressive concentrations of rock art in Damaraland. Our tour continues to Etosha with its wide-open plains, dense bush savannah and salt desert pans, ending our safari with Erindi Game Reserve with its exceptional diversity of wildlife.

Itinerary

  • Day 1: Johannesburg / Windhoek Airport / Sossusvlei

    Flight from Johannesburg to Windhoek Airport. Meet and greet by our representative at the airport. Travelling south via bushland and savannah to the edge of the escarpment - the beginning of the Namib Desert. Check in at the Lodge with a late afternoon excursion to Sesriem Canyon.

    Overnight at Sossusvlei Lodge (picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast).

  • Day 2: Namib Naukluft Park

    An early departure for a magical excursion into the Namib Naukluft National Park. This area boasts some of the highest free-standing dunes in the world. Explore the areas around Sossusvlei and Deadvlei and enjoy a picnic breakfast in the shade of a camel thorn tree. Return to the lodge for a late lunch and afternoon at leisure.  

    Overnight at  Sossusvlei Lodge (picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast).

  • Day 3: Sossusvlei / Swakopmund

    Depart from Sossusvlei with a stop at the popular Solitaire. Continue to the coast via the Gaub and Kuiseb Passes where the terrain becomes increasingly inhospitable. The scenic drive takes you to the charming seaside town of Swakopmund with its cobbled streets, quaint buildings, and traditional German restaurants and pubs. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant in Swakopmund.

    Overnight at The Strand Hotel (lunch, dinner & breakfast).

  • Day 4: Swakopmund

    After an early breakfast, we give you the option to choose one of the two most popular excursions in the Swakopmund area - the Marine Cruise in Walvis Bay OR the Living Desert tour (INCLUDED in your safari). Lunch will be enjoyed after the excursion in Swakopmund with the afternoon at leisure, or you can enjoy additional activities such as camel rides, scenic flights, sandboarding and more can all be booked at an extra cost.  

    Overnight at The Strand Hotel (lunch, dinner & breakfast).

  • Day 5: Swakopmund / Damaraland

    Heading north and east into the beautiful and diverse region of Damaraland. During the afternoon we explore the historical Twyfelfontein, an archaeological site with more than 2,500 Bushman engravings. We'll visit the Burnt Mountain, named "the fire mountain" after the effect created by the setting sun, which seems to set the granite ablaze as well as the Organ Pipes, a distinctive series of dolerite pillars exposed by erosion, before travelling to the lodge.  

    Overnight at Huab Lodge.

  • Day 6: Damaraland

    After an early breakfast, you will be treated to a safari drive along the ephemeral Aba Huab River valley to explore this remarkable region and to search for game, especially the elusive desert-adapted elephants if they are in the area. Damaraland is home to a variety of desert-adapted wildlife and hidden desert treasures.  

    Overnight at Huab Lodge.

  • Day 7: Damaraland / Etosha National Park

    We're leaving for Etosha National Park. The area consists of wide-open plains and dense bush savannah that surround a parched salt desert known as the Etosha Pan. We have lunch en-route and enjoy an afternoon game drive with large herds of zebra, giraffe and antelope wandering the plains.  

    Overnight at Etosha Safari Lodge.  

  • Day 8: Etosha National Park

    After breakfast we depart on a full-day game drive, visiting various waterholes. In its centre lies a vast saltpan surrounded by grass and thorn savannah. The main attraction of the camp is that it overlooks a permanent waterhole which is floodlit at night. Here a wide diversity of wildlife congregates and interacts. 

    Overnight at Etosha Safari lodge.  

  • Day 9: Etosha / Erindi Game Reserve

    After breakfast, we bid the Etosha farewell and drive to the Erindi Game Reserve in time for lunch.  We enjoy an afternoon game drive with the possibility of seeing rare and endangered species such as leopard and all of the big cats, including lion, cheetah also black rhino, the rare African wild dog and brown hyena.  

    Overnight at Old Trader's Lodge.

  • Day 10: Erindi Game Reserve / Windhoek / Johannesburg

    Enjoy a morning at leisure before departing to the Windhoek Airport for your flight home.  Flight from Windhoek Airport to Johannesburg.

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We also offer any tailor-made quotation similar to the above itinerary - one designed specifically for you, around your taste, budget, interests and more.

  • Return flights from Johannesburg to Windhoek Airport, including airport taxes.
  • Airport transfers.
  • Accommodation on safari with meals stated on the itinerary.
  • 4x4 air conditioning vehicle.
  • All entrance fees and guided excursions as described in the itinerary.
  • All national park entry fees
  • Services of your professional and knowledgeable Namibian English speaking driver/guide.
  • Comprehensive support from our operational office in Namibia for the duration of the safari.
  • Travel information pack.

  • Entry visa to Namibia.
  • Travel Insurance (Highly recommended).
  • Meals and drinks not specified.
  • Any additional sightseeing / activities not include/specified.
  • Laundry services.
  • Gratuities to the driver/guide, hotel staff & porters.
  • Balloon safari at Sossusvlei.
  • All expenses of personal nature.

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This safari has been crafted with knowledge and insight, showcasing just a few of the experiences you can enjoy on safari in Namibia. It is merely an example, and any element of this itinerary can be adjusted to suit your needs. Chat with one of our Safari Specialists, who will be able to help you to customise the ideal safari itinerary for you based on your interests, preferences and budget.

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National Parks

Namib Naukluft Park (Sossusvlei)

The breathtaking NamibRand Nature Reserve begun as a conservation initiative in 1984 and now extends over 180,000 hectares of pristine Namib Desert, restoring land that was once used for Karakul sheep farming. The reserve shares a common border of nearly 100 km of the Namib-Naukluft National Park to the west, while the imposing Nubib mountain range forms a natural boundary to the east.  The particular attraction of NamibRand is its diversity of different desert landscapes, representing virtually all facets of the Namib Desert.  Expansive sand and gravel plains and endless stretches of grass savannah alternate with majestic mountain ranges and vegetated dune belts of deep red sand.  The variety of flora and fauna is as fascinating as the colour nuances of the landscape, which change continuously as the day progresses.  Before NamibRand became a private nature reserve, it consisted of sheep farms, surveyed and allocated in the early fifties to ex-soldiers of World War II.  Today visitors to the NamibRand can admire nature in its original state, as native animals and plants are flourishing back where they belong.

Etosha National Park

Etosha National Park, translated as the 'Place of Mirages', Land of Dry Water' or the 'Great White Place', covers 22 270 km², of which over 5,000 km² is made up of saline depressions or 'pans'.  The largest of these pans, the Etosha Pan, can be classified as a saline desert in its right.  The Etosha Pan lies in the Owambo Basin, on the north-western edge of the Namibian Kalahari Desert.  Until three million years ago it formed part of a vast, shallow lake that was reduced to a complex of salt pans when the major river that fed it, the Kunene, changed course and began to flow to the Atlantic instead.  If the lake existed today, it would be the third largest in the world.  Etosha Pan is the largest of the pans at 4 760 km² in extent.  It is nowadays filled with water only when sufficient rain falls to the north in Angola, inducing floods to flow southward along the Cuvelai drainage system.  The Park consists of grassland, woodland and savannah.  Game-viewing centres around the numerous springs and waterholes where several different species can often be seen at one time.  The Park boasts some 114 mammal and over 340 bird species.  Wildlife that one might see includes elephant, lion, giraffe, blue wildebeest, eland, kudu, gemsbok (oryx), zebra, rhino, cheetah, leopard, hyena, honey badger and warthog, as well as the endemic black-faced impala.



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