Namibia’s Highlights

Day 1 - Arrival at Windhoek

Upon arrival at Windhoek International airport, where you will pick up your rental car. A short drive takes you to Windhoek, Namibia’s capital. Explore the city of Windhoek on your own account. Windhoek is a city of many contrasts. Modern skyscrapers blend with historic buildings dating from the turn of the century.

One overnight at Olive Grove

Day 2 - The Kalahari

After breakfast you leave Windhoek and drive via Rehoboth into the red dunes of the Kalahari Desert. Late afternoon you can optionally participate in a guided game drive to learn about the flora and fauna of the Kalahari Desert.

1 night at Kalahari Anib Lodge

Day 3-4 - The Fish River Canyon

A full day’s journey takes you south through the desert-dominated landscapes to a picturesque Quiver Tree Forest. This prehistoric tree reaches skyward with graphically forked branches. You proceed to Keetmanshoop and thereafter continue via the Naute Dam, to the Fish River Canyon, which is the second largest in the world.

2 nights at the Canyon Roadhouse

Day 5-6 - Lüderitz

The next part of the journey takes you via the small historic village village of Aus and through the vast barren expanse of the Prohibited Diamond Area, to Lüderitz.

Lüderitz is renowned for its old-world charm and distinctly German colonial architecture. Set around the bay, with their original gables, winding stairwells, verandas, turrets and bay- and bow windows still intact, these buildings have a unique character.

2 nights at Lüderitz Nest Hotel

Day 7 - Kolmanskop & Tiras Mountains

The journey leads you to the Tiras Mountains.

En route, visit Kolmanskop, a ghost town that was abandoned over 40 years ago. Spend the next day exploring the Sossusvlei and the Sesriem Canyon. The best time to visit Sossusvlei is in the early morning.

1 night at Namtib Desert Lodge

Day 8-9 - Sossusvlei & Sesriem Canyon

Today you travel through some of Namibia’s most spectacular sceneries. Vast expanses of yellow savannah are dotted with bushes and solitary camelthorn trees. Distant mountain ranges take on different nuances of purple and blue as the day progresses.

En route you visit the Duwisib Castle, which was built by Baron von Wolff for his American wife Jayta in 1909.

2 overnights at Desert Homestead Lodge

Day 10-11 - Swakopmund

The route today takes you to Swakopmund. Highlights en route include a drive to the „Moon Landscape” and the ancient desert plant, “Welwitschia mirabilis”. Spend your days exploring Swakopmund or go on a dolphin cruise. With its old world charm, temperate climate and German background, Swakopmund is indeed the tourist mecca of Namibia, offering not only scenic beauty, but all the modern amenities and facilities to cater for tourists, both local and international.

2 nights at Swakopmund Guesthouse

Day 12-13 - Along the Skeleton Coast

Leave Swakopmund to the seal colony at Cape Cross. After visiting the seals, the journey continues to the southern Skeleton Coast Park to inspect a shipwreck. Continue to the Damaraland highlands with its impressive landscape and ragged valleys.

Enjoy a variety of activities to choose from at the Palmwag Lodge

Day 14 - Etosha South

Today’s drive takes you to the Etosha area. You can either take a detour to visit Twyfelfontein or you can take the route via Kamanjab and Outjo.

Twyfelfontein, which means “doubtful fountain” resembles a large, open-air art gallery. This treasure house of rock engravings left by stone-age artists is regarded as one of the richest collections of rock engravings in Africa.

1 night at Okaukuejo Camp

Day 15-16 - Etosha East

You travel east through Etosha National Park and leave the Park through the von Lindequist Gate, the eastern gate of Etosha to Mushara Bush Camp.

En route, you stop at the numerous perennial springs found along the edge of the salt pan in search of lion, leopard, elephant and black rhino. Leave the Park via the eastern von Lindequist Gate and spend this night in a Lodge outside the Park.

2 overnight at Mushara Bush Camp

Day 16 - Okonjima Nature Reserve

After breakfast you travel via Tsumeb to the “Hoba Meteorite”.

En route visit the Otjikoto Lake and the mine museum of Tsumeb. Continue to the Okonjima Lodge, home of the AfriCat Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of Namibian wild cats, in particular leopard and cheetah.

1 night at Okonjima Plains Camp

Day 17 - Back to Windhoek

Return journey via Okahandja to Windhoek. Okahandja is an important centre for woodcarvers from the north. They practice their ancient skills at the Woodcarvers Market next to the main road. This is a good place to shop for some last souvenirs.

1 night at Galton House

Day 18 - Time to say goodbye

Depending on the departure time of your flight, you will have some time for last minute shopping before driving to the Windhoek International Airport in time to return your rental vehicle, take care of all formalities and check-in on your outbound flight.

Bid farewell to Namibia, we wish you a safe journey home.