Desert Beach and Bush (Namibia)

This tour starts in Windhoek and ends in Windhoek. Highlights of this tour including the wildlife at Etosha, Sossusvlei, Desert Moon Landscape and Swakopmund.

Accommodation is provided at comfortable guesthouses and tourist class lodges, and the safari is conducted in a rental 4x4 vehicle.
Day 1: Windhoek
Windhoek Arebbusch is the ideal place to experience Windhoek at the start of your trip. Arebbusch with wide open spaces, beautiful gardens, birdlife and wildlife. Arebbusch Travel Lodge nestles in natural surroundings on the banks of the dry Arebbusch River, offering a clean, safe and family friendly environment, far from the hustle and bustle of central city life, yet minutes away from the capital's shopping centres and attractions.
Overnight Arebbusch Lodge (BB)

Day 2/3: Namib Desert (Sossusvlei)
Age-old camel thorn trees and unsurpassed 360 degrees views dominate the desert landscape towards the mountain-range in the distance. Fascinating Sossusvlei is one of the landscapes making the difference to the Namibian destination. Here, time stopped and you enter into the heart of the Namib Desert. Enormous pink and red dunes mixing with Granite Mountains embedded in yellow and pitch black plains where the Oryx antelope has made its kingdom. Dry white pans covered by dead trees. At Dune 45, the more energetic have the opportunity to climb to the upper ridge of the world's most photographed dune. Further along, a gradual 2.6 kilometer round-trip takes you to the well photographed ?Dead Vlei?. Sossusvlei is at the ?end of road' and the highlight of the day. We also visit the rugged Sesriem Canyon, where the Tsauchab River and erosion have incised a narrow gorge over the millennia. The permanent water pools at its bottom have ensured the survival of nomadic populations in pre-historic times as well as that of early European explorers and the so-called Thirstland Trekkers, in more recent centuries.
Activities:
Sossusvlei/Dead Vlei/Dune45/Big Daddy Dune/Sesriem Canyon
Overnight Desert Camp. (DBB)
Please note: Breakfast Sossusvlei Lodge. Barbeque packs/salads can be ordered.

Day 4/5: Swakopmund
Today's destination is the cool Atlantic Coast and the quaint town of Swakopmund.
En route to Swakopmund you will explore the Namib Desert with the rugged Kuiseb Canyon. Stop at the eerie moon landscape and marvel at the Welwitschia Mirabilis, an ancient plant endemic to the Namib Desert. En route we will explore the Namib Desert with the rugged Kuiseb Canyon, while driving along the Swakop riverbed. Take a walk through town and enjoy the mixture of colonial flair and historic architecture in Swakopmund (the historic town, the Woermannhouse, the Hohenzollernhouse, the old Magistrates Court, the historical Jail and the Jetty and the lighthouse. After arriving in Swakopmund you can explore the popular coastal resort on your own and spend time at leisure or with shopping.
Overnight Hotel Zum Kaizer Lodge. (BB)
Activities available:
Marine Cruise at Walvisbay 09h00 - 12h30 (Light lunch, fresh Walvis Bay oysters, sherry, sparkling wine, water, juice & soft drinks)
Desert Moon Landscape - en-route
Marine Cruise at Walvisbay
Quad bike dune driving
Camel Rides

Day 6/7/8: Etosha ? Central
A visit to the Etosha National Park is one of the highlights of travelling Namibia. Etosha, which was declared a game reserve by the German colonial administration back in 1907, covers an area of more than 22 000 square kilometres. In its centre lies a vast saltpan surrounded by grass and thorn savannah, Mopane bush land in the west and dry forest in the north-east. About two million years ago, this area was an enormous lake, fed by the Kunene River. However the lake slowly dried up because over time, the river changed its course. The Etosha National Park has a good infrastructure. Well-maintained gravel roads lead to the waterholes, where game viewing is at its best. In the three rest camps Okaukuejo, Halali and Namutoni, hotels, chalets and camping sites are available as well as restaurants, stores and swimming pools. The main entrance to the park is called the "Anderson Gate" at Okaukuejo in the south, where the park administration is also situated. The "Von Lindequist Gate" lies in the east near Namutoni. A new gate, the "Nehale lya Mpingana Gate" (King Nehale Gate) was opened at the beginning of 2003 in the north-east. The pan is just about always dry. However, in the southern parts there are have water-holes scattered throughout this area and form the basis of life for countless game. Be it a lion or an elephant, a giraffe or a zebra; almost all African animal species are represented in the huge nature reserve, approx. 22 000 square kilometres in size. There is an estimated number of 250 lions in the park, 300 rhinos, 2 500 giraffes, 6 000 zebras and more than 2 000 elephants. The dainty springbok are especially numerous, at least 20 000 of them roam the reserve. Often, they can be observed in enormous herds of several hundred animals.
Overnight at Taleni Etosha Village (DBB)

Day 9: Windhoek
Arebbusch is the ideal place to experience Windhoek at the end of your trip. Arebbusch with wide open spaces, beautiful gardens, birdlife and wildlife. Arebbusch Travel Lodge nestles in natural surroundings on the banks of the dry Arebbusch River, offering a clean, safe and family friendly environment, far from the hustle and bustle of central city life, yet minutes away from the capital's shopping centres and attractions.
Overnight Arebbusch Lodge (BB)

Day 10: Return flight from Hosea Kutako