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Itinerary

Day 1 and 2

You leave the UK for your overnight flight to Windhoek via Frankfurt arriving early morning next day. Here you pick up your vehicle and take the tar road west following the Erongo Mountains before reaching the sand dunes that surround the coastal town of Swakopmund, the adventure capital of Namibia.

o/n Cornerstone Guesthouse or luxury 3 bed apartment, Swakopmund B&Bor S/C

Day 3 and 4

There is so much to do in Swakopmund from sandboarding down the world’s highest dunes to sky-diving. Our personal favourites are to spend a morning out on the water on a seal and dolphin tour where the local seals often join you on the boat for an up close and personal encounter and a journey out into the Namib with Tommy Collard to look for the endemic species found only in this ancient desert is always considered a highlight of a trip to the coast.

o/n Cornerstone Guesthouse or luxury 3 bed apartment, Swakopmund B&Bor S/C

Day 5

You leave Swakopmund today and drive up the coastal salt road to Henties Bay and then head off inland into wild Damaraland. Although this is a full day drive the scenery is spectacular and some villages have craft stalls for road side shopping. Bambatsi is one of the oldest guestfarms in Namibia and your hosts Inge and Gerald will make you very welcome over dinner as you dine al fresco on the terrace overlooking their own floodlit waterhole.

o/n Bambatsi Guestfarm dinner bed and breakfast

Days 6, 7 and 8

After a hearty breakfast you leave your lodge and get back on the tar road for your three hour drive to the Andersson Gate and the start of your 9 nights in Etosha National Park. This huge park is home to an amazing diversity of wildlife and your first three nights will be spent in the western sector which is known for its open plains and wide vistas where vast herds of herbivores trek endlessly to the camp’s floodlit waterhole followed by the ever present carnivores looking for their next meal.

o/n Okaukuejo Camp bush chalet B&B

Days 9, 10 and 11

This morning you travel east into the centre of the park and the wooded area surrounding Halali Camp. This diverse sector has both Mopani woodland and dry savanna that roll s down to the very edge of the giant salt pan.The floodlit waterhole is a real highlight of this camp with black rhino and huge herds of elephants often seen along with porcupines and honey badgers and even the ever elusive leopard.

o/n Halali Camp bush chalet B&B

Days 12, 13, (and 14)

You head east once more today towards Namutoni Camp and the wildlife rich woodland around Fischer’s Pan. This area is home to the majority of the park’s giraffe and is the only place in Africa where you can find the world’s smallest antelope the diminutive Damara Dik-Dik. o/n Namutoni Camp double room s/c

Day 14 Optional extra After a final game drive you leave the peace and quiet of Etosha and head south once more on the tar road before reaching Okonjima. Your last night is at one of Namibia’s finest lodges which is home to the Africat Foundation where cheetah and leopard are rehabilitated back into the wild. With its magnificent rooms, excellent cuisine and genuine conservation story, Okonjima is always a highlight of any trip to Namibia.o/n Okonjima Main camp, View Rooms DB&B (additional £180 per person )

Day 15

After a final morning tracking big cats you have time to spend at Okonjima on one of the walking trails or you can head south back down to the capital to explore the local craft markets before returning your vehicle in time to transfer back to the airport for your overnight flight back to the UK. o/n 36,000 feet

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