Safari on a Shoestring

Duration: 11 nights

Tour group: 4 people

Accommodation: B&B in Windhoek / Camping Etosha

Vehicle: 7 seater 4×4 safari vehicle with pop up roof

Cost: £1,395 per person

Tour in brief: Private escorted tour, 2 nights Windhoek, 9 nights Etosha

Itinerary

Day 1

You arrive in Windhoek to be met at the airport and driven the short distance into the city centre. This afternoon you have the opportunity to shop prior to your safari or relax around the pool and sleep off your travel weariness

o/n Chameleon Backpackers, Windhoek B&B

Day 2, 3 and 4

We leave early this morning for the 5 hour drive up the main tar road to the north of the country. We will enter via the Andersson Gate for the start of your 9 nights in Etosha National Park. This huge park is home to an amazing diversity of wildlife and your first 3 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 Etosha, s/c campsite

Day 5, 6 and 7

This morning we travel further into the centre of the park and the wooded area surrounding Halali Camp.This diverse area has both Mopani woodland and dry savanna that rolls 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, honey badgers and even the ever elusive leopard.

o/n Halali Camp Etosha, s/c campsite

Days 8,9 and 10

We 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 to see the world’s smallest antelope, the diminutive Damara Dik-Dik.

o/n Namutoni Camp, Etosha, s/c campsite

Day 11

After a final safari drive we leave the peace and quiet of the park and head south once more on the tar road back to the capital. Our last night will once again be spent at Chameleon and the following day there will be ample time to visit Windhoek’s many craft markets before being transferred back to the airport for your onward flight.

o/n Chameleon Backpackers B&B

Total cost: £1,395 per person

Included: Private guide and vehicle, all accommodation as stated in itinerary, breakfasts at Chameleon Backpackers

Excluded: National park fees of circa £12 per person per day, food unless itemised, items of a personal nature