7 Day TOP 3 Tour

tour description

7 Day Namibia TOP 3 is best short tour if you only have a week to experience Namibia! Journey takes you to Sossusvlei, Deadvlei and famous dunes of the 'Namib Sand Sea' UNESCO World Heritage, then traveling through Namib-Naukluft National Park to the coast of Atlantic and further north to Etosha National Park with it's exceptional nature and wildlife. Brief, attractions-packed tour combines Namibia's top destinations allowing to experience Namibia at-a-glance. Great opportunity for landscape and wildlife photography!


Tour may be tailor-adjusted as per preference; you are also welcome to book part or entire tour as a 'fly-in experience'; welcome to contact us for quote.

Small group tour: minimum 2 and maximum 12 participants, may be scheduled for any day of the week - we offer flexible departures.

If preferred, solo or private tour may be booked.

Families with children are welcome.

Duration
7 Days
Countries
Namibia
Categories
4x4 Tours, Birding, Desert, Geology, Photography, Unesco World Heritage, Wildlife

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Prices Per Person

Low Season
1 November to 30 June
High Season
1 July to 31 October
Camping NAD28,100.- EUR~1,497.- NAD31,500.- EUR~1,678.-
Mid-range Lodge Accommodation
Meals: B, D
NAD38,800.- EUR~2,066.- NAD40,350.- EUR~2,149.-
Mid-range Lodge Accommodation
Meals: B, L, D + mineral water in the car
NAD42,850.- EUR~2,282.- NAD44,550.- EUR~2,373.-
Mid-range Lodge Single Supplement NAD9,600.- EUR~511.- NAD9,600.- EUR~511.-
Luxury Lodge Accommodation
Meals: B, L, D + mineral water during the tour
NAD107,400.- EUR~5,720.- NAD114,700.- EUR~6,109.-
Luxury Lodge Single Supplement NAD19,950.- EUR~1,063.- NAD19,950.- EUR~1,063.-
Optional Private Tour Supplement Per Tour NAD40,000.- EUR~2,130.- NAD40,000.- EUR~2,130.-
* 50% discount for children 12 years old and younger.

Tour Map

Detailed Itinerary

Pick up around 9AM and traveling south to Sossusvlei via scenic Spreetshoogte Pass – one of the most spectacular places of Namibia. Stop-over for lunch at Solitaire, small oasis in the Namib Desert. Arrival at the lodge in the afternoon, time for rest and relaxation.

 

Meals: as selected.

Accommodation: 2 nights in the Namib Desert

  • Camping - Sesriem Campsite or similar.
  • Mid-range Lodge – Elegant Desert Lodge or similar.
  • Luxury Lodge – Dead Valley Lodge or similar.


Distance: 350 km via gravel road.

Duration: 5 hours with short stops and lunch break.


Early morning before sunrise, 60km scenic drive through Sesriem Gate to Sossusvlei – place of the highest dunes of the world, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as the ‚Sand Sea’. Option of climbing picturesque Dune 45 to experience beauty and vastness of fascinating orange-colored landscape. After the climb, 5km off-road 4×4 drive to visit surreal Deadvlei, a place of vast clay pan and dried-up, ancient acacias standing silent in an impressive landscape and chance to climb more challenging Big Daddy (or Big Mama) dune. Break for lunch. In the afternoon visit to the Sesriem Canyon and Elim Dune.

 

Optional Activities:

  • Hot-air Balloon flight over the dunes;


Meals: as selected.

Distance: around 200 km via tar, gravel and sand roads

Adventure starts after breakfast, traveling through the Namib-Naukluft Park to Swakopmund, while passing by canyons, riverbeds and fascinating rock formations. Magnificent landscape of the Namib reaches as far as eye can see. Chance to spot free-roaming wildlife:  oryx and springbok, mountain zebras, giraffes and world’s largest and flightless birds – ostriches. Short stop for a photo-moment and leg-stretching at the Tropic of Capricorn (famous geographical line). On arrival at the coast, in Walvis Bay visit to the lagoon to observe flamingos along multiple marine bird species.


 Meals: breakfast or breakfast + mineral water. Please note: at the coast, lunch and dinner is in own capacity.

Accommodation: 2 nights in Swakopmund

  • Backpackers/camping - Amanpuri Travelers Lodge or similar.
  • Mid-range Lodge – Alte Brucke Resort or similar.
  • Luxury Lodge – Strand Hotel or similar.

 

Distance: 300 km (gravel road).

Duration: 5 hours with stop-overs.


Coastal adventure invites you to the ‚lunar landscape’ for discovery of the botanic attraction Welwitschia Mirabilis named by botanists a ‚living fossil’ - one of the oldest and most original, living plants on Earth, remembering the times of Christ.

 

Recommended optional activities: (price on request)

  • Dolphin cruise - may be combined with Sandwich Harbor excursion (half or full-day activity)
  • Visit to the ‚Lunar Landscape’ in the Moon Valley and Welwitschia mirabilis plains;
  • Quadbike ride into the dunes and rolling hills of the coastal Namib.
  • City tour of Swakopmund and visit to Crystal Gallery.
  • Visit to National Marine Aquarium.
  • Snake Park.
  • Craft-beer tasting;
  • Surfing - personal sessions;
  • Street-craft-market.
  • Bicycle tour (Mondesa Township).
  • Skydiving.
  • Fishing offshore.
  • Sand-boarding.
  • Fat-bike rides;
  • Eco-kayaking with the seals.
  • Hot-air Balloon flight;

 

 

Meals: breakfast OR breakfast + mineral water. Please note: at the coast, lunch and dinner is in own capacity.

Distance: 150 km via gravel and tar roads.

‚Farewell’ to Swakopmund on our way to Etosha National Park – treasure of Namibia, considered one of the most loved wildlife parks of Africa!

On arrival, you are welcomed by wildlife and white sands of the plains. During game drive, wonderful opportunity to spot magnificent game: variety of antelopes, giraffes, zebras, hyenas and elephants roaming through the bush. Your guide will try utmost best to find the Big Cats: lions, cheetahs and leopards. Four out of Africa's BIG FIVE inhabit the park: lion, leopard, rhino and elephant. 

After dinner, you are welcome at the waterhole, where animals gather at the water, while you enjoy ever-changing ‚theater of nature’ till late!


 

Meals: as selected.

Accommodation: 2 nights in or near Etosha National Park

  • Camping - Okaukuejo campsite or similar.
  • Mid-range Lodge – one of the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) inside the park (Okaukuejo, Halali, Namutoni)
  • Luxury Lodge – Etosha Oberland Lodge or similar.


Distance: 450 km via tarred road.

Duration: 6 hours

Full day unlimited game drives in Etosha National Park - from sunrise till sunset.


Meals: as selected.

Distance: 150 km.

Duration: full day.

After breakfast ‚farewell’ to Etosha and traveling south to Windhoek, capital of Namibia. Plenty of time for last shopping for gifts, souvenirs and hand-made curios at the local craft market; and enough time to take the last photos of beautiful Africa.

 

Meals: as selected.

Distance: around 450 km via tarred roads.

Duration: 6 hrs.

 

Wishing you a ‚safe journey’ and happy returns with Wild Wind Safaris!

Included

Transport, fuel, 6 nights accommodation and reservations, meals as selected, national park entrance fee, full-day unlimited game drives in Etosha National Park (sunrise till sunset) in the provided tour vehicle, experienced tour guide for the entire tour, airport transfers within the tour dates.

Not Included

Scheduled, international flights ‚to/from’ Namibia, individually extended accommodation, additional transfers (airport transfers beyond tour dates, which we may arrange at euro 20 pp), individual travel and medical insurance, lunches & water if not selected, drinks and alcoholic beverages, optional activities, gratuities and tips, trip extensions, visa to Namibia (if required).

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