At 8AM pick-up from the hotel/lodge in Windhoek and traveling south into the red Kalahari Desert.

Arrival at the lodge, time to relax or engage in optional activities.

Optional activities in the afternoon:

• Dune hike
• Scorpion walk
• Afternoon game drive in an open-vehicle;
• Sunrise or sunset scenic drive;
• Cheetah experience (available at luxury lodge)
• Horse riding (available at luxury lodge)
• Morning Bushmen (San People) Guided Walk (available at luxury lodge)
• Nighttime Drive (available at luxury lodge)
• Star Safari (available at luxury lodge)
• Kalahari Spa (available at luxury lodge)

Meals: as selected

Accommodation 1 night in the Kalahari:

• Camping - Jansen Kalahari Campsite or similar.
• Mid-range Lodge  – Jansen Kalahari Guest Farm or similar.
• Luxury Lodge – Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch or similar.

Distance: around 250 km (tarred road).

Duration: around 3 hours with stops.

Traveling further south through the Kalahari landscapes en-route to Fish River Canyon, visit to the serene Quivertree Forest at Garas Park, set amidst impressive granite boulders. (Aloe dichotoma)

Arrival at the lodge in the afternoon, time for rest and relaxation.

Meals: as selected

Accommodation 2 nights near Fish River Canyon:

• Camping - Hobas Campsite
• Mid-range Lodge  – Canyon Roadhouse Lodge or similar.
• Luxury Lodge – Fish River Lodge or similar.

Distance: around 350 km (tarred road).

Duration: around 5 hours with the stops.

In the morning and afternoon, visit to the Fish River Canyon, second largest canyon in the world (after the Grand Canyon in the US). Main viewing points provide spectacular place for stunning landscape photography! Early morning or at the sunset, canyon and surrounding desert comes alive with hues and shades of light – providing awe-inspiring, artistic vistas. 

Meals: as selected.

Distance: around 50 km (gravel roads).

Duration: around 4 hours with stops.

On trail of the desert horses (Feral Horses of Namibia) which have incredibly adapted to the harsh and dry desert conditions. Admiring these incredible creatures, roaming vast landscape - surrounded by unending, scenic beauty of the southern Namib. 

Meals: as selected.
Accommodation 1 night in Aus Mountains above the plains of the Namib at:

• Camping - Klein Aus Campsite
• Mid-range Lodge – Klein-Aus Vista Lodge or similar.

Distance: 300 km (tarred and gravel roads).
Duration: around 5 hours with stops.

After breakfast, journey to small, coastal town of Luderitz, situated on the Atlantic Coast. On arrival, short visit to the historic monument, a granite cross, known as the Diaz Cross, set in the sands of the Namib by Portuguese sailor Bartolomeu Dias in 1488, when he first landed at the Namibian coast centuries ago. In the afternoon, time for rest and relaxation, or optional City Walk.

Meals: breakfast included in the tour package; at the coast, lunch and dinner is at own cost.

Accommodation 2 nights in Luderitz at:

• Backpacker - Obelix Guesthouse 
• Mid-range Lodge – Kairos Cottage or similar.
• Luxury Lodge – Luderitz Nest Hotel or similar.

Distance: around 250 km (tarred roads).

Duration: around 3 hours with stops.

In the morning visit to Kolmanskop, situated around 10 km east off Luderitz for your guided tour to intriguing historic ‚Ghost Town’ abandoned in the sands in the early 20th-century, after the famous ‚diamond rush’.

Optional activities:

• Morning Penguin Cruise.
• Half day tour to Elizabeth Bay (this tour needs to be booked 2 months in advance)

Meals: only breakfast OR breakfast and water included in the tour package; at the coast lunch and dinner is at own cost.

Distance: around 25 km (tarred roads).

Duration: around 5 hours.

Traveling through Namib-Naukluft Park towards Sossusvlei – the highest and the oldest dunes in the world. En route admiring picturesque vistas and panoramic desert landscape. After long day’s drive, you are comfortably settled for dinner and rest at the lodge in the Namib Desert.

Meals: as selected.

Accommodation 2 nights in Namib:

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

Distance: around 400 km (tarred and gravel roads).
Duration: around 7 hours with stops.

Early morning, before sunrise, en route to Sossusvlei via the Sesriem Gate. Quiet meditation of spectacular, orange dunes. Visit to the Deadvlei (valley) where dried up acacias stand among the high dunes in the heart of the desert. Spaciousness, magnificence and soothing calm of this region imprints lasting memories. Excellent occasion for a unique photographic moments. Dunes of Sossusvlei are considered to be one of the most photogenic and some of the most photographed places on Earth!

Optional Activities:

• Helicopter flight over the dunes
• Hot-Air Balloon flight over the desert (early morning)

Meals: as selected.
Distance: around 200 km (gravel, sand and tar roads).

After leisurely breakfast, returning to Windhoek, capital of Namibia. En route, plenty of time for the last pictures of the African bush and savanna.

Meals: as selected.

Distance: around 350 km gravel and tarred roads.

Duration: around 5 hours.

Wishing you a ‚safe journey’ and happy returns to Namibia!