Ultimate Namibia Wildlife & Landscapes Group Tour
Tour Introduction
Namibia is world-renowned for its breathtaking scenic beauty, endless horizons, towering dunes, historical tales of survival and adventure, the wild Skeleton Coast, diverse and fascinating peoples and its desert adapted wildlife inhabiting a wonderfully photogenic backdrop.
This superb value, small group tour incorporates the chief scenic and wildlife highlights of Namibia. Your experience will be further enhanced by your guide who will add deep insights into the flora, fauna, geology and cultures of this magnificent country, to be enjoyed within a small group of no more than seven like-minded travellers. The itinerary is suitable for everyone with a love of nature and we’re confident you will come away spellbound by Namibia’s unspoilt wildness and beauty.
Best of all, each group departure is guaranteed with a minimum of one guest, and the maximum number of guests is only seven – so you will never feel too crowded. The 4×4 safari vehicle is specially adapted to accommodate up to seven guests in air-conditioned comfort yet allowing for easy viewing of Namibia’s fabulous wildlife and landscapes.
Improve the experience even further with a one- or two-night extension at Okonjima’s Bush Camp to learn about AfriCat’s exemplary conservation efforts and for more game viewing, especially of leopard and the possibility of seeing brown hyena and pangolin (see Specialist Tip below).
Please Note:
- 1). Each year there are departures every week, usually on a Tuesday but also, in some weeks extra departures leave Windhoek on a Saturday: please enquire for exact dates. If you are looking at 2025 and beyond, do please get in touch and we will advise on departure dates and prices for you.
- 2). The price and departure dates refer to the actual group tour which starts in Windhoek and ends in Windhoek ten days later. The price shown is a “from” price.
- 3). There is also the possibility of adding a two-night extension to the famous Okonjima Bush Camp where you will enjoy game drives for such species as leopard. Please ask us for prices.
- 4). Any additional accommodation and services will be arranged on a bespoke basis at extra cost. You may, for example, need a first night in Windhoek the day before the group departs, and you might wish to add other days and lodges before or after the group dates. Simply discuss with us and we will quote for any additional accommodation and services.
- 5). The itinerary as shown is subject to change. Please enquire and we will furnish you with an up to date itinerary for your chosen date, which might differ slightly from the one seen here.
- 6). The two nights in Ongava Game Reserve at the end of the tour could either be in Ongava Tented Camp, or Ongava Lodge.
Full Itinerary
Pick up from your hotel in Windhoek and drive through the scenic Khomas Hochland highlands and down the Great Escarpment into the Namib Desert. Visit Sesriem Canyon, time permitting.
Staying at Dead Valley Lodge. Includes Lunch and Dinner.
Rise early to explore the stunning Namib Naukluft National Park, and Sossusvlei.
Staying at Dead Valley Lodge. Includes All Meals.
Scenic drive north to Swakopmund. [Optional: morning balloon ride over the desert is available at extra cost. It must be booked in advance.] Afternoon free to explore the town. Dinner in a local restaurant.
Staying at The Delight Swakopmund. Includes All Meals.
Choice of a morning’s sea kayaking or catamaran cruise for marine wildlife (included) from Walvis Bay. Return to Swakopmund. Afternoon at leisure. Various optional excursions are available at extra cost.
Staying at The Delight Swakopmund. Includes All Meals.
Scenic drive to Damaraland. Visit the extensive ancient Twyfelfontein rock engravings (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Burnt Mountain and the Organ Pipes.
Staying at Camp Kipwe. Includes All Meals.
Morning 4x4 excursion along the Aba Huab and Huab River valleys in search of desert adapted elephants and other wildlife. Afternoon guided walk or simply relax at the lodge and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Staying at Camp Kipwe. Includes All Meals.
Today you set off on your journey to the Ongava Game Reserve, which is situated on the southern border of Etosha National Park. You arrive in time for an afternoon game drive on the Ongava Game Reserve in an open game viewer with an Ongava ranger. Game species found here include black and white rhino, giraffe, eland, mountain zebra, kudu, oryx, cheetah, leopard, springbok, blue wildebeest, warthog, duiker, black-faced impala and sable antelope.
Staying at Ongava Tented Camp or Ongava Lodge. Includes All Meals.
Take a morning game drive into Etosha National Park. Return to Ongava for lunch and perhaps a dip in the swimming pool, before heading out on an afternoon game drive back in Etosha. Alternatively, your group may opt to head out for a full day excursion into Etosha, enjoy a picnic lunch somewhere en route. Spend the evening back at Ongava, and after sundowners and dinner, sit under a Namibian night sky and watch wildlife gather at the floodlit waterhole.
Staying at Ongava Tented Camp or Ongava Lodge. Includes All Meals.
Drive south to Okonjima. Guided day visit with AfriCat where you may track leopard, wild dog or hyena in the reserve and visit the leopard and cheetah rehabilitation projects. [OPTIONAL: Extend your tour with one or two nights at Okonjima’s luxury Bush Camp to explore further that great private reserve – details below under Specialist Tips.] Later, transfer to Windhoek. End of tour.
Includes Breakfast.
Tour Accommodation
Dead Valley Lodge
Overview
Newly opened in 2019, Dead Valley Lodge is one of the few to be situated actually within the Namib-Naukluft National Park.
That means guests can access the famous dunes and salt pans of Sossusvlei and Deadvlei before other visitors and return to the lodge long after others have had to leave at sundown. The lodge has very 20 comfortable, air-conditioned, detached tented rooms, its own restaurant serving Namibian dishes, a bar and swimming pool, all arranged to maximise views to the nearby Elim Dune, which can be explored independently.
Swimming Pool
Air Conditioning
Rooms
Facilities
Detached en-suite tented rooms with air-conditioning, bar, restaurant, swimming pool and views to Elim Dune and a rugged mountain range.
Optional Activities
Visits to Sossusvlei, Deadvlei and Sesriem Canyon
The Delight Swakopmund
Overview
Opened in 2015, The Delight is centrally located in the heart of Swakopmund close to the Mole, a small town beach, and various popular restaurants such as seaside eateries the Tug, Wreck and Jetty, useful since the hotel only serves breakfast.
Colourful paintwork and modern decorations gives the hotel a wonderfully contemporary look and feel. The rooms are arranged around a central quadrangle providing a safe space for children.
Swimming Pool
Air Conditioning
Rooms
Facilities
Double or two-storey family rooms, each with en suite, a/c, climate control, safe, minibar, WiFi, patio, kettle, tea/coffee. In the hotel there is a breakfast room, bar, curio shop, lounge area, small gardens. Laundry service is available and there is 24-hour concierge service.
Camp Kipwe
Overview
Charming and full of character, Camp Kipwe lies in the heart of Damaraland and is ideally located for the local attractions. The camp is nestled amongst an outcrop of giant granite boulders, a stone’s throw away from the ephemeral Aba Huab riverbed, often traversed by desert adapted elephants.
Each comfortable thatched bungalow is simply yet tastefully furnished, with an en suite, open-air bathroom. In the centre of the camp lies a large alfresco dining area, bar, lounge and reception with an inviting fireplace nearby to relax beside in the evenings. A refreshing swimming pool and sunset lookout with lovely views also complement the camp.
Excursions are offered to Twyfelfontein’s boulders and slabs of red sandstone which hold some 2,500 prehistoric engravings depicting wildlife, animal spoor and abstract motifs. It was Namibia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site and is perhaps the largest and finest collection of petroglyphs in Africa.
Geological attractions include the Burnt Mountain with its fantastic range of colours at dawn and dusk, caused by a chemical reaction that took place roughly 125 million years ago when molten lava penetrated organic shale and limestone deposits, resulting in contact metamorphism. In ordinary sunlight it is a dull black.
The Organ Pipes are another geological curiosity in the area consisting of a mass of perpendicular dolerite columns that intruded the surrounding rocks also about 125 million years ago and have since been exposed in a ravine due to river erosion.
Swimming Pool
Air Conditioning
Rooms
Facilities
Private bathrooms, restaurant, bar, lounge, swimming pool, room fans, safes, mosquito repellent, hairdryer and private veranda.
Local Wildlife
There is a population of 600 desert adapted elephants in the region, though they roam over vast areas and are not easy to see. Other desert adapted mammals include black rhino, besia oryx, springbok, zebra, jackals and birds such as ostrich and bustards. There is also a colony of brightly coloured agama lizards around the lodge.
Optional Activities
Exploration of Damaraland. Safaris in search of desert adapted elephants, and other wildlife. Excursions to Twyfelfontein, Burnt Mountain and Organ Pipes as well as exploration of the dramatic landscapes of Damaraland.
Ongava Tented Camp
Overview
Ongava Tented Camp is an elegant, intimate lodge set amidst a wildlife-rich patch of mopane woodland in the Ongava Private Game Reserve adjoining Etosha National Park.
Accommodation is in 8 large and neutral coloured Meru-style tents with comfortable beds and private bathrooms including an outdoor shower. There is a private outdoor decking area for each tent with seating for relaxing and watching wildlife coming and going from the nearby waterhole.
The main building is an attractive stone, canvas and thatch construction with well-stocked bar, sitting and dining area. There is a communal decking area with sun loungers and small swimming pool overlooking the waterhole, where a selection of herbivores including kudu, zebra, giraffe, waterbuck, springbok and even white rhino come to quench their thirst. Lions also appear from time to time.
The camp can accommodate 16 people and there is a separate tent for families that sleeps an additional four. Activities at the camp include game drives and walks in Ongava Game Reserve and within the nearby Etosha National Park. Tracking of white rhino on foot with guides is one of the more exhilarating experiences. There is a motion sensitive camera set up at the waterhole to allow visitors to see what wildlife has visited during the night.
Swimming Pool
Air Conditioning
Rooms
Facilities
Private bathrooms, outdoor showers, ceiling fans, swimming pool.
Local Wildlife
The Ongava Private Game Reserve is one of the few places in Africa where guests can reliably see both black and white rhinos. The Ongava Reserve and nearby Etosha National Park are home to 114 species of mammal including lion, leopard, African wildcat, spotted hyena, bat-eared fox, aardwolf, honey badger, elephant, springbok, kudu, Damara dik dik and the elegant black faced impala. All of 340 bird species occur in the area including 14 Namibian endemics, and there are reptiles such as Etosha agamas and the rare Anchieta's dwarf python.
Optional Activities
Game drives and walks, rhino tracking and evening sundowner drives, during which snacks and drinks are served.
Route Map
Departure Dates
Travel Information
Are International Flights Included?
No. Please contact us for a quote if required.
Flight Info:
Fly from London to Johannesburg, connecting to Windhoek.
Best Visited:
March to December
Are you ATOL Registered?
Yes. This means we are legally able to book your international flights in conjunction with your ground arrangements so you can book with us with complete confidence. Read more about our ATOL license here.
Alan Godwin
Area Specialist
If you have the time and budget, it is definitely worth extending the group trip with a one- or two-night, all inclusive, tailor-made stay in Okonjima’s luxury Bush Camp. Our clients love this property. While there you will learn all about their exemplary conservation work with leopard and other species, enjoy daily activities and perhaps spot porcupine, brown hyena, pangolin and eagle owl on the evening game drive.
Prices for a one- or two-night Okonjima Bush Camp extension (to include breakfast, lunch and dinner, two activities per day and a private transfer back to Windhoek) are from £898 per person sharing, single supplement £70 (one night) and £1,567 per person sharing, single supplement £140 (two nights) for dates in 2025.
If you have any questions regarding this Tour, please feel free to contact me on +44 (0)1803 866965
Beautiful country with a wide range of opportunities on offer – wildlife viewing, varied scenery, culture and memorable sunsets. The colours, shapes and shadows of Deadvlei at dawn will stay with me forever. Very helpful and informative discussions with Alan Godwin before booking. Everyone in country did their bit at the right time in the right place. I felt very well looked after. The care and attention to detail was outstanding and this helped me to relax and enjoy the experience and enabled me to begin to make new but different memories.
