Sunrise Tours & Safaris


Day 1	Arrival at Windhoek international airport – welcome by your tour guide and transfer to the hotel. After check-in and some time to relax, a cultural tour will be undertaken to Katatura with various stops e.g. the Old Cemetry, the Single Quarters, the open markets, the recycling Project and the Penduka development project. This 3 hours tour is led by a local guide of the Owambo tribe. Return to the hotel before sunset and have evening at own leisure. Bed & breakfast: Windhoek Country Club
Day 2	Drive via the scenic Spreetshoogte Pass to the Namib Naukluft Park and continue to the Namib Rand private nature reserve where you will spend 2 nights. A very nice lodge in absolutely stunning dune-landscape. A nature drive is offered in the afternoon. Full board : Wolwedans Dune Lodge
Day 3	Early morning nature drive on the 185 000 ha privately owned nature reserve, guided by very well trained guides, who will be able to show the beauty and tranquillity of the desert. Return to the lodge for a brunch and enjoy a nature walk or another drive in open vehicle to experience the many facets of the flora and fauna at the Namib Rand Nature Reserve. Hot-air balloon excursion 30 km from Wolwedans can be organized on request (optional) Full board : Wolwedans Dune Lodge
Day 4	Leave after breakfast for Swakopmund, travelling through the Namib Park via Walvis Bay, arriving at about 16h00. Accommodation in a 4-star hotel. Evening at own leisure. Bed/breakfast: Swakopmund Hotel
Day 5	Transfer to Walvis Bay for a dolphin cruise departing at 08h30 to Pelican Point, with sparkling wine and fresh oysters served on board. Enjoy seals jumping onto the boat and a good chance to see dolphin leaping out of the water. Return to the harbour at 12h30 and undertake a Topnaar tour to the Kuiseb Delta, where the chief of the Topnaar tribe will show the settlement of his tribe and their traditional lifestyle. Return to hotel at about 16h00, evening at own leisure. Bed / Breakfast : Swakopmund Hotel
Day 6	After breakfast we visit a Kindergarten at the DRC, a former “illegal” squatter camp, where a couple of Namibian women have established this small Kindergarden with the sponsorship of some Europeans. After the visit we continue along the coastal road to Henties Bay, then into Damaraland. We pass the Brandberg, the highest mountain in the country, on our way to Twyfelfontein, visiting the famous rock engravings under guidance of a local guide belonging to the Damara tribe and overnight at a stunning lodge near Twyfelfontein Full board: Mowani Mountain Camp
Day 7	In the morning enjoy a guided nature walk and proceed via Khorixas onto the main road passing the Vingerklip Rock and Outjo, to get to a lodge 40 km from the Etosha National park at Okaukujeo on a private concession area of 27 000 ha. This lodge offers very good game viewing as well as sauna and wellness facilities. Accommodation will be in separate chalets. Dinner/bed/breakfast: Epacha Game Lodge & Spa
Day 8	Spend the day on a game drive through the Etosha National park and enjoy game viewing at the various waterholes and en route to the eastern part of the park. We leave the park at the Lindeque gate and spend the night at the very new lodge on a private game reserve bordering the national park. 12 luxurious units offer high standard accommodation. Full board : Onguma Fisherpan Camp
Day 9	After a morning activity like a game drive the route will lead to the farm Hedwiglust, home of the Ombili Foundation, whose aim is to teach the 300 Bushmen living there to become self-sufficient as farmers as an alternative to hunting game, which has become extinct. From Ombili the route leads to another stunning place near Kalkfeld, where the Afri Cat Foundation, founded 10 years ago, is based. An afternoon game drive to view cheetah and leopard amongst other game can be booked direct at the lodge. Dinner/ breakfast: Okonjima Bushcamp
Day 10	A morning walk with bushmen will be undertaken to experience this ancient people’s life style. After a brunch we drive via Okahandja back to Windhoek with a stop at the wood carver market in Okahandja, where different tribes sell their artifacts of craftsmanship. Arrival at the hotel in Windhoek at about 16h00. The evening will be at a nice restaurant with a nice atmosphere. Bed/breakfast: Windhoek Country Club
Day 11	The morning can be spent in the city for some last minute shopping, before the airport transfer for flight back to Europe will take place.
>>	Included : All transfers in an airconditioned Microbus, 10 nights accommodation with meals as indicated, refreshments during the day while driving, activities as per program, Park entrance fees, 15% VAT.
>>	Excluded : International flight, meals not indicated, any extra activities, treatments at the spa at Epacha, all beverages in hotels/lodges