Summary
This tour you will experience two major deserts that run through Namibia, making it one of the best landscape experience in the World. Paradise for landscape photography and open wide spaces lovers. It's very relaxing tour to Southern Namibia with plenty of time to visit each of the attractions & families with children are welcome. This tour can be adapted & tailor made with mix accommodation at mid-range & or luxury standards. Guests that wish to make part or the whole tour as fly-in experience are welcome, please contact us for quote. Small group tour with minimum of 2 participants & maximum of 12, it can depart any day of the week.
Package Includes
Transport, fuel, 8 nights accommodation and reservations, meals as selected, national park entrance fee, experienced tour guide for the entire tour, airport transfers within the tour dates.
Package Excludes
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).
Activities
- Bird Photography
- Camping
- Cooking
- General Photography
- Hiking
- Landscape photography
- Township tour
- Wilderness Trail
- Wildlife Photography
- Game drive
- Culture
- Photo-safari
Physical Condition
- Normal Physical Condition
Connectivity
- Only Wifi
Day-by-day Description
Day 1Windhoek- Kalahari Desert
Activities Included
Bird Photography Camping Cooking General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Township tour Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariWe will pick you up from any hotel/lodge in Windhoek at around 8 am and travel south to Kalahari Desert. Arrival at the lodge around lunch time. Optional activities in the afternoon: Hike in the dunes Afternoon game drive Meals: as selected Accommodation: 1 night in Kalahari. Distance: around 250 km (tarred road). Duration: around 3 hours with the stop-overs.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Kalahari Desert
Travel Time: 3 hrs
Day 2Mesosaurus Fossil, Quiver Tree Forest & Giant’s Playground.
Activities Included
Bird Photography Camping Cooking General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Township tour Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariTravelling further south through the Kalahari Desert,, on the way short visit to Mesosaurus Fossil, Quiver Tree Forest & Giant’s Playground. Arrival at the lodge late afternoon, time for rest & relax. Meals: as selected Accommodation: 2 nights Near Fish River Canyon. Distance: around 350 km (tarred and gravel road). Duration: around 5 hours with the stop-overs.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Mesosaurus Fossil Camp, C17, Namibia
Travel Time: 5 hrs
Day 3Fish River Canyon
Activities Included
General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Wildlife Photography Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariToday in the morning & afternoon, visit to the Fish River Canyon, second largest canyon in the World (after the Grand Canyon in US). Main viewing points provide spectacular place for stunning landscape photography! Early morning or at the sunset, canyon and surrounding desert comes to alive with hues and shades of light – providing inspiring, artistic vistas. Meals: as selected. Distance: around 50 km (gravel roads). Duration: around 4 hours with the stop-overs.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Travel Time: 4 hrs
Day 4Fish River Canyon & Aus
Activities Included
General Photography Landscape photography Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Photo-safariOn trail of the desert horses (Feral Horses of Namibia), which have incredibly adapted to the harsh, dry and unmerciful desert conditions. Admiring these incredible creatures, we are charmed by the ever changing landscape, unending, scenic beauty of the Namib. Meals: as selected. Accommodation: 1 night at Klein-Aus Vista lodge or similar. Distance: 300 km (tarred and gravel roads). Duration: around 5 hours with the stop-overs.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Fish River Canyon & Aus
Travel Time: 5 hrs
Day 5Diamond Coast & Kolmanskop
Activities Included
Bird Photography General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Wilderness Trail Bird Watching Photo-safariAfter breakfast, journey to small, coastal town of Luderitz, situated on the Atlantic Coast. On route, stop-over around 10 km from Luderitz, at the historical ‚Ghost Town’ of Kolmanskop, deserted in the sands after famous ‚diamond rush’. Short visit to the historical 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 relax or optionally City Walk. Meals: as selected. Accommodation: 2 nights at Kairos Cottage or similar. Distance: around 250 km (tarred roads). Duration: around 3 hours with the stop-overs.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Kolmanskop, Luderitz, Namibia
Travel Time: 3 hrs
Day 6Luderitz & Kolmanskop
Activities Included
Hiking Landscape photography Township tour Wildlife PhotographyIn the morning visit to Kolmanskop, around 10 km from Luderitz for your guided tour to this intriguing historical ‚Ghost Town’ of Kolmanskop, deserted in the sands after famous ‚diamond rush’. Optional activity: 1 hr cruise (weather permitting) and/or trip to the Agate Beach, where Atlantic deposits semi-precious ‚agate’ stones right onto the sand. Meals: as selected. Distance: around 25 km (tarred roads). Duration: around 5 hours.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Luderitz, Namibia
Travel Time: 5 hrs
Day 7Sossusvlei & Namib Desert
Activities Included
General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Bird WatchingSossusvlei – the highest and the oldest dunes in the World. On route we are admiring picturesque vistas and incredible, desert landscape. After the long day’s drive, you are comfortably settled for dinner and rest at the desert lodge near Sossusvlei. Meals: as selected. Accommodation: 2 nights at Agama River Lodge or similar. Distance: around 400 km (tarred and gravel roads). Duration: around 7 hours with the stop-overs.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Sossusvlei, Namibia
Travel Time: 7 hrs
Day 8Sossusvlei
Activities Included
General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Wilderness Trail Bird Watching CultureEarly morning, in the light of the raising sun, 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 part of the desert imprint lasting memories in your heart. Excellent occasion for a unique photographic moment. Dunes of Sossusvlei are considered to be one of the most photogenic and some of the most photographed places on Earth! Optional Activities: Balloon flight over the dunes Helicopter flight over the dunes Meals: as selected. Distance: around 200 km (gravel roads).
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia
Day 9Windhoek
In the morning departure to Windhoek, vibrant capital of Namibia. On route, plenty of time for the last photographs of the African savanna. Meals: as selected. Distance: around 350 km gravel and tarred roads. Duration: around 5 hours.
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