12-Day Namibia Expedition

Transfer to lodge on the city outskirts. Briefing on route, vehicle check, welcome dinner. Your guide confirms tomorrow's early departure for the Namib.

The Namib's red dunes turn copper at sunrise; your guide times the Sossusvlei gate entry for the best light on Dune 45 and the camelthorn skeletons of Deadvlei pan.

Etosha's pan-edge waterholes concentrate lion, elephant, black rhino and gemsbok — floodlit viewing beside Okaukuejo or Halali camp is one of southern Africa's great wildlife spectacles.

Desert-adapted elephant navigate the Huab and Aba Huab dry riverbeds in Damaraland; Save the Rhino Trust guides lead on-foot tracking in partnership areas near Mowani Mountain Camp.

Walvis Bay lagoon holds Cape fur seals, pelicans and flamingos; coastal mist rolls over lichen fields and sidewinder tracks in the living-desert dunes near Swakopmund.

AfriCat guides at Okonjima radio-track leopard and cheetah across the reserve — close-range carnivore viewing that complements Etosha's open-pan game drives.

The Namib's red dunes turn copper at sunrise; your guide times the Sossusvlei gate entry for the best light on Dune 45 and the camelthorn skeletons of Deadvlei pan.

Etosha's pan-edge waterholes concentrate lion, elephant, black rhino and gemsbok — floodlit viewing beside Okaukuejo or Halali camp is one of southern Africa's great wildlife spectacles.

Desert-adapted elephant navigate the Huab and Aba Huab dry riverbeds in Damaraland; Save the Rhino Trust guides lead on-foot tracking in partnership areas near Mowani Mountain Camp.

Walvis Bay lagoon holds Cape fur seals, pelicans and flamingos; coastal mist rolls over lichen fields and sidewinder tracks in the living-desert dunes near Swakopmund.

AfriCat guides at Okonjima radio-track leopard and cheetah across the reserve — close-range carnivore viewing that complements Etosha's open-pan game drives.

The Namib's red dunes turn copper at sunrise; your guide times the Sossusvlei gate entry for the best light on Dune 45 and the camelthorn skeletons of Deadvlei pan.

Etosha's pan-edge waterholes concentrate lion, elephant, black rhino and gemsbok — floodlit viewing beside Okaukuejo or Halali camp is one of southern Africa's great wildlife spectacles.

Desert-adapted elephant navigate the Huab and Aba Huab dry riverbeds in Damaraland; Save the Rhino Trust guides lead on-foot tracking in partnership areas near Mowani Mountain Camp.

Walvis Bay lagoon holds Cape fur seals, pelicans and flamingos; coastal mist rolls over lichen fields and sidewinder tracks in the living-desert dunes near Swakopmund.

AfriCat guides at Okonjima radio-track leopard and cheetah across the reserve — close-range carnivore viewing that complements Etosha's open-pan game drives.

The Namib's red dunes turn copper at sunrise; your guide times the Sossusvlei gate entry for the best light on Dune 45 and the camelthorn skeletons of Deadvlei pan.

Etosha's pan-edge waterholes concentrate lion, elephant, black rhino and gemsbok — floodlit viewing beside Okaukuejo or Halali camp is one of southern Africa's great wildlife spectacles.

Drive southwest to Sesriem (approx. 5–6 hours). Check in with time for a late-afternoon canyon or dune walk.

Sunrise Sossusvlei, Deadvlei, optional hot-air balloon (pre-book). Afternoon second dune session or rest at the lodge.

Safari activity | Sossusvlei sunrise and optional balloon

Pre-dawn gate entry for Deadvlei and Dune 45, with optional hot-air balloon over the Namib dunes at dawn — Namibia's most dramatic desert experience.

Namib crossing to coast via Kuiseb Canyon (approx. 5–6 hours). Afternoon stroll Swakopmund — German colonial architecture and seafood dinner.

Full-day coastal expedition north — Cape Cross seal reserve (100,000+ seals), shipwreck viewpoints, lichen fields on the Skeleton Coast.

Safari activity | Skeleton Coast expedition

Full-day 4×4 north to Cape Cross — 100,000+ Cape fur seals, shipwreck viewpoints and fog-draped dunes on Namibia's most desolate coastline.

Kayak with seals, sandwich harbour 4×4, or fishing trip. Seafood lunch at a waterfront restaurant.

Safari activity | Walvis Bay kayak or sandwich harbour 4×4

Morning kayak with Cape fur seals or a sandwich harbour 4×4 excursion — dunes meeting the Atlantic in one of Namibia's most photogenic coastal settings.

Drive inland (approx. 5 hours). Afternoon desert-elephant drive in Huab valley — herds navigate dry riverbeds with minimal water.

Twyfelfontein engravings (UNESCO), rhino tracking on foot, Petrified Forest. Mowani Mountain Camp sits among granite boulders overlooking the Huab valley.

Safari activity | Damaraland rhino tracking on foot

Black rhino tracking with Save the Rhino Trust guides, plus Twyfelfontein UNESCO rock engravings and the Petrified Forest in Damaraland.

Enter Etosha (approx. 4–5 hours). Waterhole vigil at dusk — black rhino, lion and elephant often visit after dark.

Central and eastern waterholes — lion, elephant, black rhino, cheetah. Full-day pan-edge circuit with picnic lunch.

Safari activity | Etosha full-day game drive

Full-day on Etosha's central and eastern waterholes — lion, elephant, black rhino and cheetah with the blinding white Etosha Pan as backdrop.

Morning Etosha drive, transfer south to Okonjima for leopard activity or Waterberg plateau walk (approx. 4–5 hours).

Safari activity | AfriCat leopard tracking at Okonjima

Afternoon leopard tracking with AfriCat guides at Okonjima — radio-collared leopards viewed from open vehicle, or a Waterberg plateau walk for rare roan and sable.

Final carnivore activity or plateau walk, return Windhoek for flights (approx. 2.5–3 hours from Okonjima).