Classic Namibia 12 Days DEPARTING SATURDAYS **Sustainable Approach to Travel
オカハンジャ · オコニャティ · Otjiwarongo · Halali · Etosha National Park · オカクエイオ · カマンジャブ · Palmwag Nature Reserve · Skeleton Coast Park · ケープ・クロス · Swakopmund · Solitaire · ソススフレイ · Sesriem · Luderitz · Aus · Fish River Canyon National Park · Keetmanshoop · Quiver Tree Forest · Mariental · Rehoboth · Windhoek
ツアー概要
Book now your unforgettable Namibia Classic Camping Safari with World Adventure Tours, and take a sustainable approach to your travels. We are a certified **Travelife Partner**. Namibia is a land of contrasts, and this 12-day safari is perfectly designed to take in nearly all of them. Starting in Windhoek and heading out on the northern leg of our odyssey, our winding road takes us to the Mt. Etjo and Okonjati Nature Reserve, the big game in the iconic Etosha National Park. It includes the privilege of nighttime viewing at the world-famous Okaukuejo waterhole. We meet and engage with the Himba Tribespeople, and travel over mountain passes with exotic and beautiful views.
On the southern leg, we spend time in the rugged and forbidding Skeleton Coast National Park, visit 100,000 seals at Cape Cross and take in a shipwreck on our way to the slightly bizarre holiday town of Swakopmund. Here we can shake out a little of the dust and enjoy a hotel bed, great restaurants and many exciting excursions. We cross the Tropic of Capricorn on our wat to visit the world’s highest sand dunes in the world’s oldest desert at Sesriem & Sossusvlei. We see the crumbling yet beautiful and historic architecture in Luderitz, and we learn about the desert diamonds and visit the eery diamond ghost town at Kolmanskop. The awe inspiring Fish River Canyon, the second largest canyon on planet earth awaits us and last but not least, we visit the unusual and ancient quiver trees
日ごとの行程
You will be collected from your accommodation within the Windhoek city limits at 07:15 and transferred to our headquarters for a short pre-departure meeting. Heading north, we will make our first stop in the small town of Okahandja, where we will find Namibia’s largest wood carving market. Craftsmen from all over Namibia come here to showcase a wide variety of large and small items. Here we can collect a genuine Namibian souvenir and simultaneously support the local artists and communities.
Onwards to our overnight destination at Mt. Etjo campsite, adjacent to the private Okonjati Game Reserve. After making camp and preparing lunch, we will drive the three kilometers to the lodge, where there will be time to explore the grounds and dip in the pool. The lodge is built in an attractive Moroccan style with red terracotta buildings and abundant palm trees and lawns. Around the lodge and throughout the Okonjati reserve, rainwater dams have been built, creating, after good rains, many large pools and small lakes. Around the main lodge area, the lake is extensive and supports a small population of hippopotamus. The habitat these giant ‘water cows’ enjoy at the lodge is artificial, as hippos do not occur naturally in this semi-desert region of Namibia. However, it offers us the privilege of perhaps seeing and photographing this iconic African species without traveling many kilometers to the far north of Namibia.
Time for our first game drive. We meet our local guide and climb aboard open game viewing vehicles for our about three-hour excursion into the reserve. The reserve is big, 36,000 hectares (nearly 90,000 acres), and it is as abundant in magnificent scenery as in wildlife. The overall terrain is dotted with truly huge copper-red and grey termite mounds. It is rich in native vegetation, dominated by Vachellia (formerly Acacia), thorn scrub, and standing mopani trees. Okonjati reserve is mainly free of invasive vegetation, thanks partly to the healthy appetites of the resident pachyderms and other shrub-browsing species found here. This allows for open and semi-open grassland savanna areas crisscrossed with many dry streams and riverbeds. Perfect for the game and perfect for us, as the open landscape makes game viewing and photography a pleasure.
We are hoping for Big Game, elephants and rhinos in particular, but we are also watching out for giraffes and other smaller species. Springbok, wildebeest, impala, and kudu are numerous, but mammals like warthog, steenbok, and Damara dick-dick are all waiting to be spotted by sharp eyes. The game and birdlife are abundant in the bush and around the seasonal waterholes. Not to be outdone by the wildlife, the scenery remains dominant. Pristine bush under truly iconic African Big Sky and with a backdrop of towering red and grey sandstone massifs. It doesn’t get much better than this. Around sunset, we will stop for some refreshments before returning to the lodge and then heading back to our campsite, and dinner tonight will be cooked by our guide over an open fire.
We are not done yet, though!
After dinner, we return to the lodge to watch some resident lion enjoy their evening meal. These Big Cats are permanent residents at Mt. Etjo and have their sizeable secure enclosure where they live and where they can hunt naturally. From a safe hide that offers a close-up view, we can watch and photograph these magnificent cats as they arrive to enjoy the extra snack laid out for them. From here, we once again head back to our camp where we can, after a jam-packed day, finally settle down for our first night under canvas.
Accommodation: Twin share tents
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
