Namibia Fly Drive

Day 1 Evening flight from Gatwick Airport.

Day 2 Arrive Windhoek in the morning. Collect your self drive car and drive south through desert shrub savannah to the Naukluft and Tsaris Mountains (about 3 hrs). Overnight at Zebra Lodge. (D)

Day 3 Morning at leisure to enjoy one of the walking trails before
driving towards the edge of the Namib Naukluft Park (about 2 hrs) where 2 nights are spent at the Desert Homestead. (BD)

Day 4 Full day set aside for touring the area – the sand dunes of
Sossusvlei, Sesriem Canyon and Dead Pan.

Day 5 Travel west through desert gravel plains, via the stunning
Kuiseb Canyon to Swakopmund (about 6hrs) where 2 nights are spent at the Europahof Hotel or similar. (B)

Day 6 Time is available for a morning visit to Walvis Bay (about 30mins), home to a wide variety of bird species. Optional activities include a scenic flight over the dunes, 4x4 quad biking and a dolphin cruise. (B)

Day 7 Drive north along the Skeleton Coast to Cape Cross to view the breeding colony of Cape Fur seals (80,000 to 100,000). From here, continue inland on gravel roads to Uis in the centre of Damaraland. Then through an area of eroded granite hills and dolerite dykes to Twyfelfontein Lodge (about 6 hrs) where 2 nights are spent. (BD)

Day 8 Morning visit to Twyfelfontein rock engravings and bushman
paintings before heading north-west via the “back route” to Etendeka Mountain Camp (about 2hrs). This road goes through open plains, dune fields as well as mountain areas with a good chance of seeing desert adapted elephants. (FB + activities)

Day 9 Day at leisure for local sightseeing by car or walking trail or
just relaxing by the pool.

Day 10 Continue north to the frontier town of Opuwo (about
3hrs), an Herero word meaning ‘all finished’! Overnight at
Ohakane Lodge. (BD)

Day 11 Suggest visiting some of the local villages before driving to
the outskirts of Etosha National Park (about 3hrs). Stay in
Hobatere Lodge. (BD+ 1 game drive)

Day 12 Enter Enter Etosha National Park and spend the next 3 days on safari in the park. Stop at the numerous waterholes for game viewing and animals to be seen are elephant, lion, cheetah, zebra, giraffe and a wide range of buck. Accommodation for the next 3 nights is in bungalows at the Rest Camps of Namibia Wildlife Resorts
or at lodges bordering the Park. (B)

Days 13 & 14 On safari. Etosha is well known for the vast numbers of plains game such as zebra and springbok as well as home to lion, cheetah, elephant and the endangered black rhino. (B)

Day 15 Head south via Otjiwarongo to the Waterberg Plateau Park
for the last night on safari (about 6 hrs). Accommodation at the Waterberg Guest Farm. (BD)

Day 16 Continue south to Windhoek (about 1hr) and return your
vehicle to the airport depot, before departing on the
evening flight to London. (B)

Day 17 Arrive Gatwick Airport early morning.

This itinerary can also be undertaken as an escorted tour with monthly departures throughout the year - subject to a minimum of 2 pasengers

Departures: Wednesday with Air Namibia (or daily via Johannesburg with South African Airways or British Airways).

Note: Includes a group B car shared by 2 persons