Highlights: Opportunity to see the Big 5, Windhoek, Waterberg, Etosha National Park, Caprivi Strip, Botswana, houseboat on the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Victoria Falls

INFORMATION

BB = Overnight stay | Breakfast
DBB = Dinner | Overnight stay | Breakfast
FB = Lunch or lunch packages | Dinner | Overnight stay | Breakfast, activities and activity

Overnight: Hotel in Windhoek (bed | breakfast)

Arrival at the international airport. Pick up your rental car. Approx. 30 minutes drive to the hotel in Windhoek.

Overnight: Camp in the Otjiwarongo area (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

Your safari “Wildlife Experiences” really begins today. You drive north to the first lodge, which is located near Otjiwarongo. Arrive at noon and relax, or optionally take part in a sundowner drive.

Overnight: Camp in Etosha National Park (bed | breakfast)

On the horizon ahead of you, the rising sun, 149.6 million km away, signals its wake-up call.
This morning, you can take part in an optional informative guided drive through the Mopane savannah to the white rhinos, who will be your special guests at the bush brunch.
Around midday, you leave the camp and drive to the world-famous Etosha National Park. In the language of the Ovambo tribe, Etosha means “great white place”.

Overnight: Camp in Etosha National Park (bed | breakfast)

If you wish, you can leave the camp and explore the park on your own. The Etosha National Park has a biodiversity that is hard to beat. A variety of animals gather at the waterholes which can lead to a spectacular experience. Every single waterhole has a unique character. For example, the Okondeka waterhole is one of the best for lion spotting. The predator can often be spotted here with prey. The waterhole is a natural spring and is located a little north of Okaukuejo right on the western edge of the pan.

Overnight: Lodge on the east side of Etosha (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

With a length of 130 km and a width of 50 km, the Etosha Pan is by far the largest in Africa and also the most striking feature of the park. The total area is approximately 4800 km2, which corresponds to about a quarter of the total area of Etosha National Park.
Today you cross the national park in an easterly direction and thus have the opportunity to drive to the waterholes completely to the east.
Continue east through the park to your next accommodation, which is located outside the park.

Overnight: Lodge on the east side of Etosha (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

Today you have another opportunity to drive to various waterholes in the park in your rental car. Set off early to drive into the park as soon as the gates open. At one particular waterhole there is usually a leopard resting in the tree after its nightly hunt.

Overnight: Lodge outside Rundu (dinner | overnight | breakfast)

Today the route continues north to the Caprivi Strip.
The drive takes you past many small indigenous villages and on to Rundu, where you have an overnight stay on the Kavango River.

Overnight stay: Lodge in the Mahango area (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

After breakfast, you continue eastwards and pass the Popa Waterfalls. However, these are not real waterfalls, but a series of several rapids.

The Caprivi falls into the tropical climate zone and records high rainfall during the rainy season (December to March). With high temperatures, the weather is often hot and humid. The entire Western Caprivi is now a game reserve. In 2002, the former Mahango Game Park and the West Caprivi Game Park were merged to form the Bwabwata National Park. The park stretches between the Okavango and Kwando rivers and covers an area of over 5000 square kilometers. It is estimated that around 8000 elephants live in the area, as well as 1000 buffalo and many antelope species, hyenas, lions and leopards.

Overnight stay: Lodge in the Mahango area (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

Today is at your leisure.

Optional activities:
Morning | afternoon game drive on your own in the Mahango Park or excursion to Botswana to the Okavango Panhandle. Game drives with the lodge in the nearby Mahango National Park. You can also book boat trips on the Kavango River or a breakfast boat tour.

Overnight stay: Lodge on the Kwando River (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

At the very top, on its northern border, Namibia is not quite over yet. Squeezed between Zambia and Botswana, a gifted piece of land stretches eastwards to the Zambezi. It really is just a tip, which is why it is called the Caprivi tip.
Continue your journey through the water-rich Caprivi Strip, which is now called Bwabwata National Park. Your accommodation is located on the Kwando River. An ideal place to relax and let nature take effect on you.
Optional: game drives in Mudumo National Park on your own or a boat trip on the Kwando River. A guided bush walk is also an option, as is a fishing trip. In the western part of the Strip lies the Bwabwata National Park, an untouched wilderness with more than 400 bird species. A paradise for birdwatchers.
The Kwando River is a tributary of the Zambezi and forms the border between the eastern and western parts of the Caprivi Strip.
The day is at leisure.

Overnight: Lodge on the Kwando River
(dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

Today you have the opportunity to explore the Kwando area extensively. The lodge also offers optional activities such as game drives in the Bwabwata Park in the morning or afternoon, as well as boat trips on the Kwando River.

Overnight stay: Lodge near Chobe National Park (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

Departure in the morning in the direction of Botswana. After approx. 200 km you reach the border crossing. Continue (approx. 70 km) through the Chobe National Park to Kasane. Here you return the rental car at the airport and then transfer to your accommodation in Kasane, which is located directly on the Chobe River.
The afternoon is at leisure.

Overnight stay: Lodge near Chobe National Park (dinner | overnight stay | breakfast)

Optional: This morning you have the opportunity to go on an approximately three-hour game drive in an open off-road vehicle in Chobe National Park. Chobe National Park is not only an elephant mecca but is also home to huge herds of buffalo and Burchell’s zebra and a high density of predators such as lions, spotted hyenas and cheetahs.
The afternoon is at leisure.

Overnight: On a houseboat (full board & boat activities)

Today after breakfast, a transfer service will take you to Kasane Immigration Station. You will travel upstream by boat transfer to a houseboat. You will already be on the houseboat for lunch. Activities and excursions depending on the weather (examples: Excursion to a traditional village, bird watching, hike to the baobab tree on Impalila Island). 3 motorboats per houseboat allow flexible planning of water activities.
Experience the romantic sunset as the sun sinks over the Chobe River on the horizon.

Overnight: On a houseboat (full board & boat activities)

Chobe National Park is known for having the largest elephant population in Africa. The 10,500 sq km national park is home to over 80,000 pachyderms, most of which are found in the far north of the park on the banks of the Chobe River.
Three smaller boats are available for close-up game drives.

Overnight: Hotel in Victoria Falls
(bed | breakfast)

After breakfast, take the small boats back to Impalila Island and back to Kasane where a representative of a transfer company will be waiting for you and you will be transferred to Victoria Falls (approx. 90 km). Your accommodation is located not far from the mighty Victoria Falls Optional: We recommend taking a tour to the famous Victoria Falls today. You can book this tour directly at the hotel. The waterfalls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are the result of the mighty natural spectacle of the Zambezi River plunging 110 meters over a 1708 meter wide basalt cliff. The falls are one of the greatest natural wonders on our planet and fascinate everyone who sees the thundering spectacle with their own eyes.

Transfer to your accommodation in Victoria Falls.

The rest of the afternoon is at leisure.

Optional: white water rafting & canoeing, bridge sports, adventure on elephant back, cage diving among crocodiles, tiger fishing, bungee jumping, zip line, helicopter flight over the falls, dinner in the boma …etc.

Return flight to Germany

The morning is at your leisure. Transfer to Victoria Falls Airport.

Highlights: Windhoek, Kalahari, Fish River Canyon, NamibRand Reserve / Namib Desert, Kunene, wonderful contrasts, desert-adapted animals in the wild, and changing landscapes.

INFORMATION

BB= Overnight stay | Breakfast
DBB= Dinner | Overnight stay | Breakfast
FB= Lunch or lunch packages | Dinner | Overnight stay | Breakfast and activities

Overnight: Lodge in the Kalahari Desert (Dinner, Bed & Breakfast)

Arrival in Windhoek at the Hosea Kutako International Airport.
Your pilot will meet you in the Arrivals Hall and escort you through your private charter plane (Cessna 210 or similar). Kindly
note that 10kg luggage (packed in soft bags) is allowed per person for this fly-in safari.
Your private charter fly-in safari can now commence. You fly to the small town of Mariental (flight time is approx. 01:05 hours).
A representative of the lodge will welcome you at Mariental Airport. Subsequent vehicle transfer to the lodge, (approx. 45
minutes) which is situated in the red dunes of the Kalahari Desert. You can spend the afternoon at leisure, or opt to book an
afternoon sundowner tour into the Kalahari directly with the lodge (optional). This activity is offered in an open and comfortable
off-road vehicle. The guide will share his knowledge and passion for this area. This is a tour to get to know the Kalahari with its
unforgettable landscapes, fauna and flora. Alternatively, you can also explore the Kalahari on foot, a map for walking trails is
available at the reception.

Overnight: Lodge in the Kalahari Desert (Dinner, Bed & Breakfast)

Today you can opt to partake in the variety of activities on offer from the lodge, or choose to relax in the magnificent Kalahari
environment. The Kalahari (also Kalagadi) is a thorn bush savannah, partially also a dry savannah, but is sometimes referred to
as a desert because of the prevailing red sands. Oryx, springbok and other smaller mammals avail themselves for wonderful
animal motifs, in the backdrop of the red dune sands. Optionally we recommend that you partake in a cheetah excursion today.

Overnight: Lodge in the Kalahari Desert (Dinner, Bed & Breakfast)

This morning you can spend the time at leisure, or optionally you can go on a guided bushman tour with the lodge. Get to know
this ancient tribe, their customs and traditions that they still keep today. Other activities include Cheetah Excursions, Morning,
Afternoon or Night Drives, Horseback Safari and many more. Alternatively, you can enjoy the day at leisure in the calm and
peaceful Kalahari environment and perhaps join a Star Safari from the Observatory to see the clear night sky (weather permitting).

Overnight: Lodge on the rim of the Fish River Canyon (Dinner, Bed & Breakfast)

You check out from the lodge at around 10:00 am today, and thereafter you will be transferred back to Mariental Airport, and
the flight circuit continues to the Fish River Canyon. After arrival and transfer from the airstrip to the lodge you can spend the
remaining afternoon at leisure, or chose to go on a sundowner tour with the lodge, or take a walk along the rim of the Canyon.
At 650 kilometres the Fish River is the longest river in Namibia. A very, very long time ago, the Fish River left the Naukluft
mountains attempting to find its way to the Orange River, in the south of the country. But mountains blocked its flow and so
the largest canyon in Africa was formed. It took 120 million years of meticulous work for the creation of the Fish River Canyon.
It is a vast labyrinth, in which temperatures of 50 degrees in the summer months are considered quite normal.

Overnight: Lodge on the rim of the Fish River Canyon (Dinner, Bed & Breakfast)

Today we recommend that you join a lodge tour which will take you deep into the Fish River Canyon. This is a day activity, and
can be booked directly with the lodge. The vehicle winds its way through the different layers of the massive canyon. 650 million
years ago you would have been standing at the bottom of a lake, here. If you look down to a depth of 550m, you get the feeling
that you are standing on the edge of eternity. Few places in the world reveal the layers of the earth as dramatically as the Fish
River Canyon. In the afternoon you return to the lodge for another overnight.

Overnight: Lodge in the Namib Rand Reserve (Fully Inclusive)

Today, after a leisurely breakfast, you will take off and fly to the coastal town of Lüderitz, here the plane will refuel. Thereafter
onward flight to the NamibRand Reserve, where you will spend the next four nights. All meals are included here, and you can
choose to partake in a variety of activities during the next days. Activities to choose from are Morning or Afternoon nature drives,
Sundowner or Sunrise drives, Full day scenic safari, village tour, fat E-Biking, and an Antares Tour (naked eye star safari), these
are just a few to mention.
Note however, this lodge does not offer visits to the Sossusvlei sites, as it is too far to reach this area.

Overnight: Lodge in the Namib Rand Reserve (Fully Inclusive)

During the next three days we recommend that you partake in as many activities as you can. The unique NamibRand Reserve
is a nature lovers ideal place. Virtually all the facets of the Namib Desert are represented on the Reserve – sand and gravel
plains and stretches of savanna alternate with mountain ranges, inselbergs and vegetated dune belts. We recommend
that you choose either a Morning or Afternoon nature drive today, to enjoy the splendour of the Reserve.

Overnight: Lodge in the Namib Rand Reserve (Fully Inclusive)

Enjoy another day filled with activities on offer from the lodge. How about exploring the environment on a Fat Bike Tour during
the course of the morning, following the winding roads through the reserve over hills, sand dunes and vast plains. You
can cycle to a little desert picnic spot or just down to the village. In the afternoon join a sundowner drive to round of the day
with a splendid sunset in nature. At a scenic point to bid farewell to another magical day. Sometimes you meet up with other
guests at one of the sundowner decks and at other times it’ll be just you on a sand dune.

Overnight: Lodge in the Namib Rand Reserve (Fully Inclusive)

Today we recommend that you join a full day scenic safari. Breathe and take in the crazy array of colours to be found in the
vast plains, mountains and sand dunes of the NamibRand reserve. You will also learn about small and large desert dwellers and
their quest for survival and you’ll discover a diverse flora, ranging from resilient beauty to hardened survivor – not to mention the
reserves fascinating geology.
Alternatively, you can choose to just relax on the last day at the lodge. The NamibRand Nature Reserve in the Namib Desert is
one of the quietest places on earth. It’s a big claim to make but it is true. Our daily lives are often filled with noise and activity,
but here on the reserve, the lodge will facilitate your escape from this.

Overnight: Lodge on the banks of the Kunene River (Fully inclusive)

The fly-in safari now takes you further north over the endless landscapes of the Namib desert via coastal town of Swakopmund
and onwards over the Skeleton Coast, up to Namibia’s northern border. En Route you will see Namibia’s spectacular and vastly
varying landscapes from the air. Many different shapes of dunes, old mining ghost towns, as well as eerie shipwrecks that are
dotting the shores of the Skeleton Coast here and there.
After arrival at the airstrip a scenic transfer takes you to the lodge which is situated on the banks of the Kunene River. This is an
extraordinary desert retreat, straddling an astonishingly contrasting landscape, in one of the most untouched and secluded areas
in Southern Africa. You can enjoy three overnights here which are all on a fully inclusive basis.

Overnight: Lodge on the banks of the Kunene River (Fully inclusive)

Today you can enjoy one of the many activities on offer at this unique lodge. The lodge offers a variety of activities including
nature drives, guided nature walks, boating, guided quad bike excursions, birding, stargazing with a laser pointer and a cultural
visit to a nearby working Himba village.
This are is area is a retreat where you can truly disconnect and unwind to the sound of rushing water, and beyond, to the
powerful silence of the desert. We recommend a nature drive today where you can discover the diverse and contrasting
landscapes, from dunes to fascinating geological features. Surprisingly a broad spectrum of amazing wildlife has adapted to this
environment. You can expect to see desert adapted Oryx, springbok, Hartmann’s mountain zebras, Nile crocodiles and myriad
birds on the banks of the Kunene river.

Overnight: Lodge on the banks of the Kunene River (Fully inclusive)

We recommend that you take a unique opportunity to explore the desert up close on a guided quad bike tour during the morning.
This excursion is conducted with the utmost care along specifically allocated pathways, so as to tread lightly on the dunes and
preserve the unique and delicate habitat of this landscape.
During the afternoon a boating excursion on the Kunene River is a recommendation. Expect to see an abundance of water bird
species as well as many Nile crocodiles. Optionally you can also visit a nearby Himba village and learn about the customs and
traditions of this ancient nomadic tribe.

Return to Germany

Today after breakfast and check out, you will be returning to the airstrip. From here your flight continues to Ondangwa for a
refuelling stop and thereafter your flight continues over the spectacular central Namibian highland landscapes back to the capital
Windhoek, to the Hosea Kutako international airport.
Here you bid your pilot farewell before checking in for your return flight home in the late afternoon.