This two week Namibia & Botswana tour offers the perfect introduction to these interesting and culturally unique countries. It’s the ideal mix of culture, wildlife, active adventure and fun nightlife.
Starting in Swakopmund the adventure capital on Namibia, where you can enjoy many fun options such as skydiving, sand boarding and quad biking. From here we head inland to visit the Himba people, semi-nomadic bushmen, easily recognisable by the distinctive red colour of their skin and hair. We continue on to the Etosha National Park, which boast an amazing abundance of wildlife making it one of Southern Africa's finest and most important game reserves. We spend plenty of time wildlife viewing before moving onto Namibia’s capital city Windhoek. After a short tour of the city we wave goodbye to Namibia and cross the border into Botswana.
Our first stop is at Ghanzi for a cultural evening of tribal song and dance from the San community. We then spend the next three days exploring the Okavango Delta. The Okavango Delta is the world’s largest inland delta, a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering 17 000 square km. We have plenty of time to explore this unique inland delta with nature walks and boat cruises. We finish our tour with a visit to Bostwana’s second largest wildlife reserve, the Chobe National Park, before crossing the border into Zimbabwe and our final destination the one and only Victoria Falls, crossroads of Africa.
DAY 1 Arrive SwakopmundWe meet and transfer you to your hotel. After meeting your guides you will have the opportunity to experience one of the many optional activities available in the adventure capital of Namibia, Swakopmund. Alternatively explore the town, admire the architecture or visit the many quaint shops. Optional Activities: Dinner out, quad biking, sand boarding, sky diving, scenic flights etc.
OVERNIGHTStay@Swakop
EXTRASSingle Room Supplement, Extra night - pre-tour
DAY 2 Swakopmund / KhorixasToday we head inland towards Khorixas, stopping en-route at the Brandberg Mountain, a spiritual site of great significance to the San (Bushman). After a short hike, we will reach The White Lady rock painting. In the afternoon we will visit the Petrified Forest en route to Khorixas.
OVERNIGHTIgowati Lodge
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 3 Kamanjab / Himba TribeToday we journey towards Kamanjab. Driving through Damaraland, we will spend time with some of the semi-nomadic Himba people. The Himba are a pastoral people and are easily recognisable by their unique style of hair and dress.
OVERNIGHTOase Lodge
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAYS 4-5 Etosha National ParkWe travel south-east to Etosha NP. The open plains allow spectacular elevated game viewing from the truck whilst on game drives. Our quality bungalow accommodations, which both boast floodlit night water holes, are inside the park. Optional Activities: Morning or night game drive with expert Namibian game ranger.
OVERNIGHTHalali & Okakuejo Lodges
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 6 WindhoekEn-route to Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, we stop at a craft market where you can buy authentic African carvings and paintings. On arrival in Windhoek we take a short driving tour around the city in our truck. Optional Activity: Dinner out.
OVERNIGHTArebbusch Travel Lodge
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch
DAY 7 Botswana / GhanziWe say goodbye to Namibia and cross the Botswana border. Later we arrive at our lodge in Ghanzi and this evening we experience some traditional tribal dancing from the local San community. Optional Activities: Bushman walk.
OVERNIGHTGhanzi Trail Blazers
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAYS 8-10 Okavango DeltaMaun is well known as the gateway to the Okavango Delta. We spend one night in Maun and prepare for this excursion. Small planes transport us over this amazing area to our tented camp. Once in the Delta we take a nature walk with a local expert and a guided afternoon boat cruise. If the water level allows there will also be a traditional mokoro (dug-out canoe) trip.
OVERNIGHTMoremi Crossing
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 11 GwetaA second scenic air-transfer will return us to Maun and the truck. This afternoon we drive to Planet Baobab where our evening accommodation is set amongst the majestic Baobab trees.
OVERNIGHTPlanet Baobab
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 12 Chobe National ParkAfter continuing north to Kasane, we enjoy the included sunset river cruise on the Chobe River (in the National Park) where animals such as hippos, buffalo and elephants are plentiful. Optional Activity: Chobe Game Drive (next morning).
OVERNIGHTThebe River Lodge
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 13 Zimbabwe / Victoria FallsAfter an early morning optional game drive we cross into Zimbabwe where we have a short briefing on all the optional activities available here. Then we enter the much-anticipated Victoria Falls NP where we will experience the might of the great Zambezi River. Optional Activities: White Water Rafting, Bungee Jump, helicopter flight over the falls and many more.
OVERNIGHTElephant Hills Hotel
MEALSBreakfast, Lunch
DAY 14 Victoria Falls / Departure transferFree time until your departure airport transfer
OVERNIGHTNone
MEALSBreakfast
EXTRASExtra night - post-tour
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