Safari trip per Adventure Truck through Namibia

Day 1: Windhoek
The adventure is starting! Make sure you are in your hotel in Windhoek at least at 2 p.m. If desired, we can book a night in the hotel prior to your trip and a transfer from the airport to the hotel for you.

After a brief briefing, where you meet your guide and fellow travelers and the guide tells you more about the program of the trip, you set off for a short city tour through Windhoek. You can see a local museum and the church, among other things. Afterwards you will drive to the famous Joe’s Beerhouse for dinner (not included) at the end of the day.

Accommodation: Safari Court Hotel
Included activity: city tour through Windhoek
Optional activity: dinner in Joe’s Beerhouse

Day 2: Windhoek – Kalahari (B, L, D)
In the morning you leave the city behind and head south on an almost empty road to the Kalahari desert. Along the way you pass a small farming village every now and then and get a glimpse of daily life in Namibia. It is a long drive, but you will be amazed by the beauty of the Namibian landscape!

Accommodation tour: accommodation in Kgalagadi
Camping tour: Rest camp – dome tent

Day 3: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (B, L, D)
After a nutritious breakfast you set off for a game drive in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. This huge park covers not only part of Namibia, but also of South Africa and Botswana! This park is well known for its healthy population of cheetahs and other hunting animals, but this park is definitely also very interesting for bird lovers! During the game drive your guide will tell you all about the flora and fauna that can be found here.

Accommodation tour: Accommodation Kgalagadi
Camping tour: Rest camp – dome tent

Day 4: Kgalagadi – Fish River Canyon (B, L, D)
An early start today, but it is more than worth it when you admire the beautiful sunrise! After breakfast you depart and ride on one of the most beautiful roads of the Kalahari. You drive over high sand dunes and occasionally stop at a viewpoint. Then make a stop at Keetmanshoop to stretch your legs before you continue to the second largest canyon in the world: the Fish River Canyon. Before being brought to your accommodation / camping site, stop at a viewpoint to admire this wonder of nature.

You will continue to your final destination today: Ai Ais Hotsprings.

Accommodation tour: Rest camp – accommodation
Camping tour: Rest camp – dome tent
Included activity: sunrise Kgalagadi, viewpoints Kalahari, stop Keetmanshoop, view points Fish River Canyon.

Day  5: Fish River Canyon – Aus (B, L, D)
Today you can enjoy a relaxed start to the day. After breakfast you leave for the very south of the country, for the Orange River. This river forms the natural border with South Africa. You stop here for lunch and possibly for a refreshing dip.

In the afternoon you drive north again, through the area where diamonds were mined in the past, to the town of Aus.

Accommodation tour: Klein aus Vista
Camping tour: Desert Horse Inn –  campsite
Included activity: visit to the Orange river

Day 6: Aus – Kolmanskop – Lüderitz – Aus (B, D)
You get up early today to ride through the open plains of the desert to the coast. You make the first stop at the ghost town of Kolmanskop. In the past this was a very prosperous place because of the diamond mine. But today the town is taken over by the desert, giving the town a spooky appearance. You take a walk here.

You then continue to the coast, to a town that is located on one of the most uninhabitable coastlines in the world: Lüderitz. Here too you have time for walking and you visit Diaz Point.

In the afternoon you return to your accommodation/campsite in Aus.

Day 7-8: Aus – Namib desert (B, L, D)
After a relaxed start to the day and breakfast, drive further north. Today you travel to the heart of the Namib desert with large red sand dunes and high boulders. You will stay in a private reserve for the next two nights. This reserve is the habitat of a number of very special plant and animal species.

During your stay here you take a nice long walk where your guide will tell you everything about the special flora and fauna that can survive here. You also make a beautiful drive through the desert in the evening. During the sunset you stop at a nice place so that you can enjoy a drink and a bite to watch the sun go down.

During the warm hours of the day you have time to relax in the camp, or you can take a short walk yourself.

Accommodation & Camping tour: Greenfire Desert Camp
Included activity: walk through desert, evening drive through the desert with sundowner

Day 9: Sossusvlei/Sesriem Canyon
An early departure today. You leave the camp and drive through the endless plains of the desert to Sesriem Canyon and Sossusvlei. The first stop is at Sesriem Canyon.

Accommodation tour: Agama River Lodge
Camping tour: Agama camp – dome tent
Included activity visit Sesriem Canyon and Sossusvlei

Day 10-11: Sossusvlei – Swakopmund (Day 10: B, L, day 11: B)
Today’s first stop is at Walvis Bay and then to Swakopmund. You explore this coastal town and enjoy dining in local restaurants (for your own account). In the coming days you have enough time to explore Swakopmund yourself or to undertake one of the many activities. You can go sandboarding or quad biking through the desert or go skydiving.

Accommodation & camping tour: Amanpuri Lodge
Optional activity: skydiving, sandboarding, quadbiking, boat cruises,desert tour

Day 12 Swakopmund – Spitzkoppe/Brandberg (B, L, D)
You leave Swakopmund and drive along the Skeleton Coast, named after the ‘skeletons’ of various shipwrecks that lie here (often not visible above the surface of the water), to Cape Cross. A huge colony of sea lions lives here that you can approach very close!

If you book the camping tour, today’s final destination is Spitzkoppe. After exploring this area, set up the camp for tonight.

If you book the accommodation tour, your final destination is Brandberg. Before being brought to your lodge, visit the petroglyphs. And who knows, you might see the rare desert elephant!

Accommodation tour: White Lady Lodge
Camping tour: Spitzkoppe – Dome tent
Included activity: visit Cape Cross, camping tour: visit Spitzkoppe, accommodation tour: petroglyphs.

Day 13-14: Spitzkoppe/Brandberg – Etosha (B, L, D)
The coming days there will be another highlight on the program; namely the beautiful wildlife park Etosha National Park.

These days are all about game drives. You spend the entire days in the park and during the heat of the day, you view the wildlife at various water pools. On one of the evenings you have time to view the wildlife at an illuminated pool.

Accommodation tour: Rest camp
Camping tour: Rest camp – Dome tent
Included activity: game-drives
Optional activity: evening game-drive

Day 15: Etosha National Park – Waterberg (B, L, D)
After a short final game drive you leave the park and drive to the impressive Waterberg Plateau National Park. This plateau is ecologically diverse and there are more than 200 different bird species. In the afternoon you can walk to the top of the mountain and enjoy the view of the Kalahari desert.

Accommodation tour: Rest camp
Camping tour: Waterberg – Dome tent
Included activity: morning game-drive, walk Waterberg

Day 16: Waterberg – Windhoek (B)
Early in the morning you pack and drive back to civilization. The drive to Windhoek takes approximately 5 hours. You will arrive in Windhoek at 1 pm and your tour will end.

Note: With this trip it is mandatory to take out travel insurance. Read more about travel insurance here.

Luggage requirements: Soft bags (no bags) of 15 kg maximum and you may also take a sleeping bag, small pillow and day pack.

2019:
September: 1, 22
November: 3
December: 15