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Meet
your host at Namibia's International airport. Transfer to
Windhoek for a quick tour of its sights & sounds,
before settling into a comfortable B&B establishment on the outskirts of Windhoek, to relax from the long
flight and to acclimatize to Namibia. |
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After
a good night's rest and breakfast, continue north
towards a rustic rest camp where you shall have the
first opportunity - with luck - to view the smallest
and largest antelope species found in Namibia.
En-route, visit the largest, intact Meteorite found on
earth to date. |
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Entire
day to join an excursion to a local Bushman
community. You will accompany the Bushmen on their
daily "hunting" to demonstrate their
skills and techniques. (As these hunters are still
dependent on hunting for food, a demonstration can
easily turn into a real hunt!) You will
also have the opportunity to learn a few words in
their language, help make some crafts and shoot an
arrow with one of their bows. |
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Continue
towards a campsite just outside the Etosha National Park, with a quick
visit to the mysterious Lake Otjikoto
en-route. Arrive in time to settle in camp. If time allows,
join a late afternoon Game viewing drive. |
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An entire day to enjoy Game viewing
within the Park. Stop for lunch at one of the rest camps during the
hottest part of the day. Explore this area of the Park
after lunch, before returning to camp and dinner. |
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Early breaking of camp this
morning to re-enter the Etosha for breakfast. Traverse the entire length of the
visitors region in Etosha today on a slow Game viewing drive. Lunch at a
different rest camp today. Exit Etosha on the western side to pitch camp, again
just outside the gate. |
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Breakfast in Etosha again this
morning, before starting on a Game drive through a different region of the Park
today. Lunch in the Park. |
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A relatively long drive today as
you approach one of the last
true Wilderness areas in Africa -
Damaraland! This is home to
the famous Namibian desert
Elephants. A quick stop at the
Petrified Forest, en-route to your first Damaraland campsite of this safari.
Arrive in time to freshen up before joining a sunset drive to acquaint yourself
with Damaraland. |
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After breakfast, you are in the
care of a local guide as you start off on a unique mini-safari -
tracking the elusive desert Elephants and Black Rhinos. (The only place on earth
where these Rhinos still roam free). Tonight you will not return to camp, but
remain out in the wilderness in the company of your guide, and enjoying a
wilderness dinner. |
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Continue with your tracking
today, but despite the fact that this is an Elephant-/Rhino tracking excursion,
remember that you may also encounter anything from Cheetah, Leopard, Lion,
Giraffe, Zebra, many species of antelope, and a myriad bird life - not to
mention Jackals, Caracal and other small, nocturnal wildlife. |
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A leisurely breakfast this
morning as you have a relatively short "hop" today and will stop over at the
Brandberg - Namibia's highest mountain peak. Enjoy this venue as the last sight
of Damaraland on your safari. |
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En-route today, make a slight
detour, and visit the largest Cape Fur Seal colony on a mainland in the world,
at Cape Cross. An ideal opportunity for some real close-up photography of
these - sometimes comical - creatures of the sea. After lunch, continue to the
premier holiday resort of Namibia, Swakopmund. If you are seafood lovers,
Swakopmund is it! |
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Entire day at own leisure to
partake of any of a number of optional activities offered. (NOT included
in the safari price - click on this Activities
button to see availability & price). Or, choose to view the
largest mineral crystal cluster ever unearthed to date. Maybe you want to
simply laze
around on the beach; visit a variety
of restaurants, the cinema or the casino; or,
return to the
Namib to
experience the
utter
desolation of
the Lunar
Landscape and
stand in awe
next to the
oldest living
plant
specimens on
earth - the Welwitschia
mirabilis. |
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Traverse the endless gravel
plains of the central Namib today, en-route to the dune fields in the south.
Arrive at a guest farm campsite in time to enjoy a
nature
walk in
your new
surroundings
before
dinner. |
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Move further south towards
Sossusvlei. Late afternoon, explore the geologically historic Sesriem gorge.
While your camp dinner is being prepared tonight, don't forget to look
heavenward and experience the true
Southern Skies! |
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Be woken before sunrise for an
experience of a lifetime. Travel towards Sossusvlei to climb some of the highest
sand dunes in the world! View the changing colours of earth-tone hues in this
pristine landscape as the sun rises in the sky. After lunch at another
campsite,
return
to
Windhoek.
Arrive
by
late
afternoon,
in
time
to
freshen
up before dinner. Let the cry of the Jackal lull you to sleep on this, your last
night in Namibia, Africa. |
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