Starting in Windhoek you will meet your pilot and take to the skies for your first destination, a two night stay in the NamibRand Nature Reserve at Kwessi Dunes.

Kwessi Dunes is located deep in Namibia’s striking NamibRand Nature Reserve, a vast desert wilderness of over 200,000 hectares. With its rolling desert plains and backdrop of craggy mountains and iconic red dunes, this is a place where time seems to stand still and the space is never-ending. Here, it’s not about chasing big game but rather soaking up the beauty of the colourful landscape, admiring the antelope that scatter the sand, and gazing at the stars that light up the night sky.

At Kwessi Dunes, you’ll find 12 cool and comfortable (and air-conditioned) chalets all with canvas walls and thatched roofs. Each bedroom has a separate ‘star gazer’ room, completely open to the sky, and the perfect spot from which to watch the celestial theatre show above. Views from the rooms, the main area and the swimming pool are of the vast, desert vistas.  

Over the next two days enjoy your choice of the following activities:

• Morning and afternoon scenic drives in the striking NamibRand Nature Reserve.
• Nature walks.
• Skybeds experience and star gazing.
• Quad biking.
• Day trips to the dunes of Sossusvlei (at an extra cost).
• Hot air ballooning (at an extra cost).
• Horse riding (at an extra cost).
• Scenic helicopter flights (at an extra cost).
• Spa treatments (at an extra cost).

Its back on the plane for your flight to the Atlantic coast.  You’ll land at Swakopmund for a seafood lunch on the beach. Get back on the plane and fly inland to continue to Hoanib Valley Camp, your home for the next two nights. 

In a country jam-packed with vast, spectacularly beautiful landscapes, Kaokoland may just be the most incredible of them all. Deep in north-western Namibia, the area is a melee of towering mountains, sand dunes, and huge expanses of desert, scattered with unique wildlife and nomadic Himba settlements. It’s also one of Namibia’s most remote and wild environments, and one that not many will get the chance to discover in a lifetime.

And that’s exactly why we’ve decided to build Hoanib Valley Camp. A joint venture between the local communities and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the world’s only Africa-wide giraffe conservation organisation, the camp is an elegant, intimate affair that immerses you into the wilds of the desert. The six rooms blend seamlessly with the environment, offering a simple aesthetic that matches the rugged landscape down to a tee. 

Over the next two days enjoy your choice of the following activities:

• Game drives to track desert adapted lion, elephant and giraffe.
• Nature walks.
• Rhino tracking.
• Cultural experiences with local Herero people.
• Learn more about the giraffe research happening in the area (please contact us for more information on project funding).

Swapping your transport you take to the road or even off-road as you take one of the most spectacular drives in Namibia. Following the course of the Haonib River you head to the Skeleton Coast. It is a full day drive but really quite special.  You’ll arrive at Shipwreck Lodge for the next two nights, a place that is unlike anywhere in the world.  The Skeleton Coast is raw, rugged and an impossibly remote slice of African wilderness, where towering dunes and wind-swept plains roll as far as the eye can see, buffeted by the icy Atlantic seas.

But there’s much more to the area than simple isolation. Stay at Shipwreck Lodge and game drive in search of desert-dwelling fauna; discover the enchanting desert flora (succulents and lichens); sit atop the dunes as the sun sinks below the horizon; spend the day beach-combing for whale bones and debris from centuries of shipwrecks; and marvel at the geologically-remarkable Clay Castles. Really, there’s nowhere like it on earth.

Over the next two days enjoy your choice of the following activities:

• Day excursions to the Mowe Bay seal colony, with stops at the Suiderkus and Karimona shipwrecks, Westies Diamond Mine and the remains of the Ventura Bomber.
• Sundowners drives to the roaring dunes.
• Quad biking and sand boarding across the dunes. We recommend pre-booking the quad biking activity in advance.
• 4×4 drives along the Hoarusib River, including the Clay Castles and the chance to spot some of the unique, desert-adapted wildlife.
• Beach lunch (weather permitting).

Transfer from Shipwreck Lodge this morning for your drive to the airstrip and board your flight to the Etosha area where you will be staying at Safarihoek Lodge for the next two nights.  In the middle of northern Namibia’s arid, captivating savannah, bordering the world-famous Etosha National Park, is Safarihoek Lodge. Perched on top of a hill, overlooking the plains below, Safarihoek is a stylish sort of place, and you’ll find cool, thatched chalets all with private decks, a double-storey photography hide, and a swimming pool with 180-degree vistas of the brilliant savannah.

But if there’s one thing about Safarihoek, it’s the location. Everywhere you turn, the rugged Namibian savannah stretches into the distance, with only a spangly tree here, and a spiky bush there. The wildlife roams freely across the never-ending space, unhindered and unobstructed. This is a place of silence and solitude, and a rare opportunity to be at one with nature and the animals that thrive here.

Over the next two days enjoy your choice of the following activities:

• Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in the Etosha Heights Private Reserve, and look for the elusive black and white rhino amongst large concentrations of plains game.
• Wrap up warm and hop in the vehicle for a night-time game drive to explore the magic of the Namibian bush after dark.
• Dust off your camera, charge those batteries, and spend the morning or afternoon in the unique, double-tiered photography hide. Even if you’re not a keen photographer, the hide will get you closer than ever to Namibia’s giants.

In time for your last flight, you will be transferred back to the airstrip for your flight to Windhoek airport where you will check in and board your flight home.  End your safari with some amazing experiences and memories from one of Africa’s most scenic gems, all that is Namibia.