Namibia South

Day 1: Windhoek

• On arrival at Windhoek International Airport, collect your rental vehicle and head into the city.
• Olive Grove Guesthouse is your home for the night.
• The afternoon is at your leisure, relax after your long flight or start exploring Windhoek.
• Numerous restaurants are available in and around the city, or simply just stay at Olive Grove and have your dinner there.
• Meals: Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: Olive Grove Guesthouse

Day 2: Kalahari Desert

• After breakfast, your safari begins, head south out of Windhoek and onto the Kalahari Desert.
• Kalahari Anib Lodge is your destination for the night.
• The drive today is relaxed and easy within the region of 260 kilometres.
• Activities here included guided drives on the flora and fauna of the Kalahari Desert.
• Meals: Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: Kalahari Anib Lodge

Day 3: Fish River Canyon

• En route to the Fish River Canyon, there are plenty of photographic spots to stop at, including Quiver Tree Forests and Giant's Playground.
• Canyon Lodge is your home for the next two nights.
• Depending on time one could have a few sunset drinks looking over the worlds second-largest canyon.
• Meals: Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: Canyon Lodge

Day 4: Fish River Canyon

• Today you can explore the area at your own pace.
• There are numerous vantage points that one can visit so as to see all that the Fish River Canyon has to offer.
• Canon Lodge offers a few optional activities should you wish; including walks, horse riding, and magical scenic flights.
• Meals: Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: Canyon Lodge

Day 5: Lüderitz

• Today head west to the charming Atlantic town of Lüderitz.
• The drive is scenic with vast barren expanses surrounding you, the drive takes one through a Prohibited Diamond Area were stopping the vehicle will get you into a bit of trouble.
• Lüderitz offers plenty to do, including sightseeing and an afternoon excursion to the Diaz cross.
• Seafood restaurants are aplenty.
• Meals: Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: The Nest Hotel

Day 6: Bordering the Namib Desert

• After breakfast, a stop off at the ghost town of Kolmanskop is highly recommended.
• Driving back along the road that dissects the Prohibited Diamond Area you head for your overnight accommodation "Desert Horse Inn".
• Experience the daily life of a farmer in the south.
• Meals: Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: Desert Horse Inn

Day 7: Namib Desert

• Into the spectacular Namib Desert you head, turn left just after the town of Aus.
• The drive-in is one of the more spectacular drives you will encounter in your life.
• Do not forget to stop along the side of the road and take photographs of the mountains to you right and sand dunes to your left.
• Your destination is the Kulala Desert Lodge.
• Try your best to get to The Desert Grace in time for sundowners in the desert.
• Meals: Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: The Desert Grace

Day 8: Namib Desert

• Today you sit back and let your guides at The Desert Grace do all the work.
• Activities here are varied and numerous, we recommend the following; a Sossusvlei and Sesriem tour, early morning ballooning over the desert(optional)
• Meals: Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: The Desert Grace

Day 9: Swakopmund

• Swakopmund is today's destination, leave in good time as the drive is a scenic one.
• Stop off at the Kuiseb Canyon, the "Lunar Landscape" as well as Welwitschia mirabilis en route to Swakopmund.
• Swakopmund is your home for the next three nights.
• Overnight at the Hansa Hotel on a bed & breakfast basis.
• Meals: Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: The Delight Swakopmund

Days 10-11: Swakopmund

• The next few days are all about relaxing and exploring at your own pace.
• Numerous adventure activities are on offer (all optional) including Skydiving, quad biking and sand boarding to mention but a few.
• A drive to Walvis Bay is also recommended as is a drive to the seal colony at Cape Cross.
• Meals: Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: The Delight Swakopmund

Day 12: Windhoek

• A relaxed drive back to Windhoek is on the cards today.
• Stop off at Okahandja for wood-carving souvenirs.
• Arrival in Windhoek with check-in at the Olive Grove.
• Meals: Bed and Breakfast
• Accommodation: Olive Grove Guesthouse

Day 13: Namibia South Self Drive Safari Ends

• Some last-minute shopping in Windhoek before heading to the airport for your connecting flight.
• Bid farewell to Namibia!
• Meals: Breakfast