- Departure; Scheduled and tailor-made departure dates
- Duration; 9 Days / 8 Nights
- Lodging; Safari Lodges
- Group Size; Minimum 2
- Note: Travel insurance is compulsory for all safaris
Reason for Rates On Request: this itinerary can be booked as a fly-in, guided (road), or self-drive safari. Therefore the cost is up to your budget, self-drive being the cheapest option and fly-in being the most expensive.
Day 1: Etosha Heights Private Reserve
- Your safari starts in one of Namibia's best wildlife regions, the private Etosha Heights Game Reserve.
- If time permits, an afternoon game drive is on the cards.
- Safarihoek Lodge is your home for the next three nights, stunning views, professional staff and delicious cuisine.
- Dinner and drinks.
- Accommodation: Safarihoek
Days 2-3: Etosha Heights Private Reserve
- Safari activities over the next two days are based around morning and afternoon game drives as well as night drives.
- Etosha Heights offers up the chance to spot and photograph lions, elephants and those elusive black and white rhinos.
- The double level hide with large waterhole is a must for a few hours.
- Includes all meals and local drinks.
- Accommodation: Safarihoek
Day 4: Kaokoland
- After breakfast has settled, you’ll swap the rolling grasslands of Etosha Heights for the dry deserts and sandy rivers of the Hoanib Valley.
- Depart for Kaokoland after a morning safari activity and breakfast.
- The stunning Hoanib Valley awaits with free-roaming wildlife and picturesque desert scapes.
- After check-in and time to relax, an afternoon game drive and sundowner drinks are on the cards.
- Includes all meals and local drinks.
- Accommodation: Hoanib Valley Camp
Day 5: Kaokoland
- Morning and afternoon safari activities through some of the most striking landscape Namibia has to offer as well as extraordinary desert-adapted wildlife.
- Safari activities include; walking trails, game drives and rhino tracking.
- Includes all meals and local drinks.
- Accommodation: Hoanib Valley Camp
Day 6: Skeleton Coast
- Just when you thought you couldn’t get any more remote than Kaokoland, the Skeleton Coast is the next destination on the safari.
- Shipwreck Lodge is a unique offering in a raw, rugged and impossibly remote slice of Namibian desert wilderness.
- Check-in, get settled and relax a bit before heading out on an afternoon activity experiencing all that is the Skeleton Coast.
- Includes all meals and local drinks.
- Accommodation: Shipwreck Lodge
Days 7-8: Skeleton Coast
- The next two days are spent exploring the secrets that the Skeleton Coast has on offer.
- Activities include; game drives, sundowners, fishing, shipwreck tours, exploring the surrounding dunes as well as the wildlife of the Hoarusib River.
- A walk along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean is a must.
- Includes all meals and local drinks.
- Accommodation: Shipwreck Lodge
Day 9: Northern Namibia Family Safari Safari Ends
- Today, after your morning activities you transfer back to either Swakopmund or Windhoek.
- The transfer from Skeleton Coast is either by chartered flight or road transfer depending on your budget.
- Breakfast only.
Rates on Request, budget dependent
The Above Rates should be used as a guideline only.
- All rates are subject to availability
- Rates may vary according to season
- Lodging may change depending on your budget
- Vehicle type may change depending on your budget
- All rates may change without notice
- Single supplement may apply
- Travelling costs as per itinerary
- Included activities
- Entrance and park fees
- Family accommodation
- All meals
- Local drinks
- Road transfers
- Applicable tourism levies
- VAT
- Expenses of a personal nature
- Premium brand drinks
- Gratuities
- Additional activities
- Scheduled flights
- Visa fees
- Travel insurance.
The Ultimate Guide to Namibia Travel in 2024
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The Road To Sossusvlei
Once one navigates the main Sesriem entrance gates and enters the national park a pleasant surprise awaits, a tarred road (yes, a tarred road) that extends all the way through to the main parking area near Sossusvlei.
Cape Town To The Kunene River
In November and December of last year (2019), we loaded our Jeep and headed north out of Cape Town, destination Namibia and the Kunene River, her border with Angola.
A couple of thousand kilometres later, we returned, this time, more in love with country than ever.
Windhoek Oktoberfest 2021
On the 25th and 26th of October, the Sports Klub Windhoek will host the 55th edition of the Oktoberfest. Over 5000 people are expected to attend (compared to 1000 in 2010).
Adding a certain local flavour will be the Namibian band Famaz Attak, and there will be long-established activities and games like archery and tree trunk sawing.
Top 5 restaurants in Windhoek
Continuing our series of dining in Africa, we look at Windhoek. More and more visitors are becoming aware of the unique attractions that this country as a safari destination has to offer.
Nowhere is too far to travel in this small (and clean) city of 330,000 but be warned when you go out to eat, vegetarianism is not common!
Best Places To Go In Namibia
The Uyaphi team has compiled a list of the "Best Places to go" which most safari itineraries would include. A different destination from most African safari destinations.
Instead of lush green forests or open savannas, the primary attraction being vast, open deserts interspersed with canyons, mountain ranges, and oasis.
Living With The Himba
In May 2012, we arranged for Uyaphi.Com client Ken Vine from Devon in England to stay with the traditional Himba people in two remote villages in the middle of Kaokoland.
He lived, slept, ate, conversed and photographed these Himba villagers.