From Namibia to Botswana

Day 1: Windhoek - Kalahari

At Windhoek Airport or at your accommodation,
Discover the caring smile of your guide. He will quickly drive you to the Kalahari of Namibia.
Located South-Central of Namibia, on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, the city of Mariental lies along the Trans-Namib railway line and serves as the commercial and admiring capital of the Hardap region.
The Kalahari is the last bastion of the San people. The modern world has traveled all the other territories it once roamed. Namibia is typically made up of red sand covered with fine, mainly golden grasses and dotted with acacia and wildlife.

Afternoon Scenic Drive in the Kalahari for a beautiful Sundowner with refreshments.
When the stars light up the Namibian sky, you gather around a friendly table to listen to your guide's information and discuss the journey ahead - This will happen daily until the end of your tour.

Activities: Sundowner in Kalahari Desert
Accommodation: Bagatelle Kalahari Ranch or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Stay: 1 Night

Day 2: Kalahari - Sossusvlei

Today after breakfast, you will continue the road to the south, in Naukluft Park.
The Namib-Naukluft Park is situated between the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the edge of the Great Escarpment.
The accumulation of sand and the formation of the dunes spread between 40 and 15 million years.

Activities: Free afternoon
Accommodation: Desert Quiver or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Stay: 2 Nights

Day 3: Sossusvlei

After breakfast, today will be all about forms and colors. The Sossusvlei dunes rise more than 375 meters above the Tsauchab River that flows from East to West in the desert, just a few kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean. They are among the highest dunes in the world. These dunes are located above an ancient petrified desert that forms a
basement of sandstone.
After lunch, you will visit the Sesriem Gorge.

Optional Activities: Air Ballooning, Helicopter, Flight over the Dunes
We can make the reservation for you for these activities and you can pay on the spot.

Activities: Dune 45, Sossusvlei, Deadvlei, Sesriem Canyon, Namib Naukluft
Accommodation: Desert Quiver or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 4: Sossusvlei - Swakopmund

Today departure to Swakopmund, passing by Solitaire, Tropic of Capricorn and Kuiseb Canyon before reaching the Coast. Afternoon City Tour.
Swakopmund is a small oceanfront town, bordered on the south by Swakop west and coastal dunes. The coolness of the current of Benguela will allow you to make pleasant walks by the sea or in the dunes. Some lodges also offer spa treatments (especially massages) particularly popular after several days on the Namibian slopes.
Swakopmund is a coastal city in Namibia, west of the capital, Windhoek. Its sandy beaches face the Atlantic Ocean.
Established by German colonists in 1892, the city’s colonial landmarks include the Swakopmund Lighthouse and the Mole, an old sea wall. Next to the lighthouse, the Swakopmund Museum documents Namibian history. Inland, the elegant Swakopmund Railway Station, now a hotel, also dates to the colonial era.

Activities: Kuiseb Pass - Tropic of Capricorn - Solitaire - Namib Naukluft Park - City Tour of Swakopmund
Accommodation: The Dome Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
Stay: 2 Nights

Day 5: Swakopmund

Early departure to Walvis Bay, the main port town of Namibia. A boat trip on the lagoon leads you to search for dolphins and sea lions - NOT Private
Early morning trip on the Atlantic Ocean by boat, looking for sea lions, dolphins, pelicans, cormorants and possibly the rare fish "Mola-Mola". This sea adventure allows you to discover the aquatic life of the coast in the best possible conditions, on a comfortable and spacious boat, usually a catamaran with a maximum capacity of 25
people.
Did you know that the Atlantic in Namibia was home to so many fur seals? You will observe them this morning from a catamaran. In the afternoon, free time in the confusing "Seaside" city of Swakopmund, founded by the German commander Curt Von Francois in 1892. The objective was to create a competing port of the one of
Walvis Bay (held by the English) to put into service a naval line between Hamburg and Namibia from 1899. This was to facilitate the supply from Germany and support the colonization of the region.

Lunch during the boat trip

Optional Activities: Flight over the Namib Desert, 4X4 in the Dunes Sandwich harbor, QuadBiking ...
We can make the reservation for you for these activities and you can pay on the spot.

Activities: Boat Cruise
Accommodation: The Dome Hotel
Meals: None

Day 6: Swakopmund - Damaraland

Today we are driving to Damaraland, as one of Namibia’s last unofficial wildlife areas, Damaraland is unfenced, so animals can move freely outside the confines of parks and reserves.
For travellers seeking untamed wilderness, some of Namibia’s best scenery, dramatic mountains, ancient rock art and off-the-beaten-track adventure with some thrilling wildlife sightings thrown in for good mix, Damaraland doesn’t disappoint.
Afternoon phemeral (Dry) River Drive with the Lodge.

Activities: Phemeral (Dry) River Drive
Accommodation: Twyfelfontein Country Lodge or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Stay: 2 Nights

Day 7: Damaraland

After breakfast, drive to Twyfelfontein, which has one of the largest concentrations of rock engravings in Africa. Most of these works, well preserved, represent rhinos, elephants, ostriches and giraffes, as well as footprints of men and animals.
Visit of the Rock Engraving, Burnt Mountain and the Basaltic Organ Pipe.

Free afternoon after Lunch!

Activities: Twyfelfontein Rock Engraving - Burnt Mountain - Basaltic Organ Pipe
Accommodation: Twyfelfontein Country Lodge or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8: Damaraland - Etosha National Park (Okaukuejo)

After breakfast, depart with your guide North to Okaukuejo. It is in the animal park of Etosha that your stilt continues.
Before reaching Etosha National Park, we will stop at the Himba Village for a quick tribal experience with them.
After the Himba Visit we will continue to the Park. You will be able to observe the groups of springboks, zebras, etc., but also the rarer species such as the black-faced impala (endemic to Namibia) or the dik-diks, the smallest African antelope. The interactions between the animals around the waterholes are often magical in Etosha, where you may
come across the path of a leopard or a group of lionesses hunting!

Activities: Himba Village Visit - Afternoon Game Drive in Etosha National Park
Accommodation: Okaukuejo Resort or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Stay: 1 Night

Day 9: Etosha National Park (Okaukuejo) - Etosha National Park (Namutoni)

Today after breakfast, you will have a full day Safari in the National Park of Etosho. Around Lunch Time, you will stop at Halali for Lunch and some refreshment. You will continue the Safari around 3PM on the way to Namutoni.

Activities: Full Day Game Drive in Etosha National Park
Accommodation: Mokuti Lodge or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Stay: 1 Night

Day 10: Etosha National Park (Namutoni) - Rundu

Today you will take the road towards the city of Rundu, which is located on the banks of the Okavango, in northern Namibia, on the border with Angola. With around 45,000 inhabitants, this small town, capital of local crafts (basketry, wood carvings, pottery), seems always more animated than the capital in the center! There are lush green lodges, offering a relaxing setting along the river, to admire a rich birdlife, including fish eagles but also crocodiles or hippos.

Free afternoon. You will enjoy the landscape and the well-being of your lodge, or do optional activities.

Optional Activities: Boat cruise champagne and sunset, fishing on a Mokoro.
We can make the reservation for you for these activities and you can pay on the spot.

Optional Activities: Boat Cruise Champagne and Sunset - Fishing on a Mokoro
Accommodation: Hakusembe River or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Stay: 1 Night

Day 11: Rundu - Mahango National Park

Road day to the northeast. Your guide will show you the Marulas trees, whose fruits give a tasty local alcohol. We reach the area of Popa falls and Mahangu, in the Caprivi Strip, a narrow projection of Namibia, about 450 km east, between Botswana in the south, Angola and Zambia in the north. Caprivi is bordered by the great rivers Okavango, Kwando (which will become the Chobe) and Zambezi.

In the afternoon, departure for a photo safari on a mokoro (traditional canoe) to explore the countless wonders of the region and enjoy the lush landscapes.

Activities: Mokoro
Accommodation: Divava Okavango Lodge or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Stay: 2 Nights

Day 12: Mahango National Park

Animals again, but especially new species more aquatic, that we cannot see in Etosha. Mahango Park is along the Okavango River and is home to a wide variety of birds (430 species), buffalo, black horse and of course adorable little monkeys!

From the Bagani area, you can experience the traditional life of the Kavango people in the afternoon, when the children come home from school after a morning safari in Mahango Park in your private vehicle.

Activities: 4x4 Safari in Mahango - Own Vehicle
Accommodation: Divava Okavango Lodge or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 13: Mahango National Park - Botswana

Today, departure to reach Botswana. Botswana, a landlocked country in southern Africa, has a landscape defined by the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango Delta, which becomes a lush animal habitat during seasonal floods. The huge Central Kalahari Game Reserve, with its fossilized valleys and Rolling Meadows, is home to many animals including giraffes, cheetahs, hyenas and wild dogs.

Botswana has the largest inland delta in the world, the Okavango Delta, with an area of about 15,000 square kilometers. Chobe National Park is home to the largest elephant population in Africa.
Late afternoon free.

Optional Activities: Safari in a Boat Cruise
We can make the reservation for you for these activities and you can pay on the spot.

Activities: Free Time
Accommodation: Chobe Bush Lodge or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Stay: 2 Nights

Day 14: Botswana

It will be necessary to get up early to admire from your 4X4 the waking call of the animals of Chobe. Under the forests of Teks and or from the natural terraces overlooking the river, you will be amazed by a winged fauna in more original, including Jabiruses (those seem to have fallen into a pot of paint) or the tiny but so fast kingfisher.
In the afternoon, it's from a motorboat, on the rich waters of Chobe.

Attentive to the slightest movement, listening to your guide, you still hope today to fill up with unique situations. In Chobe, you will find the most essential elephant and predator gatherings in all of Africa.
The National Park of Chobe, renowned for its sublime sunsets and beautiful landscapes mainly composed of swamps, flooded plain ... it is here that we observe the highest concentration of African elephants with some 45 000 pachyderms the Park.

Activities: Safari in a Boat Cruise
Accommodation: Chobe Bush Lodge or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 15: Botswana - Kasane Flight

Quiet breakfast at the lodge, and then drive to the airport.
Note that you must be at the airport 2 hours before take-off time.
Time to relive some moments spent together and shed some tears of joy with your guide.
End of the tour.

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