15-Day, Cape Town to Windhoek Namibia

A fantastic, Cape Town to Victoria Falls Safari, designed to make that Dream Holliday come true. This Budget Lodge or camping Safari starts in Cape Town, threw northwest of Namibia, and ends in Windhoek.
A fantastic, Cape Town to Windhoek Safari, designed to make that Dream Holliday come true. This Budget Lodge and camping Safari takes in some of the less-explored areas of the Western and Northern Cape of South Africa, including the town of Calvinia, Augrabies Falls National Park, and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Then we head to Namibia's Fish River Canyon and on to the famous Sossusvlei Dunes, Deadvlei, and Sesriem Canyon in the Namibian Desert. Then we explore the seaside of Walvisbay and Swakopmund, before driving inland to the rugged Damaraland region and on to Namibia's premier game park, Etosha National Park, for some outstanding game viewing. From Etosha Park, we travel to Windhoek the capital city of Namibia, where our tour ends.
Itinerary Cape Town to Windhoek
Day 0: Cape Town
Meet and GreetOn day zero you meet up with your guide and fellow travellers at the lodge where you stay in the evening (at 18:00) for a pre-safari briefing.
Day 1: Augrabies National Park
From Cape Town to CederbergOur tour begins in Cape Town after breakfast at 08:00 and traveling north we pass through the Cederberg Mountains, home to the famous “Rooibos Tea” - a popular herbal beverage. From here we continue to the Augrabies National Park. Augrabies Falls National Park is a national park located around Augrabies Falls, about 120 km west of Upington in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It was established in 1966. The Augrabies Falls National Park covers an area of 820 km² and stretches along the Orange River. The area is very arid.
Meals: Dinner
Day 2:Namibia
From Augrabies Waterfall to Ai- Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier ParkDay 3: Fishriver Canyon
From ai-ais to HelmeiringhausenDay4: Namib Naukluft national park
From Helmeiringhausen to SossusvleiWe have breakfast before we continue to the Namib Naukluft Park. The Namib-Naukluft Park is a national park in western Namibia, situated between the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the edge of the Great Escarpment. It encompasses part of the Namib Desert, the Naukluft mountain range, and the lagoon at Sandwich Harbour. We settle in our lodge at Sossusvlei and relax the rest of the day on our own leisure.
Day 5: Deadvally
Explore Sossusvlie and SesriemWe get up early and have some coffee before we enter the park and to the dead valley. Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, inside the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh". The pan also is referred to as "Dooie Vlei" which is the fully Afrikaans name. When we return we visit the Sesriem Canyon before we return to our lodge and enjoy a hearty brunch. The rest of the day we spent on our own leisure and do some optional activities like the Hotairballoon.
Day 6: AppelPei in the desert!
From Sossusvlei to SwakopmuntWe continue our journey after breakfast to the north and stop at Solitaire. Solitaire is a small settlement in the Khomas Region of central Namibia near the Namib-Naukluft National Park. It currently features the only gasoline station, bakery, cafe, and the only general dealer between the dunes at Sossusvlei and the coast at Walvis Bay, as well as to the capital Windhoek. Moose Macgregors apple pie is to die for and you cannot visit Solitaire without calling in here for coffee and pie. You can even buy extras for the following days on the road. We cross the Tropic of Capricorn on our way to Walvis bay where we book our optional activities for the next day, like the living desert tour, Sandwich Harbour Tour, Moonlandscape & Welwitschia Drive, Sandwich Harbour Dune Excursion, Desert & Dunes Photo 5 hour tour( AM or PM), Sandwich Harbour 4x4 Adventure just to name a few.
Day 7: Explore Swakopmunt and the desert.
SwakopmuntDay 8: Vingerklip
From Swakopmunt to FingerklipWe visit Dune 7 after breakfast and then continue our tour to the north. We stop en-route for lunch (own expense). As if someone’s huge rock finger would protrude vertically into the air – this is how the Vingerklip stands, like a monument 70km west of the little town Outjo. Situated halfway be-tween Outjo and Khorixas, the Vingerklip is one of Namibia’s most famous and remarkable rock formations attracting substantial numbers of tourists. This evening we have a hearty dinner in the famous Eagle nest.
Day 9: Otjikandero Himba Tripe
From Fingerklip to Otjikandero Himba TripeWe continue just after breakfast to visit the Himba Tripe. Witness a piece of tradition preserved through time in the tribal ways of the people at Otjikandero Himba Orphanage Village. Visitors have the chance to interact with the Himba people through a local English-speaking guide, but be mindful of your questions and the differences between the cultures. Observe the outfits of the women of the village, their daily routines, and shop for handicrafts they made to trade with tourists. The project serves to help the people continue their ways without succumbing to the modern lifestyle, as some of the profit goes to their protection. We visit the cheetah conservation where we spent the Night.
Day 10 -12: Etosha National Park
From the Himbas to EtoshaToday we continue to Etosha National park. Since Etosha National Park is the gateway to Northern Namibia and Ovamboland, it’s a very popular stop on any Namibian tour. Above all, it is known as Namibia’s foremost wildlife sanctuary.
The landscape is unique and varied and subsequently home to a wide variety of animals. For example lion, elephant, leopard, giraffe, cheetah, hyena, springbok, two kinds of zebra, eland and many more species of wildlife are found here.
Day 13: Okahandja Mbangura Woodcarvers Craft Market
From Etosha to OkahandjaWe leaving Etosha National Park today and make our way down south to Okahandja. Okahandja is a city of 24,100 inhabitants in Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia, and the district capital of the Okahandja electoral constituency. It is known as the Garden Town of Namibia. It was founded around 1800, by two local groups, the Herero and the Nama. The biggest woodcraft marked in Namibia is also located here.
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