VIC FALLS/WHOLE OF NAMIBIA IN 28 DAYS

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1 VIC FALLS/WHOLE OF NAMIBIA IN 28 DAYS DAY 1: You will be picked up at Victoria Falls International airport in Zimbabwe and transferred to Elephant Camp that is situated 15 km from the airport on a private concession within the Victoria Falls National Park. The camp has breathtaking views of the Victoria Falls spray and the spectacular gorges which separate Zimbabwe and Zambia. You will take it easy and just relax the first night and soak up nature. Accommodation: Elephant Camp

2 DAY 2: Do a self-drive tour to Victoria Falls after breakfast. Enjoy lunch back at camp. Do an Elephant Back Safari in the afternoon until sunset. Overnight at Elephant Camp. Accommodation: Elephant Camp Activities: Visit to Victoria Falls Elephant Back Safari

Accommodation: Elephant Camp Activities: Lion Encounter Massage DAY 4: Continue after breakfast

3 DAY 3: Do an early morning lion encounter and enjoy a full English breakfast on this safari. Return to camp and have a massage in the afternoon in the privacy of your own suite. Accommodation: Elephant Camp Activities: Lion Encounter Massage DAY 4: Continue after breakfast through the Kasangula border toward the Mdumu National Park in the Caprivi. Have lunch, relax and take a sunset cruise

Bwabwata National Park and return in time for lunch at the lodge.

4 on the river late afternoon. Overnight at Namushasa lodge. Accommodation: Namushasa Lodge Activities: Sunset Cruise DAY 5: Do a game drive in the Bwabwata National Park and return in time for lunch at the lodge. Do some fishing in the afternoon and overnight again at Namushasa lodge. Accommodation: Namushasa lodge Activities: Game drive Bwabwata National Park Fishing

5 DAY 6: Leave after breakfast and continue to Mahangu Park and arrive at Nduvo Lodge before lunch. Visit the Popa Falls after lunch. Overnight at Nduvo Lodge. Accommodation: Nduvo Lodge Activities: Mahangu Park game drive Popa Falls

6 DAY 7: Continue after breakfast to Roy s camp and have lunch. This is a very unique camp. Take the afternoon to relax or walk around. Overnight at Roy s Camp. Accommodation: Roys camp Activities: none

DAY 8: Leave after breakfast to the Bushman village about 86 km from camp. Make sure to pack a lunchbox. Spend the day and learn from the Bushmen. Overnight at Roy s camp again.

7 DAY 8: Leave after breakfast to the Bushman village about 86 km from camp. Make sure to pack a lunchbox. Spend the day and learn from the Bushmen. Overnight at Roy s camp again. Accommodation: Roys camp Activities: Bushmen village DAY 9: Leave after breakfast for Etosha National Park, tour half of the Park during the day, have lunch at Halali, tour Park again in Afternoon and overnight At Halali

8 Rest Camp in the middle of Etosha National Park. You can sit and watch the elephants, hippos, rhinos, lions and other game at the waterhole at the lodge in the late afternoon. Accommodation: Halili Activities: Etosha National Park

Accommodation: Mowani Mountain Camp Activities: Relax and enjoy the views.

9 DAY 10: Leave after breakfast, tour the rest of the park and then continue through Outjo to Khorixas and overnight at Mowani Mountain Camp in Damaraland. Accommodation: Mowani Mountain Camp Activities: Relax and enjoy the views. DAY 11: Do a game drive for the Damara Elephants in the morning. Have lunch at the lodge Visit the Burnt mountain, Twyfelfontein and the rock paintings in the afternoon.

Continue after breakfast to Mount Etjo Safari Lodge to be in time for lunch.

10 Overnight at Mowani Mountain Camp again. Accommodation: Mowani Mountain Camp Activities: Burnt Mountain, Twyfelfontein DAY 12: Continue after breakfast to Mount Etjo Safari Lodge to be in time for lunch. Do the afternoon game drive. This is a up class lodge in Namibia with a very interesting history. Accommodation: Mount Etjo Safari Lodge Activities: Game drive

11 DAY 13: Do a Cheetah walk after breakfast. Relax at pool in afternoon. Do the lion feed after dinner. Overnight at Mount Etjo Safari Lodge. Accommodation: Mount Etjo Safari Lodge Activities: Cheetah walk Lion Feed

The Hansa Hotel is located in the middle of town and everything is with in walking distance.

12 DAY 14: Leave after breakfast for the coast. Overnight at the Hansa Hotel in Swakopmund. Swakopmund is like many towns in Namibia that pride themselves on their German heritage. The Hansa Hotel is located in the middle of town and everything is with in walking distance. Very interesting town to just walk and visit museums and galleries. Have dinner at Cookies pub, that is the best place ever if you like seafood. Accommodation: Hansa Hotel Activities: Museums, galleries

of sand around the plants living in this extremely arid area.

13 DAY 15: Leave after breakfast for Solitude Beach that is one of the most beautiful spots along our coastline. The bay is situated south of Henties Bay and boasts a rocky shore visible at low tide and the hummocks, dunes formed by the accumulation of sand around the plants living in this extremely arid area. After visiting Solitude Beach, drive down the Cape Cross to see the Seals, a colony of Cape fur seals. Eat lunch at a restaurant and return to the Hansa Hotel for the night. Accommodation: Hansa Hotel Activities: Solitude Beach/Cape Cross

Accommodation: Hansa Hotel Activities: Desert Moon Valley, Welwitchia DAY 17: After breakfast leave via

14 DAY 16: Do a tour to the desert and explore the Moon Valley and the Welwitschia plants in the desert. Overnight at the Hansa Hotel in Swakopmund again. Accommodation: Hansa Hotel Activities: Desert Moon Valley, Welwitchia DAY 17: After breakfast leave via Walvisbay to Solitaire. On the edge of the Namib Desert, in the midst of gravel plains, bordering the Namib Naukluft Park, there lies a little town called Solitaire.

Solitaire with its Charisma will take you back to the beginning of the 1900 s. Enjoy an incredible sunset over the oldest desert in the world.

15 In the middle of nowhere, after hundreds of km driving it will feel like a Fata Morgana coming up. The mystic little settlement of Solitaire does justice to its name in more than one way. Solitaire with its Charisma will take you back to the beginning of the 1900 s. Enjoy an incredible sunset over the oldest desert in the world. Overnight at Solitaire Lodge. Accommodation: Solitaire lodge Activities: Namib Naukluft Park DAY 18: Leave after breakfast via Sesriem to Sossusvlei. Sossusvlei lodge is luxurious retreat. The lodge blends in perfectly with the desert surroundings and

16 bears testament to the ingenuity of an eco-friendly design. Do a sundowner trip in the afternoon and overnight at Sossuvlei lodge. Accommodation: Sossusvlei lodge Activities: Sossusvlei/sundowner trip DAY 19: Do a hot air balloon ride in the morning:

17 Up and away as you sail silently over the reddish dune sea of the Namib. The duration of the excursion is about 3.5 hours. The flight takes about one hour and ends with an exclusive Champagne breakfast at the landing spot in scenic nature. The breakfast is followed by a nature drive back to Sossusvlei lodge. Overnight at Sossusvlei lodge. Accommodation: Sossusvlei Lodge Activities: Hot air balloon ride/nature drive DAY 20: Depart after an early breakfast to Luderitz. Find the Luderitz Nest Hotel.

Luderitz is a fantastically windswept and desolate

The lure of the diamond fields remains to this day,

famous ghost town of Kolmanskop and supplemented by

18 Luderitz is a fantastically windswept and desolate little place, gateway to the Diamond Coast. The lure of the diamond fields remains to this day, albeit as a tourist attraction, centred on the famous ghost town of Kolmanskop and supplemented by some excellent guided expeditions into previously forbidden areas.

Enjoy your first night just relaxing watching the ocean from your room. Accommodation: Luderitz Nest Hotel Activities: Luderitz and relax DAY 21: After breakfast visit the ghost town Kolmanskop.

19 Enjoy your first night just relaxing watching the ocean from your room. Accommodation: Luderitz Nest Hotel Activities: Luderitz and relax DAY 21: After breakfast visit the ghost town Kolmanskop. Once a thriving diamond-mining town, Kolmanskop is now abandoned, fighting a constant battle against the sandstorms and Mother Nature in the Namibian desert. Founded in 1908 when a rail worker in the area discovered a diamond, Kolmanskop enjoyed nearly fifty years of history until the town was all but abandoned in 1954 when the diamond mines finally dried up.

20 Accommodation: Luderitz Nest Hotel Activities: Kolmanskop DAY 22: Depart after breakfast to the Fish River lodge at the Fish River Canyon. Amazing place right on the edge of the canyon.

This place is so amazing, you will just want to sit and

21 This place is so amazing, you will just want to sit and stare at the beautiful landscape. Accommodation: Fish River lodge Activities: Scenery and relax DAY 23: Go and visit the Fish River canyon, walk around and just enjoy nature. Overnight at the Fish River Lodge again. Accommodation: Fish River Lodge Activities: Fish River Canyon

22 DAY 24: Depart after breakfast to Seeheim Hotel on the way to Keetmanshoop. This hotel is a oases in the desert, very rustic. Built from local rock in 1896 to house Schutztruppe (German colonial forces), it was converted into a hotel in the roaring twenties, and became the pivotal place of activities as the town of Seeheim prospered and grew. For visitors interested in the historical aspects of the surrounding, there are ruins to explore, while the activities of the Schutztruppe are evidenced by rusting ammunition scattered in the surrounding foothills. Overnight at Seeheim Hotel Accommodation: Seeheim Hotel Activities: History

23 DAY 25: Leave after breakfast and visit the quiver tree forest. Pack a lunchbox. Continue to the Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch. Do a night game drive with them. Overnight at Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch. Accommodation: Bagatelle Activities: Quiver tree forest / Night Game drive

24 DAY 26: Do a walk with the Bushmen in the morning. Do a horseback safari in the afternoon. Overnight at Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch. Accommodation: Bagatelle Activities: Bushmen/Horse riding

25 DAY 27: Leave after breakfast for Windhoek. Overnight at the Country Club Hotel just outside of town. Explore Windhoek in the afternoon. Accommodation: Country Club Activities: Windhoek DAY 28: Do some shopping and visit craft markets. Overnight at Windhoek Country club again. Accommodation: Country Club Activities: Craft Markets

26 DAY 29: Leave for the airport.

27 PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR PRICE, PRICE VARIES DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. OUR TOURS ARE ALL EXCLUSIVE AND IT IS ONLY YOUR GROUP WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL TOUR GUIDE. THE BIGGER THE GROUP THE LESS YOU WILL PAY PER PERSON. INCLUDED: YOUR OWN VEHICLE AND PERSONAL ENGLISH SPEAKING TOUR GUIDE. ALL ACCOMMODATION ALL MEALS PARK AND ENTRY FEES ALL ACTIVITIES EXCEPT FOR OPTIONAL ACITIVIES YOU WANT TO DO THAT ARE NOT ON THE SCHEDULE. ALL DRINKS AND WATER WHILE DRIVING. EXCLUDED: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AS WELL AS OTHER BEVERAGES AT ALL THE ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES CURIOS ITEMS OF A PERSONAL NATURE GRATUITIES

28 TRAVEL INSURANCE AIRLINE TICKETS Note: This tour can be changed with more or less days, more days at one lodge, different activities, anything that you want. We tailormake all our tours, this is just a guideline of what can be done. PLEASE CONTACT: ELAINE africandreams@telus.net Cell: LET ME BE YOUR GUIDE AND FRIEND IN THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE DARK CONTINENT.

CAPRIVI NAMIBIA: 8 Game Reserves in 14 days

CAPRIVI NAMIBIA: 8 Game Reserves in 14 days Day1/2 Your tour guide will pick you up at the airport in Windhoek. You will continue to Okonjima Game Reserve. This is a beautiful lodge just three hours from