Namibia /
Damaraland, Mowani Mountain Camp
Guest Farm Elisenheim
Day 1
- arrive at Windhoek airport
- car pick-up
- shopping
- evening drive: Windhoek => Guest Farm Elisenheim - 17.7 km - 25 min
- night: Guest Farm Elisenheim
The AfriCat Foundation
Day 2
- Okonjima Nature Reserve - "The AfriCat Foundation" (day visit - rates)
- visit to the AFRICAT Carnivore Care Centre - N$ 385.00 pp
- wood carving markets at Okahandja
- crocodile farm in Otjiwarongo
- drive:
- Guest Farm Elisenheim => Okonjima Nature Reserve - 208 km - 4h
- Okonjima Nature Reserve => Otjiwarongo - 60 km - 1h
- night: Otjiwarongo Acacia Camping Site
Cheetah Conservation Fund
Day 3
- Day at Cheetah Conservation Fund (activities brochure)
- Cheetah Run
- Cheetah Drive
- drive:
- morning: Otjiwarongo => Cheetah Conservation Fund - 45 km - 1h
- evening: Cheetah Conservation Fund => Otjiwarongo - 45 km - 1h
- night: Otjiwarongo Acacia Camping Site
Etosha National Park
Day 4
- evening at Etosha National Park
- drive: Otjiwarongo => Halali Camp (via Namutoni) - 305 km - 6h
- night: Halali Camp
Etosha National Park
Day 5
- day at Etosha National Park (waterholes drive)
- drive: Halali Camp => Okaukuejo Camp - 70+ km
- night: Okaukuejo Camp
Otjitotongwe Cheetah Farm & Lodge
Day 6
- Etosha National Park
- Otjitotongwe Cheetah Farm & Lodge (TA)
- cheetah tour
- drive: Okaukuejo Camp => Otjitotongwe Cheetah Farm & Lodge - 195 km - 4h
- night: Otjitotongwe Cheetah Farm campsite
Otjikandero Himba Orphan Village
Day 7
- Kamanjab - Himba Project
- Damaraland drive-through
- drive: Otjitotongwe Cheetah Farm => Mowani Mountain Camp - 255 km - 5h
- night: Mowani Mountain Camp (TA)
Skeleton Coast Park
Day 8
- Skeleton Coast Park
- drive: Mowani Mountain Camp => Cape Cross Lodge - 334 km - 6.5h
- night: Cape Cross Lodge campsite
Swakopmund
Day 9
- Swakopmund/Walvis Bay
- Cape Cross seal colony
- The Tug restaurant (TA)
- drive: Cape Cross Lodge => Swakopmund - 126 km - 2.5h
- night: Sea Breeze Guesthouse
Kayaking with seals
Day 10
- Swakopmund/Walvis Bay
- drive: —
- night: Sea Breeze Guesthouse
Solitaire
Day 11
- apfel strudel at Solitaire
- Elim dune sunset
- drive: Swakopmund => Sesriem - 346 km - 7h
- night: Sesriem Campsite (inside the gates for the next day sunrise+sunset in Deadvlei)
Deadvlei
Day 12
- day at Deadvlei
- Dune 45, Deadvlei, Big Daddy, Big Mommy (sunrise + sunset)
- skip sunrise on Dune 45, go straight to Deadvlei and watch the sunrise from Big Daddy (all the overland trucks stop at Dune 45 in the morning)
- sunset from Dune 45 or Elim dune
- area maps
- drive: Sesriem => Deadvlei - 66 km - 1h (+ back)
- night: Sesriem Campsite
Night out with San Bushman in N/a'an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary.
Day 13
- N/a'an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary - options:
- Behind the Scenes with Marlice van Vuuren
- Night out with San Bushman (incl Ancient San stories under the Stars)
- Cheetah Walk (morning, if possible?)
- drive: Sesriem => N/a'an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary - 348 km - 7h
- night: Night out with San Bushman
Cheetah Walk in N/a'an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary
Day 14
- drive: N/a'an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary => Windhoek - 45 km - 1h
- depart from Windhoek airport
