Please quote Fly-in safari 1WDN

To observe Namibia from the air is an awe-inspiring experience: the vast expanses of moving, rippling sands, the great blue skies and grey of the ocean extending to the horizon. This safari explores four distinct regions: the sands and red dunes of Sossusvlei; the life-filled coasts at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay; the stark plains of Damaraland, with their desert-adapted elephants; and the amazing wildlife abundance on the Etosha savannah.

Private charters between camps minimise travel time and provide a bird's-eye view of the immense landscape. Diverse activities enhance in-depth experience of the landscape, including a dolphin cruise, seafood lunch, and quad biking.

This safari is a seamless experience with one expert pilot-guide leading throughout. The small group size ensures that your special interests are satisfied while the exclusivity of enormous concession areas and private camps combine with the advantages of nearby national parks.

Safari Highlights:

• Namib Desert
  
• Skeleton Coast
  
• Damaraland
  
• Etosha National Park
  

Safari Synopsis:

Day, Route and Activities

1 & 2 - The Namib Desert: The safari departs from Eros Airport (Windhoek) by light aircraft for Sossusvlei Wilderness Camp, approximately an hour's flight away. We will be departing in the late morning. Activities are conducted in 4x4 vehicles and include a safari down to the very end of the Tsauchab River and to the heart of Sossusvlei for wonderful dune scenes. Optional early morning ballooning can be arranged at extra cost. (This must be booked in advance). Late afternoons are time to explore the reserve around the camp.

Accommodation: Sossusvlei Wilderness Camp

3 & 4 - The Skeleton Coast, Swakopmund and Damaraland: We depart by light aircraft and fly over the dunes of the Namib and Sossusvlei to gain a different perspective of the area from the air. We continue westwards to Meob Bay on the Atlantic Ocean and then fly up the Skeleton Coast. The flight offers spectacular desert and Skeleton Coast scenery, where the dunes and the desert meet the Atlantic Ocean. Our flight takes us over the site of the Eduard Bolen shipwreck, past Conception Bay and the wreck site of the Shaunee, around Sandwich Harbour and its famous lagoon, the flamingoes at Walvis Bay and on to Swakopmund. Here we are met and transferred to Walvis Bay for a wonderful boat trip out to sea where frequently there are good sightings of dolphins, seals and sometimes even penguins and whales.

In the afternoon we depart from Swakopmund, for a scenic flight further up the Skeleton Coast, and past the Cape Cross Seal Colony before we turn east and fly up the Huab River to Damaraland Camp for two nights. Highlights of the stay of Damaraland Camp are nature excursions into the rocky desert in search of the rare and endangered desert Elephant and Rhino. We are in an area where the chances of encountering the desert elephants are high.

Accommodation: Damaraland Camp

5&6 - Etosha and Ongava: Fly by light aircraft from Damaraland to Ongava Lodge or Ongava Tented Camp for two nights. Etosha, a major destination for a holiday in Namibia, covering an area of 22,000 square kilometres, offers excellent game viewing opportunities. Our game drive activities will focus mainly within Etosha in the mornings. In the afternoon and evening we have the opportunity to enjoy walks, hides and night drives within the private Ongava Reserve, activities not possible within Etosha. Lion, leopard, elephant, white rhino and black rhino as well as all the plains game can be seen here. Tracking rhino on foot is one of Ongava's highlights.

Accommodation: Ongava Tented Camp or Ongava Lodge

7 - Depart Ongava for flight back to Windhoek. Because of its situation and the fact that it is the site of the country’s major airport, many visitors begin and end their Namibian holiday in Windhoek.

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