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# View big game in Etosha National Park
# Track Desert Elephant on foot
# Visit only mainland Cape Fur Seal colony
# View rock etchings at Twyfelfontein

Days 1 & 2: Ongava Homestead, Etosha Region

fly by comfortable charter flight to Namibia’s big game country: Etosha Pans and its environs at the begin of your Namibia tour package. Here, the different and varied flora and fauna is brought to life in a number of activities, from game walks to game drives and tour to hides on the Ongava property and into the famous Etosha National Park. Within Etosha we’ll also tour numerous perennial springs and pans, possibly also encountering Lion, Leopard, Elephant and black Rhino as well as plains game.

take the night at Ongava Homestead, a rebuilt old farmhouse, with en-suite bathrooms, and a farm kitchen overlooking its own waterhole, floodlit at night to see nocturnal tourists, from the timid genet to big game such as Elephant, Lion, Leopard and a host of Antelope come to drink . Simple safari furnishings create a stunning atmosphere in which to make friends andfeell the experience of the company throughout the Exploration.
Days 3 & 4: Palmwag Adventurer Camp, Damaraland
having taken an early breakfast, we head westwards by road in the direction of the private Palmwag concession. Here, on the concession and in the enviroment areas the desert-adapted elephant, the very careful feeder and gentle giant of Damaraland, thrives. Special activities include tracking and looking for these enormous mammals, on foot and by vehicle.

more to that, expert guides expose the sheer wonders of nature’s survi val strategies in this arid sorroundings through walks and game drives, concentrating on a number of topics from birds to insects, medicinal uses of plants and viewing wildlife. Our Adventurer campsite is located in a private setting with wonderful views of the enviroment mountains and wide-open landscape.

Highlights:

# Skeleton Coast
# Kaokoveld
# Private campsites

Day 1: Kuidas Camp

when you reach at Eros on your Namibia safari package, you will be welcomed and helped onto your light aircraft driven to Kuiseb Canyon and adjoining red dunes is the breath taking view from the air, as is the scenery of the renouned Eduard Bohlen shipwreck at Conception Bay. You proceed with a low-level flight north along the coast via the Seal colony at Cape Cross. One overnight at Kuidas Camp in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities. Accommodation is on a full board basis. Ancient rock engravings are within walking distance of the camp.
Day 2: Purros Camp

You move around the Huab River formations by open 4×4 safari vehicle, and fly near the coast to Terrace Bay in the Skeleton Coast Park. There you see the ‘roaring dunes’, then move around the beach with its profusion of multi-coloured stones. You afterwards fly north to Purros Camp in the Hoarusib Valley. One overnight at Purros Camp in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities. Accommodation is on a full board basis.
Day 3: Kunene Camp

A spectacular drive takes you to a settlement of the nomadic Himba people, and probally a sighting of the desert-dwelling Elephant which roam around this valley. We afterwards fly north to the perennial Kunene River and take the journey through the mountains and dunes of the Hartmann Valley. spend the overnight at Kunene Camp in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities. Accommodation at Kunene Camp is on a full board basis in your Namibia safari package.
Day 4: Departure

During the early hours of the day ,take a morning boat trip on the Kunene River, viewing birds varying from aquatic species to rare desert varieties and those surviving in the dense riverine vegetation. following lunch at the camp you fly returning to Eros Airport, Windhoek, reaching late afternoon.

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# Track the Desert Elephant on foot
# View game of Etosha National Park
# Learn of unique plants of the Namib Desert
# Bird spectacular of Walvis Bay Lagoon

Days 1 & 2: Ongava Homestead, Etosha Region

Drive by a nice charter flight to Namibia’s big game country: Etosha and its sorroundings. Here, the great numberS and different flora and fauna is brought to life in a number of activities, from game walks to game drives and tours to hides on the property and into the prominent Etosha National Park. Within Etosha we’ll also tour a number of perennial springs and pans, encountering Lion, Leopard, Elephant and black Rhino as well as plains game.

We stay the night at Ongava Homestead, a renovated old farmhouse, with en-suite bathrooms, and a farm kitchen overlooking its own waterhole, floodlit at night to watch nocturnal visitors, from the timid genet to big game such as Elephant, Lion, Leopard and a host of antelope come to drink. Simple safari furnishings create a wonderful atmosphere in which to make friends and enjoy good company throughout the Namibia tour package.
Day 3: Palmwag Lodge, Palmwag

After an early breakfast, the tour travels to the Palmwag concession.

The camp consists of 5 Meru-style tents, built on individual, wooden platforms and offering a great scenic view of the surroundings and also the desert-adapted elephants when they visit the area. Situated about 600 metres away from the restaurant and secluded from the rest of Palmwag Lodge. The tents are tastefully furnished, with en-suite facilities, solar power and a wonderful atmosphere.

The guides will expose the sheer magnificence of nature’s survival strategies in this arid environment, through walks, tracking and game drives concentrating on a variety of topics from birds to insects, medicinal uses of plants and viewing wildlife. In addition, you travel through regions with an exciting array of exposed geological sequences, ranging in age from ‘young’ 130 million-year-old igneous shale through to 850 million-year-old schist formations.

Summary of this 4 day Etosha By Road tour:
# Accommodation: Lodge
# Activities:This 4 day tour concentrates on the superb rich wildlife of the Etosha National Park. Full day game drive.
# Destination: Windhoek, Etosha National Park

What you can expect from this 4 Day Etosha by Road tour:

Etosha National Park is the most breathtaking place. It is a semi-arid area of 23,000 square km’s (that’s over half the size of Switzerland, or approximately a third of the size of Tasmania!).

The park is a dwelling place for 93 mammal species and 340 bird species. Etosha National Park’s focal point is the Etosha Pan, – a flat saline desert, 130km (80.7 miles) long by 50km (31 miles) at its widest in the eastern sector of the park.

Days 1 & 2: Wednesday & Thursday, Windhoek – Etosha National Park

leave Windhoek on the Namibia road take a trip to northbound. There will be a journey break at Mount Etjo where more visitors are likely to join the tour. You will head through Outjo into Etosha National Park, where you will take part in your game drive in a vehicle, on the way to a rest camp.

The Rest Camps located in the National Park are loved because of their flood-lit waterholes where game may be observed at any time of the night or day.

A number of waterholes via the National Park provide an exiciting game viewing experiences with extra ordinaries like  Rhino, Elephant, Lion, Cheetah and a big array of plains game. You will spend the night at Etosha Rest Camps. Day 1: Dinner included. Day 2: Breakfast and Dinner included.
Day 3: Etosha National Park

An additional day of game viewing explorations as you head to the eastern section of the park in your Namibia road tour. Some 114 mammals species and 340 bird species happen in the park (seasons permitting). Your specialist guide will explain to you the difficult subject of operating such an great reserve. You will depart from the park during the late afternoon. Overnight will be spent at Mokuti Lodge. Breakfast and Dinner is included.
Day 4: Saturday – Return to Windhoek

Tour Lake Otjikoto whereafter you head towards Windhoek through Otjiwarongo and Okahandja where you will tour the Herero graves and a local handicraft market. Go back to Windhoek during late afternoon. Breakfast is included.
Included:

# Accommodation On A Sharing Basis
# Transport In Sprinter / Microbus
# Meals As Stipulated
# Entrance Fees To National Parks
# Portage
# English – German Speaking Driver / Guide
# Soft And Non-Alcoholic Beverages Whilst On Board The Vehicle

Not included:

# All Extra Meals and Drinks
# Visas
# Full Travel Insurance
# Excursions Not Related To The Safari
# International Flights
# Airport Departure Taxes
# Gratuities
# Items Of A Personal Nature Etc

# Enjoy the wine tasting excursion
# Go game viewing at one of the ranches
# Have dinner in the elegant restaurant
# Explore Namibia and learn about it’s beauty

Namibia is famous for its big open spaces and stunning sunrises and sunsets. The timetable of the Desert Express has been prepared to tally with the sunrises and sunsets. Desert Express usually leaves for a luxury train safari from Windhoek Station. Partake in the wine try out excursion; and tour a Game Ranch the next day.

At the Game Ranch you can take part in a game drive that stops with a sundowner on a hill overlooking the stunning enviroment of the country side. A water and feeding part at the stop will make sure that alot of game will be present for viewing on this exciting train safari in Namibia.

when you come back to the train passengers can rest with a sundowner in the cool atmosphere of the Spitzkoppe lounge while you take off some time before for dinner. Dinner is served in the elegant Welwitschia restaurant as your stunning train Namibia takes its onward journey to stop overnight at a calm safe siding.

The dress code on board the Desert Express is elegant / casual. The Desert Express is nice and visitors are kindly asked to refrain from wearing shorts and sandals in the Welwitschia Restaurant. However comfortable shoes and clothing are advised for the excursions on this lavish train.

Desert Express has nine coaches, usualy linked via drawbar to reduce coupling and for worked upon ride comfort. The train has about twenty-four compartments, every thing accommodating one, two or three passengers. The compartments on this luxury train safari in Namibia have air-conditioning, heating and en-suite facilities.

Passengers have a free way to an elegant lounge, a uncommon bistro bar and a freely existing restaurant that will give the best in Namibian cuisine. Uncommonly shaped large windows throughout the train gives the traveler with views of the wide open spaces on his / her luxury train safari.

Desert Express will with pleasure cater for your specific dietary requirements, where possible. Please advise in writing at least one week prior to departure so that the necessary arrangements may be attended to. Please note that check-in time is 30 minutes prior to departure, where you will be handed your boarding pass.

Child Policy:
Children stay under the supervision of their parents on this Namibia visit. Desert Express accepts no responsibility for children during excursions. Children younger than 10 years may enjoy their meals in the Bistro Restaurant, whilst older children are able to utilise all facilities on board. There are no baby facilities such as cots, etc on board this luxury Namibia train.

Day 1: Windhoek

You leave from Windhoek at 09:00. There is a delicious light lunch at 12:30 – 14:00, afterwards an afternoon wine tasting excursion at Omaruru. From there you can enjoy dinner at the train’s restaurant. You stay overnight on the train.
Day 2: Etosha

Breakfast starts at 07:30 during your Namibia tour. Around 12:00 you take a transfer to Namutoni camp in Etosha. Partake in an afternoon game drive and see the wild game of Africa. After all the excitement, dinner is served. You can make use of the set menu in the restaurant or an outside barbeque. Sit and watch the game at the waterhole at leisure. You stay overnight in Namutoni / Etosha.
Day 3: Etosha / Namutoni

on this day you take an early game drive and breakfast. From there you return to Namutoni and drive to the Desert Express. At 13:00 the train leave for Windhoek.  take pleasure in Lunch and dinner which is served on board. You spend the overnight on the train.
Day 4: Windhoek

Take your Breakfast and lunch  on the train on this date. You reach in Windhoek at about 15:00, in time to board a plane return home.

What you can gain from this 5 day Etosha Safari tour:

On this Namibia safari visit you will have the chance to see Elephant, Giraffe, Lion and Mountain Zebra in the renouned Etosha National Park. Your tour concludes by going back to Windhoek passed Okahandja, the privious tribal centre of Herero people. You will be spend the night in restcamps and lodges.

Day 1: Outjo, Namibia

Drive via Okahandja, Otjiwarongo to Outjo to the famous Etosha National Park where you will enjoy a game drive in the late afternoon. Overnight at Okaukuejo Restcamp. Dinner. Breakfast.
Day 2: Etosha National Park, Namibia

Full day of game viewing in the Etosha National Park, which is one of the major sanctuaries of wildlife in Africa. The area was proclaimed a game reserve as far back as 1907.

The size of the park is about 22 270 km (13838.5 miles) and it consists mainly of grass and bush savannah. This type of landscape provides excellent opportunities for game viewing at the numerous waterholes or in the open countryside. Overnight at Mokuti Lodge. Breakfast.
Day 3: Etosha National Park, Namibia

You will spend the day at the Etosha Pan, which the park is named after, is approximately 6000km (3728.4 miles) in size. In the language of the Owambo people, Etosha means ‘place of dry water’ or ‘large white place’. Enjoy a game viewing drive after breakfast until late afternoon. Overnight at Mokuti Lodge during your Namibia safari tour. Breakfast.
Day 4: Otjiwarongo, Namibia

following breakfast head to Tsumeb, tour Lake Otjikoto and the Mine Museum. continue via Otjiwarongo to Mount Etjo. take pleasure  in a game drive in the afternoon. spend the night at Mount Etjo Safari Lodge. Dinner. Breakfast.
Day 5: Return to Windhoek

Go back to Windhoek through Okahandja, the previous tribal centre of Herero people. Tour the graves of the famous Herero chiefs and the very old cemetery with graves of members of the German Schutz-truppe.
Included:

# Full board throughout the tour
# English speaking tour guide
# Entrance Fees as per itinerary
# 4 x Breakfasts and 2 x Dinners
# Overland trips and all sightseeing per itinerary
# Overnight in double rooms in hotels/lodges & rest camps

Not Included:

# Expenses for personal belongings e.g.:
# Drinks and telephone calls
# Tips for tour guides
# Tips in restaurants
# Lunch not included

Group Size:

# Minimum – 2 persons
# Maximum – 16 persons

# Summary of this 4 day Etosha Excursion: Accommodation: Lodge, camping
# Activities: Enjoy early morning and late afternoon game drives, spend your day by the waterhole or swimming pool
# Destinations: Etosha National Park, Windhoek (Namibia).

What you can get from this 4 day Etosha Excursion:

Activities prepared for your Namibia safari tour include an early morning and late afternoon game drive. On this 4 day Etosha Excursion your guide will prepare all the meals, with the group’s assistance. Your evenings are spent around the warm campfire or at a floodlit waterhole. Share your days excitement or listen to the sounds of the night and watch the beautiful African sky.

Note: You will spend a minimum of 2 nights at either of the national park camps basing on bookings in the period of the busy season. This Etosha Safari Excursion is done in a minibus.

Day 1: Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park

You will be fetched for your Namibia safari tour from your hotel and leave from Chameleon Backpackers Lodge in Windhoek at 8am. You will have ajourney break briefly at Otjiwarongo for logistics and have lunch at the entry part to the park.

You will head fora game drive to the camp and in case there is ample time a game drive for 2 hours prior to sunset is planned for your safari. Overnight camping. Dinner is organised by your guide with group leader. Your evening is enjoyed near the campfire or at the floodlit waterhole by the camp. Lunch and dinner will be taken.
Days 2: Halali, Etosha National Park

During the early hours of the day and late afternoon game drives searching for the big herds of Zebra, Springbok and Wildebeest, the elegant Giraffe and of course, the man eaters that follow them. You take the hottest part of the day at camp that you prefer either by the waterhole or the swimming pool.

You will also visit the Etosha Pan, one translation meaning “Great White Place” and this place you can see the how huge of these pan are and move about at the shimmering mirages and distant horizons. Overnight camping. Dinner organised by guide with help from apprentice guide and evening taken near the campfire or at the floodlit waterhole.  enjoy Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 3: Namutoni, Etosha National Park

wake up early in the morning for game drive and late afternoon game drives from which you take plesure during this Namibia safari tour. You take the hottest moments of the day at camp either by the waterhole or the swimming pool. Overnight camping. Dinner organised by your guide with help from apprentice guide and evening spent next to the campfire or at the floodlit waterhole. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 4: Windhoek

having taken breakfast you will  head for a game drive to the Park end and your vehicle will bring you back you to Windhoek through the craft market at Okahandja.  take plesure in your Breakfast and lunch will be served.

The Ovambo name – Etosha – means ‘place of dry water’ or ‘huge white area’ depending who you ask. Either way it aptly describes the vast shallow salt pan that is parched and cracked for much of the year.

initially, it used to be a lake  of about the size of Holland, but currently glints a silvery bright white from salt crystals in the whole of its full surface. when you stand at its banks and view directly from across its shimmering surface, objects actual or imaged distort in an exciting and interesting mirage, and you are probaly not certain if you are just thinking about that herd of Oryx or whether they are physical. This assumed inert pan, turn out into life with the beginning of rains, which are likely or not to appear between January and March. About a metre (3 feet) of water turns the dusty eviroment into a slushy, algae-rich soup which acts as a magnet for a number of birds, especially the flamingos.

The pink mist that falls upon the warm shallow lake may be made up  of about to a million Flamingos, and they get down to feeding and breeding  the as the go on with life. The spacious vegetated woodland savannah and scrubland also turn out into luxuriant grasses and small yellow flowers, giving the real conditions for the Antelope and Mountain Zebra to reproduce.

Animals found together in bigger numbers and herds of 50 Elephants are not common. In case of great  hurry to reach to a waterhole, Elephants usually walk right down the middle of the road and you would be right enough to recall that they are gigantic creatures than you, and give the the way. Desert existing Oryx  are present in big numbers plus the exciting curly horned Kudu. It is usual to spot out a mixture of four or five types of  various species of animals feeding in an interactive manner including, a nunber of different Antelopes, Mountain Zebra and Wildebeest.

Lions and Hyenas are big competitors for a meal, but however the one that ends up with the ‘Lions share’, must be alert for nimble silver-backed Jackals who move in and take away what they can. Etosha also is nade up of the unique Black Rhino and rarely seen species like black-faced Impala and small Damara Dik Dik.

Etosha has a number of waterholes, part of which are natural, while more are artificially provided from nearby boreholes. During the years of drought these are the only sources of water keeping the animals stiil existing. Dry season game watching (July to September), is very exiciting as a veritable ‘Noah’s Arc’ of numerous species get together to pe patient untill their moment at the waterhole, with Elephants full at the scene.

Climate:

Game is quickly viewed during the  cool dry months from May to September, on the other hand bird watching peaks during the wet season from November to March. Temperatures are from 31°C (88°F) to 13.7°C (57°F).