Namibian Odyssey Safari

After being met at Windhoek airport, you are taken north to Okonjima Lodge to rest and relax after your flight. Okonjima Lodge is the home of the Africat Foundation, where they are working for the conservation of big cats, especially leopard and cheetah. After lunch, there is time to take a walk or a swim. Mid-afternoon tea is served and then your Okonjima guide will discuss the options available for the afternoon. These options include visiting the cheetah that Okonjima are trying to re-introduce to the wild (orphaned cheetah are very difficult to put into the wild), or tracking some of the radio-collared leopard that they have in a 4,000 hectare area. After dinner there is a night hide available for those that can still keep their eyes open! From here you have a chance to see porcupine, honey badger, caracal and sometimes leopard.
Driving time: approx. 3 hrs (300 km)
Overnight: Okonjima Lodge. Lodge accommodation/ en-suite facilities. Lunch and Dinner.

An early morning allows you time to do another activity, such as visiting an area with rehabilitated cheetah that can't be returned to the wild, taking a bush walk with an Okonjima guide, or tracking on foot some young cheetah that have been re-introduced to the wild. Brunch is served mid-morning, leaving the hottest part of the day as a time for relaxing, going to the hide or maybe taking a swim in the pool. Mid-afternoon tea is followed by another opportunity to visit cheetah or track leopard.After dinner there is another chance to visit the night hide for those that wish.
Overnight: Okonjima Lodge. Lodge accommodation / en-suite facilities. Breakfast, Brunch and Dinner.

Enjoy a relaxing morning before having a late breakfast. Then one of the Okonjima guides will take you to the Africat campsite in time to meet the safari group who will arrive in time for lunch. The safari guide will now introduce us to the camping aspect of our safari. During the afternoon we will be able to see more of the Africat operation. Tonight dinner will be cooked over the open fire under the starry African night.
Overnight: Africat Foundation.Communal ablutions / camping. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

We get up for an early morning bush walk and, after breakfast, we pack up camp and the safari heads on to Etosha National Park, where we will arrive in time for lunch. In the afternoon we will head out for our first game drive in order to spot some of the hundreds of species of animals and birds, which inhabit the Etosha Park. We return to camp by sunset, and after dinner we can spend an evening game viewing at the floodlit waterhole.
Driving time: approx. 4hrs (350 km).
Overnight: Etosha National Park - Namutoni.Communal ablutions / camping.Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

After breaking camp, we have a full day of game driving heading west across the Etosha National Park. We have lunch and a short rest along the way and then continue our game driving, arriving at Okaukuejo in the late afternoon. This is our camp for the next night. The floodlit waterhole at this camp is renowned for the sightings of black rhino and elephant and is a fitting end to another exciting day in Etosha.
Game drives for the day.
Overnight: Etosha National Park - Okaukuejo.Communal ablutions /camping.Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Today we continue our game safari with a final morning in the Okaukuejo area. After packing up camp, we leave Etosha Park and go in to Damaraland. It is an easy drive down to the town of Outjo where your guide can re-stock with fresh produce and you can relax with a cup of coffee in the Etosha café. We then head west to Kamanjab and to our camp at an Ova-Himba community project. There is time to walk and enjoy the area before settling down for the night.
Driving time: approx. 6 hrs (270 km).
Overnight: Ova-Himba community camp.Communal ablutions /camping.Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

In the morning we visit the Himba village and learn something of the lives of these proud, semi-nomadic people. It is a fascinating glimpse into their culture and history. After lunch we pack up and head across Damaraland. In the afternoon we visit the ancient site of Twyfelfontein to see the Bushman paintings and rock engravings carved into the sandstone. It is a very interesting area, made even more spectacular by the amazing rock formations. We then have a short drive to our camp.
Driving time: approx. 3.5hrs (250 km).
Overnight: Damaraland Campsite. Rustic ablutions - no shower facilities. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Our day starts by travelling through the Namib Desert to the Skeleton Coast National Park and the South Atlantic Ocean. Our first stop, after leaving the Park, is the Cape Cross seal colony, where thousands of fur seals congregate on a rocky point. It is quite a sight to see so many of these animals at such close quarters. From here we go straight down the coastal road to Swakopmund - Namibia's premier holiday resort, nestling between the Namib Desert and the Atlantic Ocean. You may explore the town on your own and either dine together, or on your own, at one of the very good restaurants in town.
Driving time: approx. 6hrs (380 km).
Overnight: Swakopmund.Chalet Accommodation/communal ablutions.Breakfast and Lunch. (Dinner at own expense.)

There are many options available in Swakopmund to pass the morning, such as dune-boarding, quad-biking, scenic flights over the coast or simply enjoying the sights in the town. We leave Swakopmund and drive back to Windhoek to return in the late afternoon. We will be in Windhoek for the next two nights in accommodation before heading south to the Desert. Dinner can be taken at any of Windhoek's wide choice of restaurants.
Driving time: approx. 5hrs (350 km)
Overnight: Swakopmund.Chalet Accommodation/communal ablutions.Breakfast and Lunch. (Dinner at own expense.)