NAMIB TOUR (9 days)
Guided Self Drive - Eco tourism - Camping Safari through Namibia
We offer a 9 day-trip which over 600 km off travel in the Park. The tour starts at Windhoek with 2 days on Harrys farm. Across the Malta height and Betta the tour passes by 3 farms on the border of the Park South of Namib Rand Reserve. We reach the coast at St. Francis Bay, South of Meob Bay, passing Tsondab Vlei to Solitaire.
Windhoek • Rehoboth • Kamkoes • Mariental • Maltahöhe • Betta • Springbock Vlakte • Saint Francis Bay
Fischersbrunn • Meobbaai • Old Police Station Museum • Conception Bay • Tsondab Vlei • Solitaire Oasis
PROGRAMME
Day 1) After arrival in Windhoek take-over your rental car. Shopping for the tour and departure towards the south and the farm Kamkoes, aprox
160 kms south of Whk. There is large camping place with a view over the dam and an island bar. On the farm tourist participate in Nevada
inland fish farming project. Here Tilapia fish is bred, inland, and in a envirometally friendly, eco, empowerment project.
Day 2) We shall explore the area on farm drives, which also serves as excellent training in off-road driving and to get to know the vehicle.
Day 3) We leave Harry’s Farm and travel via Mariental and Maltahöhe to Betta where we are able to fill up petrol for the last time before entering
the concession area of the Sperrgebiet (forbidden zone). This is a pristine and uninhabited wilderness landscape. The route leads to Farm
Springbok Vlakte, which borders the park, through scenic landscapes which sports a variety of antelopes and other desert game. We camp on
the edge of a valley next to an imposing granite hill in the middle of the wilderness.
Day 4) Today the real adventure starts. The route leads westwards to a bulldozer which was used for Diamond prospecting and was left behind in the
desert. From here we turn north-westwards through captivating dune landscapes until we reach the Atlantic coast, where we shall camp in the
wilderness again.
Day 5 & 6) We drive along the beach until Reutersbrunn at the southern end of Meob Bay. We will notice a few trawlers which were used by diamond
prospectors to transport their valuable findings ashore. Along the way we shall view old horse carriages and deserted mining villages
like Grillenberg and Charlotenburg. We turn further north-eastwards into the dune belt where we camp between the dunes for the next two
nights.
Day 7 & 8) The Namib Desert offers a personal challenge for any serious all-wheel enthusiast. Driver and vehicle will be highly stressed during this
trip. We drive over and along high sand dunes
and spot the Tsondab Vlei (pan) from the distance with its large grassy plains between the
dunes. Again our camp is erected under a clear & sparkling african sky, which allows for excellent stargazing.
Day 9) This extraordinary wilderness safari which leads us through unexplored desert landscapes of the ‘Sperrgebiet’, ends at the small town of Solitaire.
The former forbidden diamond area (Sperrgebiet) has only recently been made accessible to the public (i.e. operators). Offroadtours.sk has
received a concession to operate safaris in this specific region.
Tour dates on request
Tourist then return to the farm Kamkoes, and to end off the tour with the same activities of, and with, the Nevada Fish Farm before being transferred to the Airport to return to their countries of origin.
Suggestion for extension trip to the NAMIB TOUR: 8 days (7 nights)
Travel from Solitaire to the popular seaside resort town of Swakopmund (o/n at a guesthouse for 2 nights) and than carry on into the Damaraland. At Cape Cross turn into the rocky desert region, passed the Messum crater and the Goboboseb Mountains. The area is very scenic and dotted with ancient welwitschia, hoodia and euphorbia plants. We also meet local small miners who prospect semi precious minerals like amethyst, tourmaline, and prehnite und rose quartz. We carry on further northwards through the dry river beds of the Ugab and the Huab River where desert elephants are a common occurrence. Near Twyfelfontein we overnight at Camp Xaragu. From Khorixas we depart back to Windhoek where the last night is spent in a guesthouse.
