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4. Etosha
National Park- Namibia’s Top Draw Attraction
Summary:
The Grand Namibian is a luxury tour that takes you through
the hotshots of Namibia’s wild and bewildering
countryside in style.
Namibia is vastly a desert country beamed
with bleak, uneven and feral magnificence. Its most
stunning imagery is that of haunting technicolor landscapes
of swirling orange dunes, shimmering mirages and treacherous
dust devils.
Every stop and overnight stay is exceptionally
remarkable! Encounter nature and culture up-close; experience
the city, desert dunes, historic sites and rock paintings,
the Bushmen and the tribes-people of Himba and see the
amazing hordes of wildlife.
PROGRAM
DAY 1: WINDHOEK
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Arrive at Windhoek International Airport. You’ll
be met by your guide/ driver.Depending on your time
of arrival, a short city tour of Windhoek as you head
out of the city for an overnight.
Dinner and overnight at a game lodge
on the outskirts of Windhoek
DAY 2: SWAKOPMUND COAST
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Destination -the coastal town of Swakopmund. You get
to visit Namibia’s most celebrated plant, the ancient
Welwitchia Mirabilis, found on the vast plains. Also
tour Walvis Bay – home to thousands of water birds
as well as some of the highest sand dunes in the world.
Dinner and overnight in Swakopmund
DAY 3: SWAKOPMUND – DAMARALAND
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Today you travel along the coastal road to the Cape
Cross Seal
Reserve to see the biggest seal colony in the world.
The tour turns
back to Henties Bay and travels inland past the Brandberg
Mountains into timeless Damaraland on our way to Twyfelfontein.
Here, you get to visit the rock formations called the
Organ Pipes and the Burned Mountain.
At Twyfelfontein we take a guided tour
to seen the more than 2,400
historic rock engravings and paintings.
Dinner and overnight near Twyfelfontein
at the Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
DAY 4: DAMARALAND (TSUMEB)
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Depart towards Khorixas and stop at
the Petrified Forest. A guide
will accompany you to hundreds of trees, some up to
30 metres.
You can also see the Welwitchia Mirabilis, a prehistoric
plant that
survived a deadly flood centuries ago. Next stop is
the ‘Vingerklip”,
a rock that points like a finger into the sky.
Dinner and overnight at the Vingerklip
Lodge
DAY 5: KAOKOLAND – ETOSHA NATIONAL
PARK
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Here, the tour goes Ethno. Meet the beautiful Himba
people; learn
of their timeless culture and experience their way living.
Later depart for the Etosha Game Reserve where you will
stay overnight at the edge of the park.
Dinner and overnight at a safari lodge
bordering the park.
DAY 6: ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK
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Full day game drive through the Park The Etosha National
Park –otherwise known as “the place of dry
water” is Namibia's top draw attraction, which
you will not miss on any good value tour of the country.
Etosha nourishes life in abundance in
the seething heat of Namibia’s north. Recorded
inhabitants of the sanctuary include 114 mammal species,
over 340 bird species, 110 reptile species, and swarms
of insect species.The park has rich, magical backdrops,
and some of the best wildlife photographs have been
taken here.
Dinner and overnight at a lodge just
outside the park’s eastern gate
DAY 7: ETOSHA – TSUMEB
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Depart Etosha for Tsumeb making a stop at Otjikoto Lake
–Namibia’s
largest permanent lake believed to be bottomless. German
troops
dumped their wagons with cannons and ammunition into
the lake
during the 1914 war and some are yet to be recovered.
Next stop is Grootfontein to see the more than 60 tons
Hoba meteorite.
Dinner and overnight at Roy’s Camp
DAY 8: TSUMEB
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At Roy’s Camp, enjoy another Ethno-safari. Meet
a tribe of Bushmen who live in the area and become one
with them. Go with them into the bush to see how they
track wild animals, make fire with sticks and live.Watch
them dance and sing around a camp fire. You may also
try and shoot with their bow and arrows.
Dinner and overnight at Roy’s Camp
DAY 9: TSUMEB – WINDHOEK
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Travel back to Windhoek for an overnight in the beautiful
city. This is your safari’s pit-stop through the
beautiful land of splendour; defined by contrasting
landscapes, topographical diversity, vast wilderness
and a phenomenal climatography!
Dinner and overnight at a hotel near
the airport
DAY 10: WINDHOEK (DEPARTURE)
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Transfer to the Windhoek International Airport for your
flight home.
Price:
Validity:
Cost per person sharing a double room: Euros 2369
Cost per person in a single room: Euros 2981
PACKAGE INCLUDES: Prices per person sharing
* Services of a qualified English speaking tour guide/driver
* All petrol and toll fees
* All entrance fees and tour fees as per itinerary
* Accommodation on a Dinner, Bed & Breakfast basis
* All accommodation in the best tourist hotels/lodges
Excludes:
PACKAGE EXCLUDES:
* Expenditures of a personal nature -tips, drinks, telephone,
laundry etc.
* Gratuities
* Beverages, alcoholic or soft
* Flight tickets
Note: Prices and availability are subject
to currency and seasonal fluctuations
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