From the red dunes to the Delta — every landscape our guides grew up in.
Eleven days across two countries and five landscapes. You climb Big Daddy at first light, walk the salt pans of Deadvlei, and cross gravel plains where oryx, zebra, bat-eared fox and lizard hold their ground. The road meets the Atlantic at Walvis Bay, turns north to Etosha's waterholes and rhino country, then east on a light aircraft into the channels of the Okavango. Along the way: a desert walk with Bushman trackers, a behind-the-scenes hour at a wildlife sanctuary, mokoro at dusk. By land where the roads make sense, by air where they don't. Fifteen guests, always, with a local guide on every departure.
Touch down in the capital and meet your guides in the arrivals hall. The rest of the day is soft — a shower, a cold drink, and a first briefing over dinner.
TransferPrivate — departs Hosea Kutako International Airport [WDH]
TransferPrivate — arrives The Olive Exclusive, Windhoek
StayThe Olive Exclusive · 1 night · B&B
EveningWelcome dinner at Joe's Beerhouse and trip briefing with your guides
Welcome dinner · Joe's Beerhouse · First briefing
South out of the city and down the escarpment into one of Africa's largest private reserves — an International Dark Sky Reserve since 2012.
TransferPrivate guided — Windhoek to NamibRand Nature Reserve (approx. 5 hrs, gravel roads)
En routeCoffee stop in Rehoboth and a picnic lunch in the Khomas Highland
StayNamibRand camp · 2 nights · full board
AfternoonGolden-hour guided walk onto the quartz plains
Khomas Highland · NamibRand · Guided walk
A full day in a silence you forget exists, at the pace of the reserve rather than the road.
MorningGuided desert walk — tracking, geology and the small life of the plains
MiddayLong lunch and siesta through the heat
AfternoonScenic reserve drive with sundowners on a dune crest
EveningStargazing session under Dark Sky Reserve skies
Nature walks · Scenic drives · Milky Way
A short move north into the heart of the Namib Sand Sea, with the afternoon deliberately left open.
TransferPrivate guided — NamibRand to the Sesriem / Sossusvlei area (approx. 2 hrs)
StayZannier Reserve, Sossusvlei · 2 nights · full board
AfternoonAt leisure — pool, reading, or an easy walk from camp
NoteEarly night — tomorrow starts before sunrise
Short transfer · Zannier Reserve · Free afternoon
The classic Namib day, run early so you are off the sand before the heat arrives.
Pre-dawnDepart camp in the dark for the Sesriem gate
SunriseClimb Dune 45 for first light over the Sand Sea
Morning4x4 shuttle to Deadvlei and a guided walk among the petrified camelthorns
AfternoonSesriem Canyon in the cool, then back to camp for dinner
Dune 45 · Deadvlei · Sesriem Canyon
Desert, then dust, then ocean fog rolling off the Atlantic as you drop down to the coast.
TransferPrivate guided — Sossusvlei to Walvis Bay via the Kuiseb Pass (approx. 5 hrs)
En routeTropic of Capricorn marker and the moonscape of the gravel plains
StayWalvis Bay waterfront · 2 nights · B&B
AfternoonFlamingo lagoon and a walk on The Strand where the dunes meet the surf
Coastal drive · Flamingo lagoon · The Strand
A coastal day split between the water in the morning and the dunes or town in the afternoon.
MorningCatamaran cruise past Pelican Point — Cape fur seals, dolphins and pelicans, oysters and sparkling on board
LunchBack at the waterfront around midday
AfternoonChoose sandboarding or quad biking on the Swakopmund dunes, or a slow lunch and gallery walk in town
EveningSeafood dinner in Swakopmund
Catamaran · Cape fur seals · Swakopmund
A short flight replaces a very long drive — the coast, the Skeleton Coast dunes and the Otavi Triangle from the air.
TransferRoad transfer to Walvis Bay airport [WVB]
FlightLight aircraft charter — Walvis Bay to the Onguma airstrip (approx. 2 hrs)
StayOnguma The Fort, eastern Etosha · 3 nights · full board
AfternoonFirst game drive on the private reserve — elephant, impala and the first dust of the trip
Light aircraft · Onguma · Afternoon drive
A full day inside Etosha National Park, moving between waterholes with a packed lunch on board.
SunriseGate opening at first light, into the pans
All dayWaterhole circuit — elephant, giraffe, oryx, springbok, and black rhino or lion for the patient
LunchPicnic lunch at a park rest camp
EveningReturn to camp for sundowners and dinner under the trees
Waterholes · Elephants · Lion
The second Etosha day goes further in, with a local tracker riding in the lead vehicle.
EarlySunrise game drive with our partner tracker
MiddayBack to camp — long siesta through the heat, pool and a cold lunch
LateAfternoon drive to a floodlit waterhole for sundowners
EveningBraai dinner and a last night in the bush camp
Early drive · Late drive · Local tracker
From dust to water in a single morning — a charter east over the salt pans and into the Delta.
FlightLight aircraft charter — Onguma to a Delta bush airstrip, with immigration formalities en route
TransferMotorboat transfer through the channels in to camp
StaySandibe, Okavango Delta · 1 night · fully inclusive
AfternoonSunset mokoro through the quiet reed channels
Charter east · Sandibe · Sunset mokoro
One last morning on foot in the Delta, then a slow brunch before the flight home.
SunriseWalking safari with one of the camp's Bayei guides
BrunchLong brunch on the deck over the floodplain
TransferLight aircraft to Maun [MUB] for onward international connections
Walking safari · Brunch · Transfer to Maun
Roughly 2,400 km of road and three light-charter flights between the desert, the coast, the salt pan, and the wetland.
Two nights minimum at every stop. Hand-picked, each one selected for what's outside the window — not the brand on the door.
Gondwana Collection Namibia
A vineyard estate on the edge of the capital — the soft landing before the desert.
Your stay
Your rooms
Fast facts
Cliff-top tented suites with copper bathtubs and uninterrupted desert views.
Your stay
Glass-walled stone-and-thatch suites on a 12,000-hectare private reserve.
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A coastal boutique on a private peninsula between the lagoon and the Atlantic.
Your stay
A Moroccan-style fortress overlooking the Onguma Plains and Fischer's Pan.
Your stay
Palm-island lodge of curved timber and thatch, on a permanent water channel.
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That's a starting point, not a fixed tariff. The final figure depends on your group, the season and which lodges are open — reach out to Roam Africa and we'll quote your journey.
Twelve days, all guiding, vehicles and transfers, and every night of accommodation on the route. What shapes the final number:
Full inclusions and exclusions are listed in before you go.
We run this journey in two seasonal windows. Dates aren't fixed — each trip is arranged around your group.
Green season. Dramatic skies, newborn game and predators on the hunt, fewer vehicles. Wildlife is spread out across lush bush, so sightings take more patience.
Good for birdlife, newborns and photography
Dry season. Cool mornings, clear nights, and the strongest game viewing of the year — animals concentrate at the waterholes in Etosha and along the Delta channels.
Best months for big game — peak in September & October
All dates and bookings go through the Roam Africa team — tell us when you'd like to travel and we'll confirm what's open.
Inclusions, fitness, visas, vehicles, timing. Anything else, ask the team directly.
