Self-drive tour through Namibia with lots of game viewing - INTI Tours

You will probably have an evening flight from Europe and get off the plane early in Windhoek. Reception at the airport, vehicle handover with insurance logistics, handover of your vouchers, maps, route description and welcome package. City tour and shopping on your own or optional professionally guided. Your first overnight stay will be at a lovely guesthouse within Windhoek, there are numerous restaurants nearby.

Today your Namibia safari begins with a drive into the Kalahari with its linear dune landscapes and camel thorn forests - a photographer's paradise. MItten in the Kalahari you will spend the night in an individual lodge. Game drive into the dunes in the afternoon.

In the so-called wart field - the playground of the giants - there are beautiful quiver aloes. There you will have interesting encounters with rock dragons. You will stay overnight in a guesthouse in Keetmanshoop, there are plenty of restaurants and self-catering is possible.

The Fishriver Canyon is absolutely stunning with its breathtakingly striking deposits, erosion valleys and impressive depth - both geologically and scenically. You will spend the night in a uniquely situated and high-quality lodge.

Drive through fantastic gneiss landscapes in the winter rainfall area of the Karoo. The "half man " - the Pachypodium namaquanum - can be admired after a short climb. You will also discover the wild horses of the Namib. Enjoy your mid-range lodge in the middle of the southern rim close to many wild horses.

You reach the harbour town of Lüderitz. Sightseeing with information about the very interesting history of diamonds and the past German colonial era. You will also visit Kolmanskop and Pomona - the diamond ghost towns. A morning boat trip to Halifax Island takes you to see the rare spectacled penguins. And take an adventurous desert drive to the majestic Bow Rock. You will stay in a self-catering cottage beautifully situated right by the sea.

The rugged Tiras Mountains rise from the endless expanses of red dune landscapes and yellow grasslands. Enjoy the hiking opportunities in the midst of a fascinating granite ball landscape. You will spend the night on a guest farm in the typical Namibian rustic farm style in the Tiras Mountains.

The old family farm is run by the 5th generation of the Voigts von Schütz family. Ecological principles with nature-friendly farming (hence the healthy food) and a genuine love for the rugged semi-desert nature are reflected in everyday life on this Namibian-typical farm. Visitors are pampered and entertained around the campfire and you can feel like a welcome guest. The early or late hours of the day are filled with game drives, walks and intensive nature observation and interesting conversations. Giraffes and antelopes show themselves in the red sandstone landscape through which the green vegetation strips of the dry rivers meander. Ornithologists find the bunting lark here, botanists the "baboon's shoe", geologists can collect limonite cubes and photographers let the sun set behind giraffes... Just enjoy yourself! Two nights at Leaflove Safari's Nomtsas Private Farm with exclusive visitor rights to Namibia's largest farm with extensive game reserve.

Your next destination is a folded mountain range in Namibia, the Naukluft. It was one of the most interesting areas in Namibia for the famous geologist Hans Cloos (book tip: Conversation with the Earth). Rare bird and plant species, mountain zebras and kudus, paradisiacal moments at clear springs under fig trees await you. You will spend the night on a genuine Namibian farm with German Namibian owners on the edge of the Naukluft. A bow field tour concludes the day.

Experience beautiful and varied landscapes amidst the Namib dunes of the Namib Rand Nature Reserve and ecologically sound game drives through fantastic dune valleys. Sossusvlei is surrounded by the highest dunes in the world. Opportunities for climbing with fantastic views. Visit the Sesriem Canyon. You will get to know remarkable landscapes at the granite massif of the Rotstock near the slate worlds of the Gaub Canyon. You will spend the night in a high-quality lodge. Your overnight stay allows you to use and enjoy your own entrance to the Namib Naukluft Park. This also ensures an early arrival before the main streams of visitors on a guided game drive into Sossusvlei. The game drives take place in open terrain jeeps with well-informed guides. And a sundowner drive into the erosion valleys of Ghaub Canyon are the icing on the cake of your desert experience.

Info: The dunes at Sossusvlei are now usually visited by a large stream of visitors. After all, the dunes are a unique and beautiful landscape highlight. With your choice of accommodation, a super beautiful dune experience in the Namib Rand dune world awaits you. The lodge uses its own park entrance and thus you also get to know the world-famous Sossusvlei unadulterated and before the influx of most visitors. The extra charge is worth it because of the individual dune experience, the high quality of accommodation, the super service and the ecological principles of this lodge.

On today's drive you can admire the world-famous "Welwitschia mirabilis" (1,500 years old), lichen fields and the so-called moon landscape. Towards evening you will finally reach the small coastal town of Swakopmund, where there will be some time for strolling, sunbathing, visiting the sights such as the museum, the Ozenarium, the crystal gallery and having coffee.

Optional activities, which you are welcome to do with a reservation:

• Catamaran cruise
• Kayak tour
• Sightseeing flights 
• Eco Dune Tour
• Fatbike Tour

You travel further north and visit the seal colony at Cape Cross with its seafaring history. Sights further inland are the petroglyphs at "Twyfelfontein", the "Burnt Mountain", the basaltic "Organ Pipes" and the so-called "Petrified Trees". You will spend the night in the very high-quality lodge in the middle of the granite spheres at Twyfelfontein.

The geology of Damaraland offers a fascinating picture of diverse colours and shapes. Rare succulents, endemic bird and animal species between the Etendeka Table Mountains. You stay this night in a high-quality lodge on the edge of the Etendeka Plateau.

Here you will experience truly untouched nature, where wildlife can still follow the everyday rhythm of Africa. You can expect encounters with endemic mountain zebras, numerous antelopes and giraffes. Lions, leopards, cheetahs and elephants also like to roam this area - but being able to observe them remains a matter of luck. You will stay in a high-quality lodge on a unique wilderness area, the game drives are carried out in open off-road vehicles.

Etosha National Park is known as the "Great White Place". It covers over 22,000 square kilometres and is one of the most game-rich parks in the whole of Africa. The wildlife has lost its fear of vehicles and offers excellent opportunities for game viewing and photography. For your overnight stays we have booked once a very high quality lodge with its own game reserve on the south side of the park and then a very high quality and individual camp on the east side of the park.

Info on the situation in Etosha National Park: Etosha National Park suffers from a constantly growing flood of visitors. We therefore like to book the high-quality smaller lodges outside the park for our clients. However, this has the disadvantage that you cannot sit at the waterhole at night. Should you therefore prefer to spend the night inside the park, we will be happy to book this for you.

Continue your journey and visit Lake Otjikoto on the way. Admire precious crystals and cannons at the Tsumeb Museum as well as the imposing Hoba meteorite. The five vegetation levels of the Waterberg sandstone plateau allow you to enjoy various walks. This night you spend in a mid-range bungalow at the Waterberg.

The last day of your journey should proceed quickly so that there is still enough time to buy Namibian handicrafts as souvenirs in the capital. Today you will return your rental car and transfer to your last accommodation. You will spend this night in a high-quality and very individual farm lodge near the airport.

In due course transfer to the airport and return flight to Germany. Or you can extend your Namibia trip as you wish.