The Best of Namibia Fly-in Safari

Fly from Windhoek to Sossusvlei in the Namib-Naukluft Park. Flying time is about an hour and ten minutes.

On the way: Fly over the Khomas Hochland Mountains and watch the central plateau descend an escarpment into the endless basin of the Namib Desert.

When you're there: Enter Sossusvlei at sunrise and remember to take plenty of film or memory, sun cream, a hat, walking shoes and water. Explore the world's highest dunes and a sheltered pan with petrified trees that are hundreds of years old; climb the dunes and look out over a sea of sand. Private reserves in the area reveal fascinating flora, fauna and ancient desert landscapes.

Accommodation: Kulala Desert Lodge Kulala Desert Lodge
Kulala Lodge is a mirage of cool luxury in the harsh and ancient desert that surrounds it. Thatch and adobe chalets gaze at the vast expanse of emptiness and the solitude is deafening.
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The flight to Swakopmund goes by way of the great sand sea and the Skeleton Coast. Flying time is about one and a half hours.

On the way: Experience Sossusvlei dunes from the air and see why the area is called the sand sea; fly along the Skeleton Coast over the Eduard Bohlen shipwreck at Conception Bay; Walvis Bay Lagoon

When you're there: Visit the Walvis Bay Lagoon - a RAMSAR wetlands site - where thousands of flamingoes, pelicans and numerous waders feed in the nutrient-rich shallows; restaurants, shops and attractions in Swakopmund; spend an extra day making the most of the cool air and the relative luxury of a hot shower and a coffee shop.

Among the many organised activities available, we recommend a scenic flight over Skeleton Coast; a comfortable and informative boat cruise of Walvis Bay where you meet dolphins, sea lions, pelicans and terns; and quad biking, which is an exciting way to experience the sand dunes.

Accommodation: Swakopmund Accommodation

This is an excellent optional add-on between Swakopmund and the Kunene River where you spend two days in central Damaraland Damaraland
Damaraland is Namibia's best-kept secret with incredible scenery and wildlife, sheer rocky mountains and khaki plains
More... tracking the endangered Black Rhino. Flying time is about two hours.

On the way: Fly over the Skeleton Coast and the Cape Cross seal colony; head inland over the semi-arid and spectacular Damaraland with its eroded volcanic mountains rising sheer out of the grassy plains.

When you're there: Two nights in a luxury tented camp tracking rhino; excellent game drives with elephant, rhino, giraffe, zebra, gemsbok, springbok and a high concentration of predators.

Accommodation: Damaraland Accommodation

Fly over the most rugged and desolate region of the 1,500km Skeleton Coast to the Kaokoland. Fly low over the Skeleton Coast, the Cape Cross seal colony, shipwrecks, gravel plains, dunes and the mountainous interior. As an optional add-on to this safari you can stop for two nights in Damaraland on a rhino tracking safari.

When you're there: Your nature drives follow the tracks of lion, elephant, black rhino and giraffe. And if you're lucky enough to see any of these majestic creatures, you'll be seeing the only desert-adapted versions of their kind in the world.

Accommodation: Okahirongo Elephant Lodge Okahirongo Elephant Lodge
Okahirongo Elephant Lodge is deep in the north-western Kaokoland. This stylish and comfortable lodge is far from anywhere and the very essence of escape.
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Fly today over Kaokoland to the Etosha National Park in time for an evening game drive or an invigorating walking safari. Flying time is about two hours.

On the way: Witness the vast emptiness of northern Kaokoland; fly over Etosha Pan, an enormous saline sea in Etosha National Park.

When you're there: Etosha National Park is unique. Its waterhole culture forces the plains game to drink during the middle of the day when predators are most lethargic; thus it's not uncommon to have a collage of several different species in the same frame.

Etosha has an estimated 250 lions, 300 rhinos, 2,500 giraffes, 6,000 zebras, 20,000 springbok and 2,000 elephants. This in addition to thousands of lesser and common plains herds, and abundant birds makes game viewing in Etosha something special. The surrounding lodges all have private reserves with equally impressive wildlife numbers and they offer private game viewing activities into the park.

Accommodation: Ongava Lodge Ongava Lodge
Ongava Lodge is a small and comfortable lodge in a private reserve that shares its northern border with Etosha National Park. Twelve enormous chalets look out over the reserve and the spacious main lodge has a well-attended water hole in front of it.
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Extend your Namibia safari with this optional two-night add-on: after your last night in Etosha, fly to the Caprivi Caprivi
Caprivi in Namibia is a lush, sub-tropical wetlands with flood plains and riverine wildlife
More... for two nights by the river surrounded by sub-tropical wilderness. Flying time is about two hours.

On the way: Fly over the broadleaved woodland of northern Kalahari and watch the landscape transform itself. The Caprivi is a sub-tropical anomaly after the arid desolation of the Namib Desert. Perennial rivers rise in Angola and flow towards the Okavango Delta and the Zambezi by way of the Caprivi.

When you're there: Games drives in open 4WD vehicles, and guided nature walks; water safaris; sunset boat cruises; night drives; visit traditional villages; fishing; birdwatching.

Accommodation: Caprivi Accommodation

Fly to Windhoek today after breakfast and a final game viewing activity.

On the way: As an optional add-on to this safari you can fly to the Caprivi for two nights on the Kwando River.