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Namibia Flying Safari Holidays & Tours: Windhoek + Etosha + Namib Desert

Flying Namibia Safari Tour

8 NIGHTS FROM:

$5,381

Per person sharing

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• Namibia Flying Safari Holidays

• Windhoek

• Etosha National Park

• Open Top Game Drives

• Twyfelfontein

• Desert Elephants

• Bushman Paintings

• Swakopmund

• Marine Cruise & Sandwich Harbour

• Namib Desert & Sossusvlei

If you do not want to travel long distances overland, our Namibia flying safari holidays & tours explore this vast country by light aircraft. From Windhoek fly to the wildlife of Etosha National Park & view the Bushmen paintings at Twyfelfontein. Continue to Swakopmund for a marine cruise & Sandwich Harbour tour, before flying to the giant sand dunes of the Namib Desert. All transfers, sightseeing & light aircraft flights included.

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Day 1

You will be met at Windhoek Airport and transferred 1-hour to your hotel in this small capital city.

Check in and relax under warm blue Namibian skies.

Note: Please be aware that many roads in Namibia are rough gravel with corrugated surfaces, resulting in a tougher and slower drive that can be very bumpy.

Day 2

Transfer to Eros Airport to join your flying safari tour.

Board your light aircraft flight to Etosha, flying across the starkly beautiful landscapes of central Namibia. On arrival you will be met and transferred to your lodge situated near the southern entrance to Etosha National Park, one of the largest and greatest game parks in Africa.

Etosha owes its unique landscape to a vast shallow depression – the Etosha Pan. During the dry season it becomes an expanse of white cracked mud, shimmering with mirages and spiralling dust devils, with its open pans offering magnificent game viewing. Etosha is home to over a hundred different species of mammals including elephant, rhino, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lion, cheetah and leopard.

In the afternoon enjoy a game drive into Etosha National Park with a lodge ranger, travelling in an open-top game viewing vehicle.

Note: As you will be flying in a light aircraft you must pack soft sports bags only, as rigid suitcases will not fit into the luggage pods. A baggage allowance of 10 kg (which includes your hand luggage) is strictly enforced for safety reasons. Excess baggage can be stored with our local representative in Windhoek. Please note that on tours for operational reasons it is sometimes necessary to substitute one hotel with another of similar quality.

Day 3

Today is devoted to game viewing in an open-top vehicle in the famous Etosha National Park, which surrounds an enormous salt pan that is the size of the Netherlands.

Rise early to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions, as the vast Etosha Pan offers magnificent game viewing opportunities - including springbok, oryx, black-faced impala, roan, cheetah and the Damara dik-dik, Namibia’s smallest antelope. A series of waterholes throughout the park guarantees rewarding game viewing, with Etosha being renowned for its vast array of plains game and its 'great cats' which are more easily seen on the open pans.

With over 100 different species of mammals and reptiles in this park, you can hope to see lion, elephant, rhino, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, kudu, sable antelope, warthogs, baboons and many other interesting animals. Etosha is also a bird watchers paradise, with hundreds of recorded bird species and many migrants during the summer months.

After a beautiful African sunset, enjoy the balmy evening and pristine stars of the Milky Way as you have never seen them before – as well as the spectacular Southern Cross.

Note: Vehicles are not allowed to drive off-road in any national park in Namibia.

Day 4

This morning we visit the World Heritage site at Twyfelfontein, which means "Doubtful Spring". Over 6,000 years ago, San communities engraved and painted over 2,500 pictures here. These ancient Bushman Paintings have been well preserved in this dry environment and the hills are strewn with rock art - making this an open-air museum.

Afterwards we leave Twyfelfontein and fly over the mountains of stark Damaraland to the beach resort of Swakopmund, with its old lighthouse and easy access to the sand dunes and activities of the Namib.

Swakopmund is situated on the Atlantic Coast where the cold Benguela Current sweeps up from Antarctica, releasing no moisture into the prevailingly onshore winds – hence the very low rainfall and desert conditions. Fog is common along the coast in the early mornings and late afternoons and this is what gives life to the desert-adapted flora and fauna of the region. The cold current is also highly oxygenated, causing it to teem with marine life. Check into your hotel and relax on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

Day 5

This morning transfer 30-minutes to Walvis Bay to arrive 45-minutes before your scheduled departure time.

Then enjoy a 3-hour shared Marine Cruise to Pelican Point which has a resident school of dolphins and a large colony of Cape fur seals, whilst enjoying oysters and sparkling wine on board.

Marine bird life is also abundant and includes pelicans, terns and large flocks of flamingos which live in the shallow waters surrounding the harbour. You should see many Cape cormorants and hopefully some more difficult birds such as the Cape gannet, Pomarine skua and African black oyster catcher. You may also see migrating whales in season (September to October).

Afterwards continue by 4x4 jeep across the sand dunes of the Namib Desert to Sandwich Harbour, a former German whaling station that is now a unique wetland lagoon swallowed by the desert sands. We drive across the Kuiseb River delta to get as close as possible to Sandwich Harbour. Depending on the tides, if the vehicle cannot get all the way we will walk the last 4 to 5 km (light picnic lunch included).

Day 6

Transfer to Swakopmund Airport for your light aircraft flight to the Namib Desert.

Fly over fascinating desert landscapes to Sesriem, the gateway to the southern Namib with its magnificent dunes and famous Sossusvlei, whose great mountains of sand are a monument to the extreme forces of nature.

You will be met at the landing strip and transferred to your lodge. After the unpredictable desert rains (mid November/mid December), colourful desert flowers burst forth here and provide a delightful display.

Day 7

Set out early this morning on a 4x4 tour into the famous sand dunes at Sossusvlei, as this is the coolest part of the day and the best for photography.

This clay pan is surrounded by some of the highest dunes in the world – an endless sea of reddish sand stretching all the way to the distant horizon. These monumental star shaped dunes, some as high as 1,000 ft (325 m), were formed by strong multi-directional winds. The warm tints of sand range in colour from apricot to orange, red and maroon - and contrast vividly with the stark white clay pans at their base. You will be astonished by surreal Deadvlei, surrounded by some of the highest dunes and Sossusvlei, where the mostly dry Tsauchab River abruptly ends. Take the opportunity to climb one of these dunes, which afford endless vistas across the desert landscape and the sea of sand.

Day 8

Transfer to the landing strip for your light aircraft flight to Windhoek Airport for your flight home.

Day 9

Transfer to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight across the Namib Desert to Eros Airport in Windhoek.

Here you will be met and transferred to your hotel situated in the direction of Windhoek Airport.

Day 10

Transfer 1-hour to Windhoek Airport for your flight home.

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