Windhoek Inn
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
9 days, planned by Acacia Line
Nine days north — a salt pan you can see from space, rock art twice as old as the pyramids, and a coast named for what washes up on it.
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| Windhoek |
| Christuskirche |
| Independence Museum |
The Okaukuejo waterhole is floodlit all night and you can sit at it until you give up. Black rhino come in after dark.
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| Etosha pan |
| Okaukuejo waterhole |
| Andersson Gate |
Etosha works differently from other parks — the game comes to fixed waterholes and you wait rather than search. The pan itself is 4,800 square kilometres of dry salt.
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| Etosha pan |
| Halali |
| Salvadora |
| Black rhino |
Etosha has one of the largest black rhino populations left anywhere, and Okaukuejo after dark is where you are most likely to see one.
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| Okaukuejo |
| Nebrownii |
| Elephant herds |
The desert elephants here are not a separate species — they are ordinary elephants that have learned to walk seventy kilometres between water.
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| Damaraland |
| Huab river |
| Desert-adapted elephant |
More than two thousand engravings, some six thousand years old, and the site is a World Heritage listing that can only be visited with a local guide.
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| Twyfelfontein |
| Rock engravings |
| Organ Pipes |
The Bushmen called it the land God made in anger. The cold Benguela current makes fog most mornings and it is why so many ships ended up on the sand.
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| Skeleton Coast |
| Shipwrecks |
| Cape Cross seal colony |
Six hours, and the last of it climbs 1,700 m back onto the central plateau.
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| Spitzkoppe |
| Khomas Hochland |
| Windhoek |
Windhoek connects through Johannesburg, Cape Town and Frankfurt.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
8 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 7 dinners across 9 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 9.
19 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“African safari with park fees included and full-day drives”
Conservancy and park fees are in the headline price. Full-day drives with a packed lunch rather than two short ones broken by a hotel buffet.
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Good value for what's included.
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Recommended.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area.
Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Early starts, but that's where the wildlife is. Well run. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy. Would send friends their way.
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Good value for what's included.
Etosha was quieter than I expected and the camp was comfortable. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Would send friends their way.
Early starts, but that's where the wildlife is. Well run. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought.
Because Etosha's rest camps have floodlit waterholes and the gates shut at sunset. Staying outside means missing the two best hours of the day and everything that comes in after dark, which at Okaukuejo includes black rhino.
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