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Northern Namibia — 9 days (Windhoek, Etosha, Okaukuejo, Damaraland & Twyfelfontein)

4.0(12 reviews)9 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Nine days, three of them at the waterholes. Nine days with three nights inside Etosha, a Damaraland conservancy lodge and the full Skeleton Coast run.

Acacia Line
Runs this trip
Wildlife safari
Nine days, three of them at the waterholes
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • WindhoekNine 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.
  • Etosha panThe Okaukuejo waterhole is floodlit all night and you can sit at it until you give up.
  • HalaliEtosha works differently from other parks — the game comes to fixed waterholes and you wait rather than search.
  • DamaralandThe desert elephants here are not a separate species — they are ordinary elephants that have learned to walk seventy kilometres between…
  • TwyfelfonteinMore than two thousand engravings, some six thousand years old, and the site is a World Heritage listing that can only be visited with a…
  • Skeleton CoastThe Bushmen called it the land God made in anger.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 8 nights accommodation as listed: hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Transport
  • Airport pickup and drop, private vehicle
  • All internal transfers by private vehicle
Meals
  • Breakfast daily plus the meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 10
  • A Damara guide at Twyfelfontein, which cannot be visited without one
Permits & fees
  • Etosha park fees and three nights inside the park at a rest camp
  • Skeleton Coast permit and Cape Cross entry
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day
Additional services
  • Damaraland community conservancy fees, which fund the elephant monitoring

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • International flights to Windhoek
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Lunches and dinners not listed on a day
  • Sossusvlei and the dunes, which are a separate trip here
  • Any sighting, including the desert elephants
  • Most lunches outside the park

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Windhoek Inn

Hotel

Days 1, 8

Okaukuejo Retreat

Hotel

Days 2, 3

Etosha Inn

Hotel

Day 4

Damaraland Inn

Hotel

Days 5, 6

Skeleton Coast Inn

Hotel

Day 7

What you'll eat

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.

  • DinnerServed on days 1–7
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–9
  • LunchServed on days 3–6

19 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking

Operator

Acacia Line
4.0 (12)

Based in Nairobi

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
4.0/5
Based on 12 reviews
Review summary
Food
4.1/5
Guide
3.9/5
Itinerary
3.8/5
Transport
3.7/5
Accommodation
3.9/5
Tour operator
3.8/5
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Aditi Rao – Lucknow2025-10-12 · Verified booking

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.

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Priya Nair – Pune2025-10-12 · Verified booking

Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Recommended.

Reply from Acacia Line

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.

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Hannah Lindqvist – Amsterdam2025-10-12 · Verified booking

Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area.

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Farah Qureshi – Chandigarh2025-10-12 · Verified booking

Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing.

Reply from Acacia Line

Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.

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Rohit Verma – Ahmedabad2025-07-06 · Verified booking

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.

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Elena Petrova – Auckland2025-07-06 · Verified booking

Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Good value for what's included.

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Sofia Marchetti – Berlin2025-07-06 · Verified booking

Early starts, but that's where the wildlife is. Well run. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought.

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Karan Shah – Chennai2025-07-06 · Verified booking

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.

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