Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
5/5
Namibia and Botswana: Dunes, Etosha, the Okavango and Chobe
16 days from Windhoek to Maun: Sossusvlei at dawn, Swakopmund, Damaraland, three nights in Etosha, the Caprivi Strip, Chobe by land and river, and two nights at a fly-in camp in the Okavango Delta.
16 days · Windhoek to Maun · up to 12 guests
The Chobe River at Kasane, the border between Botswana and Namibia Photo: Pavel Špindler, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C5%98eka_Chobe_River_v_Kasane,_hranice_Botswany_a_Namibie_-_Botswana_-_panoramio.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 16 days, 15 nights
- Start and end
- Windhoek to Maun
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Moderate
Mostly time in a vehicle and short walks: a 30 to 60 minute dune climb and about 1 km on sand to Deadvlei on day 3, about 1 to 2 hours on rocky paths at Twyfelfontein, a guided walk of 1 to 3 hours at dawn in the Okavango Delta, and getting in and out of a mokoro. Six days have 5 to 7 hours on the road; every climb and walk can be sat out.
- Meals included
- 15 breakfasts, 13 lunches, 12 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 2,155 (estimated price)
- Season
- May to October
Highlights
Why this trip
- Dune 45 in the early light and the white clay pan of Deadvlei before the heat
- Two nights on the coast in Swakopmund, with the Living Desert tour in the morning fog
- The Twyfelfontein rock engravings at opening and a late-afternoon drive for desert-adapted elephants
- Three nights in Etosha: waterhole drives at gate opening and a crossing of the park from Okaukuejo to Namutoni
- A night on the Okavango River in the Caprivi Strip, then Chobe by open 4x4 at dawn and by boat in the afternoon
- A light-aircraft flight into the Okavango Delta, two nights at a fly-in camp, mokoro trips and a walk at dawn
- One See Sight Tours guide from Windhoek to Maun, on every road day and on both flights
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 2,155 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Windhoek
Hosea Kutako International Airport to your hotel in Windhoek
- Dinner
- Stay in Windhoek
- Drive about 45 min
Fly into Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), about 45 km east of Windhoek, where a driver meets you in the arrivals hall. The road into the capital crosses open thornveld and climbs gently to the city, which sits at about 1,650 m in a bowl of hills, so evenings are cool even in the dry season.
Afternoon
The afternoon is yours to rest after the long flight or walk out from the hotel to Independence Avenue, the Christuskirche and the craft stalls near the centre.
Evening
In the early evening your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a briefing on the sixteen days ahead: the long road days and why they fall where they do, the border into Botswana, the soft bags you will need for the light aircraft, and what to wear on cold dawn drives. Then we sit down together for a welcome dinner at a local restaurant, with Namibian game and grills on the menu.
Included
- Pick-up at Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
Activity: Plan to land by about 3 pm to make the evening briefing; the exact latest arrival is confirmed with your final itinerary.
Down the escarpment to Sesriem
Windhoek south to Rehoboth, then west on gravel to Sesriem
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Sesriem
- Drive about 5 h
One of the long days, about 330 km and five hours of driving, most of it on gravel, because there is no shorter way from the capital to the dunes.
Morning
We leave after breakfast and drive south on tar to Rehoboth, then turn west onto gravel and drop off the edge of the central plateau, where the farmland gives way to wide plains, mountain ridges and the first red sand.
Afternoon
We stop for coffee and to stretch, and lunch is a proper sit-down meal on the way, not a box in the van. Watch for oryx, springbok and ostrich close to the road. We reach the lodge near Sesriem in the middle of the afternoon, with time for the pool before a late walk into Sesriem Canyon, a narrow gorge about 30 m deep cut by the Tsauchab River, at its coolest and best lit around 5 pm.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Drive from Windhoek to Sesriem with your guide
- Sit-down lunch on the way
- Late-afternoon walk in Sesriem Canyon
- Dinner at the lodge
Easier option: Skip the canyon walk and stay at the lodge for the pool and the sunset.
Free time: Free time at the lodge before the canyon walk
Activity: About 1 km on sand and loose rock in the canyon, with a short scramble down at the entrance.
Sossusvlei at dawn and Deadvlei
Sesriem gate to Dune 45, Sossusvlei and Deadvlei, and back
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Sesriem
- Drive about 2.5 h
Morning
We are at the Sesriem gate when it opens, around sunrise, and drive into the Namib Sand Sea, listed by UNESCO in 2013, while the light is low and the dunes glow orange and red. Dune 45, over 170 m high, is about 45 km in and the first stop: climb the ridge for 30 to 60 minutes, or watch the shadows shorten from the bottom with a coffee. We drive on to the end of the tar road, about 60 km from the gate, where a 4x4 shuttle, included, takes us over the last sandy stretch to Sossusvlei at about 65 km, and from there it is about 1 km on foot across the sand to Deadvlei, a white clay pan where camel thorn trees, dead for centuries, stand black against the dunes.
Afternoon
We are walking out again before the midday heat. Back at the lodge, lunch, a swim and the hottest hours free.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge, and with no town nearby the stars are bright after dark.
Included
- Namib-Naukluft Park entry and fees
- Dune 45 in the early light
- 4x4 shuttle to Sossusvlei
- Guided walk to Deadvlei
- Lunch and dinner at the lodge
Easier option: Stay at the foot of Dune 45, and take the shuttle to Sossusvlei only, which is a short walk from the drop-off, instead of crossing the sand to Deadvlei.
More active option: Climb Big Daddy, the tall dune above Deadvlei, and run down its face to the pan; allow about two hours.
Free time: Afternoon free at the lodge
Activity: Early start, before 6 am in the cooler months. About 1 km each way on soft sand to Deadvlei, and a 30 to 60 minute climb on Dune 45 if you choose it.
Solitaire, the passes and the coast
Sesriem to Solitaire, over the Gaub and Kuiseb passes to Walvis Bay, then up the coast to Swakopmund
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Swakopmund
- Drive about 5.5 h
A long day on the road, about 350 km and five and a half hours of driving, but it is one of the most varied drives in Namibia and we break it often. First stop is Solitaire, a fuel stop and bakery among old car wrecks and cacti, known for its apple strudel. Then the road climbs over the Gaub and Kuiseb passes through bare, folded rock, and crosses the Tropic of Capricorn, where we stop for the sign.
Afternoon
We drop to the coast at Walvis Bay, where a sit-down lunch looks over the lagoon, often pink with flamingos. The last half hour runs north along the Atlantic with dunes on one side and the cold surf on the other. We arrive in Swakopmund in the middle of the afternoon, with time for a walk past the German colonial buildings to the jetty.
Evening
Dinner tonight is yours to choose in town.
Included
- Stops at Solitaire, the Kuiseb Canyon and the Tropic of Capricorn
- Sit-down lunch in Walvis Bay
- The Walvis Bay lagoon and its flamingos
- Short orientation walk in Swakopmund with your guide
Free time: Evening free in Swakopmund
Activity: The coast is cool and often foggy, even when the desert is hot; keep a warm layer to hand.
Swakopmund and the Living Desert
Swakopmund and the dunes towards Walvis Bay
- Breakfast
- Stay in Swakopmund
- Drive about 30 min
A slow day after four days of desert and road.
Morning
In the morning, while the coastal fog is still lying on the dunes, a local guide takes us out on the Living Desert tour between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.
Evening
It is a tour about small things: the fog that lets beetles, geckos, chameleons, sidewinder adders and the transparent Namib dune gecko survive in sand that gets almost no rain, and the tracks they leave by night. The guide reads them off the dune face as you watch, and you walk short stretches on soft sand between the 4x4 stops. We are back in town before lunch. The afternoon and evening are free: the Swakopmund Museum, the Kristall Galerie, coffee and cake in one of the old German cafés, the jetty at sunset, or a ride on the dunes. Lunch and dinner are yours to choose in town.
Included
- Living Desert tour with a local guide
Optional experiences
- Sandboarding on the dunes
- Quad biking
- Sandwich Harbour 4x4 tour, where the dunes meet the sea
More active option: Take an optional sandboarding session in the afternoon; the price is shown when you book.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: Short walks on soft sand between the vehicle stops.
North along the coast to Damaraland
Swakopmund to Henties Bay, inland past the Brandberg to Uis, then north on gravel to Twyfelfontein
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Twyfelfontein
- Drive about 6.5 h
Another long day, about 380 km and six and a half hours of driving, much of it on gravel, because Damaraland has no direct road from the coast; it is the price of reaching the rock engravings and the desert elephants. We go north along the Atlantic to Henties Bay, then turn inland across gravel plains where the fog stops and the light sharpens. The Brandberg, Namibia's highest mountain at about 2,570 m, rises alone on the plain to the north.
Afternoon
We stop for coffee and a sit-down lunch in the small mining town of Uis, then take the gravel north through dry riverbeds and red and orange ranges, watching for springbok, oryx and the first giraffe. We reach the lodge near Twyfelfontein in the late afternoon, in time to watch the sun go down over the mountains with a drink.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge, and the rest of the evening is quiet.
Included
- Drive from Swakopmund to Damaraland with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Uis
- Views of the Brandberg massif
- Dinner at the lodge
Free time: Free evening at the lodge
Activity: Gravel roads for much of the day; the vehicle is comfortable but the last stretch is bumpy.
Twyfelfontein and the desert elephants
Twyfelfontein, the Organ Pipes and Burnt Mountain, then the dry riverbeds
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Twyfelfontein
- Drive about 1.5 h
We are at Twyfelfontein when it opens, before the sun is on the rock, and walk one of the guided routes with a local site guide, who is compulsory here. Twyfelfontein, Namibia's first UNESCO World Heritage site, listed in 2007, holds thousands of rock engravings made by hunter-gatherers over several thousand years: giraffe, rhino, lion, a seal far from the sea and human and animal footprints. Close by we stop at the Organ Pipes, a cluster of dolerite columns in a small gorge, and at Burnt Mountain, a ridge of dark shale.
Afternoon
After lunch at the lodge the hottest hours are yours. In the late afternoon local guides take us out in open 4x4s along the dry Aba-Huab and Huab riverbeds to look for desert-adapted elephants, which walk long distances between water. Sightings are never promised, but the guides know the herds' recent tracks.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Twyfelfontein rock engravings at opening with a site guide
- The Organ Pipes and Burnt Mountain
- Late-afternoon desert-elephant drive in open 4x4s with local guides
- Lunch and dinner at the lodge
Easier option: Take the shorter of the two Twyfelfontein routes, which is gentler underfoot.
Free time: Midday free at the lodge
Activity: About 1 to 2 hours on rocky paths with some uneven steps at Twyfelfontein.
The Petrified Forest and into Etosha
Twyfelfontein to the Petrified Forest, Khorixas and Outjo, then Andersson Gate and Okaukuejo
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Okaukuejo (Etosha)
- Drive about 5.5 h
A long day, about 380 km and five and a half hours of driving, from the mountains of Damaraland to the edge of the Etosha Pan, and we break it in three places. First, the Petrified Forest, where a local guide shows us tree trunks turned to stone about 280 million years ago, some lying whole, and the strange welwitschia plants growing among them.
Afternoon
Then east on the gravel past Khorixas, where road signs warn of elephants, to Outjo for a sit-down lunch. From there it is tar to Andersson Gate, the southern entrance to Etosha National Park, and the last 17 km to Okaukuejo we drive slowly as our first game drive, watching for springbok, zebra and giraffe on the open plain.
Evening
We stay at a rest camp or lodge inside or beside the park; if we stay in the park, the camp waterhole is a place to sit after dinner and watch what comes to drink.
Included
- The Petrified Forest with a local guide
- Sit-down lunch in Outjo
- Etosha National Park entry and fees
- Afternoon game drive from Andersson Gate to Okaukuejo
- Dinner at camp
Free time: Evening free at camp
Activity: Park rules require you to be inside the camp gate by sunset.
A full day in Etosha
Okaukuejo and the waterholes of western and central Etosha
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Okaukuejo (Etosha)
- Drive about 3 h
Etosha is built around the Etosha Pan, a dry salt pan of nearly 4,800 square km that turns white in the dry season, and game comes to the springs and waterholes along its edge.
Morning
We leave the camp gate when it opens at sunrise, in an open safari vehicle with a local Etosha guide, because the first hours are the coolest and the most active. Lions, elephants, black rhino, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and the black-faced impala found here and in a few places nearby are all possible; your guide and the driver will stop for as long as the scene holds.
Afternoon
We are back at camp for lunch and a free midday, when the animals rest too.
Evening
In the late afternoon we go out again to a different set of waterholes and return before the gate closes at sunset. After dinner, the camp waterhole, if we stay in the park.
Included
- Morning game drive from gate opening in an open vehicle with an Etosha guide
- Late-afternoon game drive to the western and central waterholes
- All meals at camp
Easier option: Skip the afternoon drive and stay at the camp's waterhole, which can be as good as the drive.
Free time: Midday free at camp
Activity: Mornings are cold in an open vehicle from June to August; bring a warm jacket, hat and gloves.
Across the park to Namutoni
Okaukuejo to Halali and the Etosha Lookout, then Namutoni
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Namutoni (Etosha)
- Drive about 4 h
Today the drive is the game drive. We cross Etosha from west to east, about 160 km inside the park, stopping at waterholes along the southern edge of the pan wherever there is something to watch.
Morning
Mid-morning we walk out onto the pan itself at the Etosha Lookout, where the white flat runs to the horizon and the heat shimmers on it.
Afternoon
Lunch is at Halali in the middle of the park, with a short walk to its waterhole under the rocky hill. The afternoon takes us on through mopane woodland and past the waterholes of the east, often busy with elephant, zebra and kudu, to Namutoni, where the old white German fort, built as a police post, now stands at the eastern edge of the park.
Evening
We stay at a rest camp or lodge inside or beside the park at its eastern end; dinner is included either way.
Included
- Game drive across Etosha from Okaukuejo to Namutoni
- The Etosha Lookout on the pan
- Lunch at Halali
- The Namutoni fort
- Dinner
Free time: Late afternoon free at camp
East to the Okavango River
Namutoni to Tsumeb, Grootfontein and Rundu, then along the B8 to Divundu in the Caprivi Strip
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Divundu (Caprivi Strip)
- Drive about 7 h
The longest day of the trip, about 620 km and seven hours of driving, because no scheduled flight links Etosha with the Caprivi Strip and this road is the only way east. We break it every two hours.
Morning
We leave the eastern gate after an early breakfast and stop for coffee in Grootfontein, near the Hoba meteorite site.
Afternoon
The land turns greener and more wooded as we head north to Rundu, where a sit-down lunch looks over the Okavango River, with Angola on the far bank. The last 200 km run east along the B8 through villages of reed fences and roadside stalls to the western end of the Caprivi Strip. We reach a lodge on the banks of the Okavango near Divundu in the late afternoon, with time for a drink on the deck as the sun drops over the river and the hippos call.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Drive from Etosha to the Caprivi Strip with your guide
- Coffee stop in Grootfontein
- Sit-down lunch in Rundu above the Okavango River
- Sunset on the Okavango River at the lodge
- Dinner at the lodge
Free time: Evening free at the lodge
Activity: Long but on tar all day; stops every two hours or so. The day after is shorter and ends with two nights in one place.
Through Bwabwata into Botswana
Divundu along the B8 through Bwabwata National Park to Katima Mulilo, then the Ngoma border to Kasane
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Kasane
- Drive about 5.5 h
A second long road day, about 450 km and five and a half hours of driving plus the border, and the last road day of the trip.
Morning
The B8 runs straight east through Bwabwata National Park, where elephant and roan sometimes cross the road, so we drive it in the morning and keep the binoculars out.
Afternoon
We cross the Kwando River at Kongola, then stop for a sit-down lunch in Katima Mulilo, the main town of the eastern Caprivi, near the Zambezi. From there it is a short run to the Ngoma border post, where we leave Namibia and enter Botswana over the Chobe River, and drive the transit road along the edge of Chobe National Park to Kasane. We reach our lodge near the river in the middle of the afternoon, in time to unpack for two nights, sit by the water and watch the light change.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Drive through Bwabwata National Park with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Katima Mulilo
- Border crossing into Botswana at Ngoma, with your guide
- Dinner at the lodge
Free time: Late afternoon free at the lodge
Activity: Border formalities can take up to an hour; keep your passport to hand.
Chobe by land at dawn and by water
Kasane to the Chobe riverfront by 4x4, then a boat on the Chobe River
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Kasane
- Drive about 15 min
We are at the Sedudu gate of Chobe National Park when it opens, in open 4x4s with licensed local guides, and drive the riverfront while the air is cold and the predators are still moving.
Morning
Chobe is known for its elephants, and in the dry season herds come down to the river through the morning; buffalo, giraffe, sable, the red lechwe and puku of the floodplains, and lion if we are lucky, share the same banks.
Afternoon
We are back at the lodge for a late lunch and a long free middle of the day. In the afternoon we go out on the Chobe River by boat, which is the other half of Chobe: elephants swimming across to Sedudu Island, hippos and crocodiles at close range, fish eagles, kingfishers and the low sun on the water.
Evening
The cruise ends at sunset. Dinner tonight is your choice in Kasane, with your guide on hand for recommendations.
Included
- Dawn game drive in Chobe National Park in open 4x4s with licensed guides
- Late lunch at the lodge
- Afternoon boat cruise on the Chobe River until sunset
- Chobe National Park fees
Easier option: Skip the morning drive and join the group for the afternoon river cruise only.
Free time: Middle of the day and evening free in Kasane
Activity: The dawn drive starts around 6 am; it is cold in an open vehicle from June to August.
Fly into the Okavango Delta
Kasane by light aircraft to a camp in the Okavango Delta
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Okavango Delta
- Drive about 15 min
Morning
A slow morning in Kasane, then a short drive to Kasane Airport and a light-aircraft flight of about one to one and a half hours south and west over the Chobe and the Linyanti and down into the Okavango Delta. The Okavango River rises in Angola and never reaches the sea: it spreads out into the Kalahari as a maze of channels, lagoons and islands, listed by UNESCO in 2014. From the air you see the pattern you will spend two days inside, and often elephants and buffalo moving between the islands. The camp team meets us at the airstrip.
Afternoon
After a late lunch and time to settle into a tent with its own bathroom and hot water, we go out by mokoro in the late afternoon: a dugout-style canoe poled by a local guide through reeds and lilies at water level, with frogs, reed birds and, from a safe distance, hippos.
Evening
Dinner is at camp, around the fire.
Included
- Light-aircraft flight from Kasane into the Okavango Delta, with your guide
- Late-afternoon mokoro trip with a local poler
- All meals at camp
- Concession and conservation fees
Free time: Morning free in Kasane
Activity: Soft bags only on the flight, usually about 20 kg each including hand luggage; extra bags can travel separately to Maun.
On foot and by water in the Delta
A full day at the camp in the Okavango Delta
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Okavango Delta
- By boat
The Delta's day starts early.
Morning
After coffee at first light, licensed camp guides take us out on foot onto one of the islands for a walk of one to three hours; on foot you read tracks in the sand, learning the trees and birds, and seeing antelope, zebra, warthog or elephant on foot at a respectful distance. Walking is done in concession areas where it is allowed, never alone and always with armed or trained guides. We are back for a late breakfast and a long free middle of the day, when the heat builds and the camp is quiet.
Afternoon
In the late afternoon we go out again, by mokoro or by boat depending on water levels, to a lagoon or a hippo pool, and stop on an island for a sundowner as the sky turns red over the reeds.
Evening
Dinner is at camp, and the night is full of sound.
Included
- Guided walk on a Delta island at dawn with licensed guides
- Late-afternoon mokoro or boat trip to a lagoon, with a sundowner
- All meals at camp
Easier option: Skip the walk and spend the morning on the camp deck, or take a shorter walk close to camp if the guides offer it.
More active option: Ask the camp for the longer walk, up to about three hours, if the group agrees.
Free time: Middle of the day free at camp
Activity: Walks are 1 to 3 hours on flat, sandy ground; minimum ages for walking are set by the camp.
Fly out to Maun and home
Okavango Delta by light aircraft to Maun Airport
- Breakfast
- By boat
One last early outing from camp, a short mokoro trip or a walk depending on water and the camp's routine, while the Delta is cool and the birds are loud.
Morning
After breakfast we pack the soft bags and take the light aircraft to Maun, a flight of about 20 to 45 minutes, sometimes with a stop at another airstrip, low enough to pick out elephants and the paths they wear between the islands. Maun is the town at the southern edge of the Delta, on the Thamalakane River, and its airport has connections to Johannesburg and other hubs. Your guide flies with you, helps you collect any bags that came separately, and sees you to check-in before saying goodbye after sixteen days. If your flight is later in the day, the guide can point you to a café in town to wait.
Included
- Early mokoro trip or walk from camp
- Light-aircraft flight from the Delta to Maun Airport (MUB), with your guide
- Help with check-in at Maun Airport
Easier option: Skip the last outing and have a slow breakfast at camp.
Activity: Book an onward flight leaving Maun after about 1 pm; we confirm the flight time out of camp with your final itinerary.
- Windhoek1 night
- Sesriem2 nights
- Swakopmund2 nights
- Twyfelfontein2 nights
- Okaukuejo (Etosha)2 nights
- Namutoni (Etosha)1 night
- Divundu (Caprivi Strip)1 night
- Kasane2 nights
- Okavango Delta2 nights
- Maunend
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: May to October is the dry season: clear skies, cold dawns and warm days, with hot middays by September and October. Game gathers at Etosha's waterholes and along the Chobe River as the season dries, and the Delta's flood is usually highest from about June to August.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want Namibia's deserts and Botswana's water on one trip, with one guide throughout
- Wildlife watchers happy to start at dawn and rest at midday
- People who prefer lodges and a tented camp with their own bathroom to camping
- Travellers comfortable with some long road days in exchange for seeing the whole route
Not for you if you want
- Anyone who wants short drives every day: six days have 5 to 7 hours on the road
- Travellers who cannot pack into one soft bag of about 20 kg for the light aircraft
- Step-free access: sand, rocky paths and getting in and out of a mokoro
- A luxury lodge-only safari with private game drives
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
15 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Windhoek1 night
- Sesriem2 nights
- Swakopmund2 nights
- Twyfelfontein2 nights
- Okaukuejo (Etosha)2 nights
- Namutoni (Etosha)1 night
- Divundu (Caprivi Strip)1 night
- Kasane2 nights
- Okavango Delta2 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 15 nights: 1 in Windhoek, 2 near Sesriem, 2 in Swakopmund, 2 in the Twyfelfontein area of Damaraland, 3 in Etosha (2 at the Okaukuejo end and 1 at the Namutoni end, at a rest camp or lodge inside or beside the park), 1 at a river lodge near Divundu in the Caprivi Strip, 2 at a lodge in Kasane near the Chobe River, 2 at a fly-in tented camp in the Okavango Delta
- Central hotels of a 3-star-plus standard in Windhoek and Swakopmund; lodges, rest camps and a tented camp with their own bathroom throughout, no camping; we name each when we confirm your dates
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) and drop-off at Maun Airport (MUB)
- A private air-conditioned safari vehicle and driver from Windhoek to Kasane, with a window seat for everyone
- The 4x4 shuttle to Sossusvlei and Deadvlei
- Open 4x4s with local guides for the desert-elephant drive, the Etosha day and the Chobe game drive
- A boat for the Chobe River cruise
- Light-aircraft flights from Kasane into the Delta and from the Delta to Maun
- Mokoro trips with local polers, and the camp's boats in the Delta
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group from day 1 to day 16, including both flights
- Local guides for the Living Desert tour, Twyfelfontein, the Petrified Forest, the elephant drive and the Etosha day, licensed guides in Chobe, and licensed camp guides and polers in the Delta
Activities
- Sesriem: Sesriem Canyon walk
- Namib-Naukluft Park: Dune 45 in the early light, Sossusvlei and Deadvlei, with park fees
- On the road to the coast: Solitaire, the Kuiseb Canyon and the Walvis Bay lagoon
- Swakopmund: Living Desert tour
- Damaraland: Twyfelfontein rock engravings (UNESCO) with a site guide, the Organ Pipes and Burnt Mountain
- Damaraland: late-afternoon desert-elephant drive
- The Petrified Forest
- Etosha National Park: park fees, a full day with two open-vehicle drives, the crossing to Namutoni with the Etosha Lookout
- Caprivi Strip: sunset on the Okavango River and the drive through Bwabwata National Park
- Chobe National Park: a dawn game drive and an afternoon river cruise, with park fees
- Okavango Delta: mokoro trips, a guided walk at dawn and a lagoon trip with a sundowner, with concession fees
Meals
- 15 breakfasts, 13 lunches and 12 dinners
- Welcome dinner in Windhoek
- Sit-down lunches on every long road day
- All dinners at the desert lodges, in Etosha, in the Caprivi Strip and at the Delta camp
Not included
- International flights to Windhoek and from Maun
- Namibia visa fee and any Botswana visitor levy
- Travel insurance
- Lunches in Swakopmund on day 5, and dinners in Swakopmund on days 4 and 5 and in Kasane on day 13
- Drinks
- Tips for guides, drivers, polers and camp staff
- Optional activities in Swakopmund (sandboarding, quad biking, the Sandwich Harbour tour)
- Malaria prevention and other vaccinations
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 2,155 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
Pick your start date when you request to book. We check that date and confirm it in your quote.
Prefer to travel without a group or guide? Ask us about arranging hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
Before you book
Booking terms
Nothing is charged now. Full terms and the cancellation schedule come with your quote, before you accept.
Business addresses
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October 06, 2026
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October 06, 2026
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October 05, 2026
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Questions
Prices in these answers apply from Jan 1, 2027. Black Friday offer: 15% off the small-group price for requests received by Dec 1, 2026. From CAD 10,780 per person. Dec 2 to Dec 31: from CAD 11,670. From Jan 1, 2027: from CAD 12,685.
What does the price include?
Fifteen nights in hotels, lodges, rest camps and a fly-in Delta camp, 15 breakfasts, 13 lunches and 12 dinners, airport transfers, a private vehicle and driver, both light-aircraft flights in Botswana, your See Sight Tours guide for all 16 days, local guides, and every visit in the plan with its park and concession fees, including the Deadvlei shuttle, the Chobe drive and cruise, and mokoro trips.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests. That gives everyone a window seat in the vehicle and a clear view at the waterholes, and it fits in a small Delta camp. Other trips on this route run up to 14, 16 or 22.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the airport in Windhoek to check-in at Maun, including the border crossing and both flights. Local guides join where the site or the park requires them: at Twyfelfontein, in Etosha, in Chobe and in the Delta. There is no change of leader or group halfway.
How long are the drives?
Six days have 5 to 7 hours on the road: Windhoek to Sesriem, the coast, Damaraland, Etosha, and the two days east to Kasane, the longest about 620 km. Each is broken by stops and a sit-down lunch, and the day after is shorter. We fly the last two legs in Botswana instead of driving sand roads.
How fit do I need to be?
Moderate, and mostly about early starts and time in a vehicle. The hardest walks are the optional 30 to 60 minute climb up Dune 45, about 1 km on soft sand to Deadvlei, rocky paths at Twyfelfontein and a 1 to 3 hour walk at dawn in the Delta. Each can be shortened or skipped.
I am travelling solo. What is the single supplement?
A room or tent of your own is from CAD 2,155 more, shown up front before you request to book. Solo travellers get the same seat, the same guide time and the same activities as everyone else. If you would rather share, ask us and we will tell you whether a same-gender roommate is available on your date.
When is the best time to go?
May to October, the dry season. Days are clear and warm, dawns are cold from June to August, and game gathers at Etosha's waterholes and along the Chobe River as the season dries. The Delta's flood usually peaks from about June to August. September and October are hot at midday but often the best for game.
How does booking work?
Choose a date and style and send a request to book. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request. The small group starts from CAD 12,685 per person sharing, taxes included. Prices are indicative until we confirm, and fly-in camps can cost more in the busiest months.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. The trip also runs as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, with your own guide, vehicle and light aircraft, from CAD 22,835 per person. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we will quote the same lodges, camp, flights and local guides.
Do I need a visa for Namibia and Botswana?
Canadian and US travellers need a visa for Namibia, available on arrival or as an eVisa; the fee is not included. Botswana is currently visa-free for Canadians. We confirm the rules for your passport, and whether any Botswana visitor levy applies, when you book. Bring a passport with blank pages and six months' validity.
What can I bring on the light aircraft?
Soft bags only, usually about 20 kg per person including hand luggage and camera gear, because the bags have to fit in a small hold. We confirm the exact limit at booking. If you need more for the rest of your travels, we can send a second bag separately to Maun.
How is this different from your Namibia trip and your Botswana trip?
Our 12-day Namibia trip loops from Windhoek through the dunes, Damaraland and Etosha. Our 9-day Botswana trip covers the Delta, Chobe and Victoria Falls. This trip joins the two: the Namibia route without the drive back to Windhoek, then the Caprivi Strip, Chobe and two nights in the Delta, ending in Maun.
See Sight Tours has been providing travel services across North America since 2006. Operating in 20 cities across Canada and the USA, the company specializes in small group tours that offer personalized, high-quality experiences for travelers.
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