Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Namibia: Sossusvlei, Swakopmund, Damaraland and Etosha
12 days from Windhoek: the Sossusvlei dunes at dawn and Deadvlei, two nights on the coast in Swakopmund, Twyfelfontein and the desert elephants of Damaraland, and three nights in Etosha at two camps.
12 days · Round trip from Windhoek · up to 12 guests
Red dunes near Sesriem, at the edge of the Namib Photo: Anagoria, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duene_nahe_Sesriem_anagoria.JPG)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 12 days, 11 nights
- Start and end
- Round trip from Windhoek
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Longest drive
- 6 h on day 6
- Activity level
Moderate
Walking is short but on soft sand: about 1 km each way across the dunes to Deadvlei, an optional climb up Dune 45, which stands over 170 m high (30 minutes to an hour on soft sand, and you can turn back at any point), and an hour on rocky paths at Twyfelfontein. Five days have long drives of five to six hours on gravel and paved roads, broken with stops and a sit-down lunch. Every climb is optional, and you can sit out the second game drive in Etosha.
- Meals included
- 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 8 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 1,830 (estimated price)
- Season
- May to October
Highlights
Why this trip
- Through the Sesriem gate as it opens, low light on the dunes at Dune 45, and Deadvlei's dead camel thorn trees before the heat
- Sesriem Canyon in the late afternoon on the day you arrive in the desert
- Apple crumble at Solitaire, the Kuiseb Canyon and flamingos on the Walvis Bay lagoon on the road to the coast
- The Living Desert tour in the Swakopmund dunes, then a free afternoon in town
- Twyfelfontein's rock engravings at opening, then an afternoon drive looking for desert-adapted elephants
- Three nights in Etosha at two camps: an open-vehicle day on the waterholes around Okaukuejo and a crossing of the park to Namutoni
- Two nights in every desert base, with drive times and distances stated for every day
What makes this trip different
Short drives, all published
Every drive is listed day by day. The longest is 6 h, on day 6.
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 1,830 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
The longest drive is 6 h, on day 6.
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Arrive in Windhoek
Hosea Kutako International Airport to your hotel in Windhoek
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Windhoek
- Drive about 45 min
Fly into Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), about 45 km east of Windhoek, and a driver meets you in arrivals for the drive into the city across thornbush hills. Windhoek sits at about 1,650 m, so evenings are cool even in the dry season.
Evening
Plan to land by about 3 pm to make the evening briefing; the exact latest arrival is confirmed with your final itinerary. If you arrive early, the centre is easy on foot: the Christuskirche, a Lutheran church finished in 1910, stands on a rise beside the Tintenpalast, the old colonial administration building that now houses parliament, with its gardens below. At about 6 pm your See Sight Tours guide meets the group to walk through the days ahead: the long gravel drives, what to wear for a cold desert dawn, and how we pace the dune morning. Then we sit down together to a welcome dinner at a restaurant in town, with Namibian game dishes on the menu alongside lighter choices.
Included
- Pick-up at Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
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
Today is one of the long drives, about 330 km and five hours at the wheel, because no shorter road links the capital to the dunes. We leave at about 8 am and break the day into three parts. The first 90 km run south on the paved B1 to Rehoboth. From there it is gravel, west across farmland and down the edge of the escarpment, where the plateau falls away and the Namib opens below in bands of gravel plain, mountain and, in the end, red sand.
Afternoon
We stop for coffee and photographs on the way and for a sit-down lunch at a farm stop, then reach our lodge near Sesriem by about 3 pm, with time to rest out of the heat. At about 5 pm, as the light softens, we walk into Sesriem Canyon, a narrow gorge cut by the Tsauchab River; the name comes from the six leather thongs (riems) settlers once tied together to haul water up from its pools.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge, under a very dark sky.
Included
- Drive from Windhoek to Sesriem with your guide
- Sit-down lunch on the way
- Sesriem Canyon walk in the late afternoon
Easier option: Watch the canyon from the rim instead of walking down onto the riverbed.
Free time: Time to rest at the lodge before the canyon walk
Activity: About five hours of driving, mostly on gravel, in three legs. The canyon walk is about an hour on sand and loose stones.
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 leave the lodge in the dark with coffee and a packed breakfast. The park gate at Sesriem opens around sunrise, and Dune 45 is about 45 km inside, so from a lodge outside the gate we reach it within the first hour, while the light is still low and the east faces of the dunes glow orange; if our lodge is inside the gate, as we aim for, we can be on the road earlier. The dunes belong to the Namib Sand Sea, listed by UNESCO in 2013. Dune 45 stands over 170 m high: climb its ridge, 30 minutes to an hour on soft sand, or watch from the bottom. Breakfast is at its foot. We reach the end of the tar road early and take the 4x4 shuttle over the last sandy 5 km, then walk about a kilometre across the sand to Deadvlei, a white clay pan of dead camel thorn trees under some of the tallest dunes in the Namib.
Afternoon
We are back at the lodge for lunch before the midday heat, and the afternoon is free: the pool, a nap or a sundowner.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Namib-Naukluft Park entry at the Sesriem gate
- Dune 45 in the early light, with breakfast at the foot of the dune
- 4x4 shuttle to Sossusvlei
- Deadvlei with your guide
- Sossusvlei pan
Easier option: Stay at the foot of Dune 45 while others climb, then wait in the shade at the Deadvlei car park, or on the flat Sossusvlei pan by the shuttle stop, instead of walking the kilometre of sand to Deadvlei.
More active option: Climb Big Daddy, the tall dune above Deadvlei, about 1.5 to 2 hours up a long sandy ridge, and run down its face into the pan. Carry two litres of water.
Free time: Afternoon free at the lodge
Activity: Up to about 3 km on soft sand, more if you climb. How early we reach the dunes depends on whether the lodge is inside the park gate (confirmed with your dates). Cold at dawn from June to August, hot by late morning from September.
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
The second long road day, about 350 km and five and a half hours of driving, because the only way to the coast crosses the Namib and the gravel roads are slow. We leave at about 7:30 am and split the day at natural stops. First is Solitaire, a fuel stop, store and bakery an hour up the road, with rusting cars half buried among the cacti and the apple crumble most drivers stop for. North of it we pass the Tropic of Capricorn sign, then wind down the Gaub and Kuiseb passes, where the Kuiseb River has cut a dry canyon through the rock; two German geologists hid out here for more than two years during the Second World War. Past the canyon the land flattens into gravel plain and then dunes.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Walvis Bay, where flamingos usually feed on the lagoon, and the last 35 km run between the dunes and the Atlantic to Swakopmund, arriving about 4 pm.
Evening
Dinner tonight is your choice in town.
Included
- Coffee stop in Solitaire
- The Tropic of Capricorn sign and the Kuiseb Canyon viewpoint
- Sit-down lunch in Walvis Bay
- The flamingos on the Walvis Bay lagoon
Free time: Evening free in Swakopmund
Activity: About five and a half hours of driving, mostly gravel until Walvis Bay, in four legs.
Swakopmund and the Living Desert
Swakopmund and the dunes towards Walvis Bay
- Breakfast
- Stay in Swakopmund
- Drive about 30 min
A slower day by the sea. Swakopmund was founded as a harbour for the German colony in 1892, and its old centre is still a grid of gabled and turreted buildings a few blocks from the beach. Mornings are often grey and cool, as the cold Benguela Current brings fog over the coast, so we use them for the Living Desert tour. A local guide drives a small group into the dunes between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay and shows how life survives on fog: the Palmato gecko with its webbed feet, the sidewinder adder buried to its eyes, the Namaqua chameleon and the beetles that drink mist from their backs.
Afternoon
We are back by about lunchtime, and the afternoon is free. Walk the seafront past the lighthouse and the jetty, visit the Swakopmund Museum by the Mole, or book one of the optional extras at a price shown when you book: sandboarding, quad biking or a scenic flight over the dunes and the Skeleton Coast.
Evening
Dinner is your choice; seafood is the local strength.
Included
- Living Desert tour in the dunes with a local guide
Optional experiences
- Sandboarding in the dunes
- Quad biking in the dunes
- Scenic flight over the Namib and the Skeleton Coast
- Sandwich Harbour 4x4 tour, in place of the Living Desert tour
Easier option: Skip the Living Desert tour and spend a slow morning in town and on the seafront.
More active option: Sandboarding in the afternoon (optional, priced at booking).
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: The Living Desert tour is about four to five hours, with short walks on dune sand. The animals are small and wild, so what we find varies.
North along the coast to Damaraland
Swakopmund to Henties Bay, inland past the Brandberg to Uis, then north and west on gravel through the Ugab valley to Twyfelfontein
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Twyfelfontein
- Drive about 6 h
The third long road day and one of the two longest: about 350 km and six hours of driving, because Damaraland lies far inland and the only roads cross open desert. We leave at about 7:30 am up the salt road along the coast to Henties Bay, then turn inland on the gravel towards Uis as the fog lifts and the land warms. The Brandberg, Namibia's highest mountain at about 2,570 m, grows on the horizon for an hour, a dark granite dome rising out of the plain.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Uis, an old tin-mining town on the plain below it, which breaks the drive in two. The afternoon road, slow gravel for about two hours, runs north and west into Damaraland proper: red and purple ridges, flat-topped hills, ana and mopane trees along the dry riverbeds, and the odd herd of springbok.
Evening
We reach our lodge in the Twyfelfontein area by about 4 pm, with time to rest before dinner. Damaraland has almost no artificial light, so the stars are as good as in the Namib.
Included
- Drive from Swakopmund to Damaraland with your guide
- Views of the Brandberg on the road to Uis
- Sit-down lunch in Uis
Easier option: Stay in the vehicle at the photo stops; the only walking today is from the vehicle to lunch.
Free time: Late afternoon free at the lodge
Activity: About six hours of driving in three legs: salt road to Henties Bay, then gravel to Uis and on to Twyfelfontein, with a coffee stop and a sit-down lunch in Uis.
Twyfelfontein and the desert elephants
Twyfelfontein, the Organ Pipes and Burnt Mountain, then the Aba-Huab and Huab riverbeds
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Twyfelfontein
- Drive about 1.5 h
We are at Twyfelfontein when it opens, before the heat and the tour vehicles. In 2007 it became Namibia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, for one of the largest groups of rock engravings in Africa, cut into the red sandstone by hunter-gatherers over thousands of years: giraffe, rhino, elephant, lion, animal tracks and geometric marks. A local site guide, required here, leads us on a walk of about an hour over rocky paths. Close by we stop at the Organ Pipes, a gully of angular dolerite columns, and Burnt Mountain, a dark ridge of shale baked by molten rock, then at the Damara Living Museum, where Damara people show traditional crafts, games and the way their ancestors lived.
Afternoon
Lunch is back at the lodge, and the hottest hours are free. In the late afternoon we go out in open 4x4s with a local guide along the dry Aba-Huab and Huab riverbeds to look for desert-adapted elephants, which walk long distances between water and feed on the trees in the riverbeds. We cannot promise a sighting, as the herds roam widely.
Included
- Twyfelfontein rock engravings with a local site guide
- The Organ Pipes and Burnt Mountain
- The Damara Living Museum
- Late-afternoon desert-elephant drive in open 4x4s with a local guide
Easier option: Rest at the lodge in the morning and join the group for the elephant drive.
More active option: Walk both of Twyfelfontein's guided routes, about two hours in all, instead of one.
Free time: Midday free at the lodge
Activity: About an hour on uneven rock at Twyfelfontein; wear closed shoes. The elephant drive is three to four hours on rough tracks.
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 h
The fourth long day, about 350 km and five hours on the road, ending inside Etosha with a slow first game drive. We leave at about 8 am for the Petrified Forest, a national monument where tree trunks around 280 million years old lie turned to stone in the gravel, some of them many metres long, with welwitschia plants growing among them; a local guide walks us round in about 45 minutes.
Afternoon
At Khorixas the road turns to tar and runs east through cattle country to Outjo, where we stop for a sit-down lunch. From Outjo it is about an hour north to Andersson Gate, the southern entrance of Etosha National Park. The last 17 km to Okaukuejo we take slowly, with a detour to a waterhole, stopping wherever animals are near the road. Okaukuejo is our base for two nights.
Evening
We aim to stay in the rest camp, whose waterhole is floodlit after dark; if we are there, on a good evening elephant, black rhino and lion come down to drink while you watch from the wall. Dinner is at our camp or lodge.
Included
- The Petrified Forest with a local guide
- Sit-down lunch in Outjo
- Etosha National Park entry and an afternoon game drive to Okaukuejo
Activity: About five hours on the road in three legs; the last 17 km, from Andersson Gate to Okaukuejo, is a slow first game drive.
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
Morning
Etosha's gates open at sunrise, and we are out with them in an open safari vehicle with an Etosha guide, when lions are still on the move and the air is cold. In the dry months animals gather at the waterholes, so we work a loop of them on the plains near Okaukuejo, such as Nebrownii, Gemsbokvlakte and Olifantsbad, and out to the edge of the pan, a white saltpan of about 4,700 square kilometres that shimmers to the horizon. Springbok, zebra, wildebeest, gemsbok and giraffe are almost always about; elephant, lion and black rhino often are; cheetah and leopard are a matter of luck.
Afternoon
We are back at our camp or lodge for lunch and a rest through the heat, when the animals rest too.
Evening
In the late afternoon we go out again, in the same open vehicle, for the best light of the day, and are back inside the camp gate by sunset under park rules. If we are in the Okaukuejo rest camp, as we aim to be, its floodlit waterhole is a short walk after dinner.
Included
- Morning game drive in an open safari vehicle with an Etosha guide
- Late-afternoon game drive
- Lunch and dinner at our camp or lodge
Easier option: Skip the afternoon drive and rest in the shade or by the pool; if we are in the Okaukuejo rest camp, watch its waterhole instead.
Free time: Midday free in camp
Activity: Mostly seated. Dawn is 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
We cross the park from west to east, about 160 km of game-viewing roads that take most of the day at safari speed in our own vehicle.
Morning
We leave after an early breakfast and stop at whichever waterholes look busy, then take the side road that runs out onto the pan itself at the Etosha Lookout, where there is nothing but white salt in every direction.
Afternoon
Lunch is at Halali, the camp in the middle of the park, set among mopane woodland and low dolomite hills, with its own waterhole for the hot hours. In the afternoon we continue east, where the bush thickens and Damara dik-dik, the smallest antelope in the park, hide in the thickets around Namutoni. We reach Namutoni by late afternoon and stop at the old white German fort, rebuilt after fighting here in 1904, which now stands within the Namutoni rest camp.
Evening
Our night is in that camp or at a lodge just outside the eastern gate, confirmed with your dates. Before sunset we drive out to a nearby waterhole such as Klein Namutoni or Chudop for the last light, then dinner.
Included
- Game drive across Etosha from Okaukuejo to Namutoni
- The Etosha Lookout on the pan
- Lunch at Halali
- Sunset waterhole drive near Namutoni
Activity: About four hours of slow game driving in all, with a long lunch break at Halali.
Back to Windhoek
Namutoni to Von Lindequist Gate, Tsumeb, Otjiwarongo and Okahandja, then Windhoek
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Windhoek
- Drive about 6 h
The longest drive of the trip by distance, about 530 km and six hours, all of it on paved road. There is no shorter way from Etosha to the capital, where the international flights leave, and we break it into three legs of about two hours. We leave Namutoni by about 7:30 am, with a last slow look at the waterholes on the way to Von Lindequist Gate. The first stop is a coffee break in Tsumeb, an old copper-mining town of jacaranda-lined streets.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Otjiwarongo, and in the afternoon we stop in Okahandja at the woodcarvers' market, where carvers work and sell at the roadside. The country between is cattle farms and thornveld, and your guide uses the long road for the story of modern Namibia, from the colonial wars to independence in 1990.
Evening
We reach Windhoek by about 4:30 pm, with time to rest and pack before a farewell dinner together in town.
Included
- Drive from Etosha to Windhoek with your guide
- Coffee stop in Tsumeb
- Sit-down lunch in Otjiwarongo
- The Okahandja woodcarvers' market
- Farewell dinner in Windhoek
Free time: Late afternoon free in Windhoek
Activity: The longest day on the road: about six hours of driving on paved roads, in three legs of about two hours.
Windhoek and home
Windhoek to Hosea Kutako International Airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 45 min
Morning
A free morning in Windhoek. If your flight leaves after about 2 pm, your guide walks with anyone who wants to go through the small centre: the Christuskirche, the Tintenpalast and its gardens, and the Independence Memorial Museum, whose top-floor terrace looks over the city to the Auas Mountains. Craft stalls along Post Street Mall sell Namibian baskets and carvings if you need a last gift. Then a driver takes you the 45 km to Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), about 45 minutes away, timed to your flight; allow two hours at the airport for an international departure. Your guide checks your flight details before saying goodbye. If you would like more time in Namibia, we can book extra nights in Windhoek, and we can quote an extension to Cape Town, with the flight from Windhoek confirmed at booking.
Included
- Morning walk in central Windhoek with your guide (flights after about 2 pm)
- Drop-off at Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)
Free time: Morning free
Activity: Book a flight leaving after about 2 pm to join the morning walk; any flight after about 11 am works for the transfer.
- Windhoek1 night
- Sesriem2 nights
- Swakopmund2 nights
- Twyfelfontein2 nights
- Okaukuejo (Etosha)2 nights
- Namutoni (Etosha)1 night
- Windhoek1 night
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: May to October is the dry season: clear skies, cold desert nights and warm days, with the best game viewing in Etosha late in the season as animals gather at the waterholes. September and October are hot by midday inland; the coast stays cool and often foggy all year.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want the dunes, the coast, Damaraland and Etosha in one trip without camping
- Photographers who want dawn at Sossusvlei and late light in Etosha
- Anyone who prefers two nights in a place to a new bed every day
- Solo travellers who want a small group and a single price shown up front
Not for you if you want
- Anyone who cannot sit through five or six hours on the road on several days
- Step-free travel: the dunes, Deadvlei and Twyfelfontein mean soft sand and rough rock
- Travellers who want a hotel with a bar and restaurants nearby every night
- A camping or self-drive trip
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
11 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
- Windhoek1 night
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 11 nights: 2 in Windhoek (first and last night), 2 near Sesriem, 2 in Swakopmund, 2 in the Twyfelfontein area of Damaraland, 2 at Okaukuejo in Etosha (we aim for the rest camp inside the park) and 1 in the Namutoni area of Etosha
- Central hotels of a 3-star-plus standard in Windhoek and Swakopmund; lodges or rest camps with en-suite rooms in the desert and in Etosha; we name each when we confirm your dates
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up and drop-off at Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)
- A private air-conditioned safari vehicle and driver for the group, with a window seat for everyone
- The 4x4 shuttle to Sossusvlei and Deadvlei
- Open 4x4s with local guides for the desert-elephant drive
- An open safari vehicle with an Etosha guide for the full day in the park
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group from day 1 to day 12
- Local guides for the Living Desert tour, Twyfelfontein, the Petrified Forest, the Damara Living Museum, the elephant drive and the Etosha day
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), the Organ Pipes, Burnt Mountain and the Damara Living Museum
- Damaraland: late-afternoon desert-elephant drive
- The Petrified Forest
- Etosha National Park: park fees, an afternoon drive to Okaukuejo, a full day with two open-vehicle drives, the crossing to Namutoni with the Etosha Lookout, and a sunset waterhole drive
- Okahandja woodcarvers' market
- Windhoek: a morning walk in the centre (flights after about 2 pm)
Meals
- 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 9 dinners
- Welcome dinner and farewell dinner in Windhoek
- Sit-down lunches on every long driving day
- All dinners at the desert lodges and in Etosha
Not included
- International flights to and from Windhoek
- Namibian visa fee
- Travel insurance
- Lunch on day 5 and dinners in Swakopmund
- Drinks
- Optional activities in Swakopmund (sandboarding, quad biking, scenic flights, Sandwich Harbour)
- Tips
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 1,830 (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.
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Booking terms
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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 7,780 per person. Dec 2 to Dec 31: from CAD 8,420. From Jan 1, 2027: from CAD 9,150.
What does the price include?
Eleven nights in hotels, desert lodges and Etosha camps, 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 9 dinners, airport transfers both ways, a private vehicle and driver, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, and every visit in the day plan: all park fees, the Deadvlei 4x4 shuttle, the Living Desert tour, Twyfelfontein, the Damara Living Museum, the elephant drive and an open-vehicle day in Etosha.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, never more. That keeps the vehicle comfortable on the long drives, gets everyone a window seat at the waterholes and means stops are quick to start and finish.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the welcome dinner to the airport, with a professional driver at the wheel. Local guides join where they know more or where the site requires one: the Living Desert, Twyfelfontein, the Petrified Forest, the elephant drive and the open-vehicle day in Etosha.
How long are the drives?
Five days are long: about five hours to Sesriem, five and a half to Swakopmund, six to Damaraland, five to Etosha and six back to Windhoek. Namibia is big and there is no shorter road. Each long day is split into two or three legs with stops and a sit-down lunch, and the other days are short.
How fit do I need to be?
Moderate. The walking is short but on soft sand: about a kilometre each way to Deadvlei, and an hour on rough rock at Twyfelfontein. Climbing Dune 45 or Big Daddy is optional. The harder part for many people is sitting through the long drives, so tell us about any back or knee trouble when you book.
I am travelling solo. What is the single supplement?
A room of your own is from CAD 1,830 more, shown up front before you book and not added at checkout. Solo guests are part of the group like everyone else, at the same table and in the same vehicle.
When is the best time to go?
May to October, the dry season. Skies are clear, roads are dry and animals gather at Etosha's waterholes, best of all from about July to October. Desert dawns can be near freezing from June to August, and September and October are hot by midday inland. The coast is cool and foggy all year.
How does booking work?
Choose a start date and send a request to book; we confirm your place within 24 hours and take no payment until then. Prices are per person sharing a room, with taxes included: the small group starts from CAD 9,150 and the private trip from CAD 16,470.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip comes as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, from CAD 16,470 per person. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section: we can quote the same route with a driver-guide or a self-drive plan.
Do I need a visa for Namibia?
Yes, if you hold a Canadian or US passport. Since April 2025 both need a visa, which you can get online before you travel or on arrival at the airport, for a fee. Your passport should be valid for six months after you leave, with blank pages. We confirm the current rules when you book.
Will we see desert elephants and rhinos?
We give you good chances but no promises. The Damaraland elephant drive goes where local guides have recently seen the herds, which roam widely. In Etosha, black rhino often drink at the floodlit Okaukuejo waterhole after dark, and we aim to stay in that camp so you can watch it. Elephant and lion are regular at the waterholes in the dry season.
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