Detailed Itinerary

Windhoek to Cape Town | One Way Private Guided Tour & Safari | 14 days

The Windhoek – Cape Town private guided tour itinerary is a proposal and can be adapted to your particular interests and budget.

Windhoek – Cape Town One Way Tour Day 1

Your Windhoek – Cape Town one way tour starts upon your arrival at Windhoek International airport. Your driver will welcome you at the gate- and depending on your arrival time and preferences – will bring you to your accommodation or drive immediately towards Etosha National Park.

Overnight Hotel in Windhoek (B&B)

Day 2 Etosha National Park

Today we drive to Okaukuejo Resort in Etosha NP.

Enjoy a game drive with your driver in your 4×4 rental car and watch the wild life at the Okaukuejo water hole in the evening.

For a party of 4 we strongly recommend one of  the 2 story Premier Waterhole Chalets right next to the water hole.

Overnight at the Okaukuejo Resort (B&B).

Day 3 Etosha National Park

Today we drive to Halali Camp in Etosha NP.

Enjoy a game drive with your driver in your 4×4 rental car and watch the wild life at the Halali water hole in the evening.

Overnight at the Halali Camp (B&B).

Day 4 Etosha National Park

Enjoy a game drive with your driver in your 4×4 rental car.

We will leave the park in the afternoon and stay overnight in Etosha Outpost or Mopane Lodge. (B&B).

Day 5 Vingerklippe and Damaraland

Today we drive to Vingerklip Lodge and visit the Petrified Forest.

Overnight at the Vingerklip Lodge or similar on a dinner, bed & breakfast basis. (DBB)

Day 6 & 7  Walvis Bay and Swakopmund
We drive to the old colonial town of Swakopmund. The route takes you first to Swakopmund  and further to Walvis Bay.

Excerpt from Wikipedia: Swakopmund is a beach resort and an example of German colonial architecture. It was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South-West Africa, and a small part of its population is still German-speaking today.

We recommend the Sandwich Harbour Tour to visit the Red Dunes falling into the Atlantic Ocean. Please inquire.

Overnight stay at Atlantik Villa (BB) or similar.

Day 8 Sesriem and Sossusvlei

The individual luxurious accommodation units at Sossusvlei Lodge are uniquely designed to blend in with the natural surrounding environment. Each unit features: Air-condition, En-suite bathroom (shower), Electronic safe Coffee- & Tea making facility.

Overnight at Sossusvlei Lodge, Dinner Bed & Breakfast basis.

Day 9 Sesriem and Sossusvlei 
Early morning you may visit Sossusvlei, (a clay pan surrounded by some of the highest sand dunes in the world), which is surrounded by the possibly highest dunes in the world and is filled only with water in years when exceptionally good rainfall is received. We visit the Sesriem Canyon. It is said that the canyon got its name during the time of the ox wagon, when a person had to use six harness straps to haul water from the bottom of the canyon.

 

Overnight at Le Mirage, Dinner Bed & Breakfast basis.

Day 10 Namib Rand Nature Reserve

The beautiful Namib Rand Nature Reserve, located in southern Namibia, is a private nature reserve established to help protect and conserve the unique ecology and wildlife of the south-west Namib Desert. Conserving the pro-Namib, the area along the eastern edge of the Namib Desert, is critically important in order to facilitate seasonal migratory wildlife routes and to protect biodiversity. It is probably the largest private nature reserve in southern Africa, extending over an area of 215,000 ha. The Reserve shares a 100km border with the Namib-Naukluft National Park.

Overnight at 4* Desert Lodge (B&B)

Day 11 Lüderitz

Lüderitz is a harbour town in southern Namibia, lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa.

The town is known for its colonial architecture, including some Art Nouveau work, and for wildlife including seals, penguins, flamingos and ostriches. It is also home to a museum, and lies at the end of a currently decommissioned railway line to Keetmanshoop.

Just outside Lüderitz lies the ghost town of Kolmanskop, a prominent tourist destination. This previously bustling diamond town is now abandoned, and fights a constant struggle against being buried under the shifting sand dunes of the Namib desert.

Kairos Cottage at Shark Island is a unique bed & breakfast accommodation boasting stunning sea views! Guests can enjoy a lovely breakfast while being serenaded with a song or two.

Double or twin rooms, with its own en-suite bathroom with a shower and spectacular sea views and sunsets. Each room has a television and coffee station with a bar fridge.

Overnight at Kairos Cottage (B&B)

Day 12 Fish River Canyon

We drive to the famous Fish River Canyon. It is the largest canyon in Africa, as well as the second most visited tourist attraction in Namibia. It features a gigantic ravine, in total about 160 kilometres (100 mi) long, up to 27 km wide and in places almost 550 meters deep.

 

Overnight at Fish River Village or similar (B&B).

Day 13 Namaqualand

From Fish River Canyon we drive to the Namibia -South African border and further into Namaqualand.

The best time to visit is August and September, when the meadows are flowering.

Overnight at Naries Namakwa Retreat (DB&B)

Day 14 Cape Town

Your Windhoek – Cape Town private guided tour ends at your Cape Town. We can either transfer you to the airport or arrange a accommodation for an early morning departure flight.

Overview of Safaris in South Africa