Reedbuck Safari,
14 Days (Namibia, Botswana)
Safari visiting in Namibia the Etosha National Park and beautiful Caprivi.
Day 1 : Arrival at the Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport in beautiful Namibia. Your experienced ONDESE guide is going to welcome you at the Airport. Or you can pick up your rented vehicle here. Drive via the capital city of Windhoek north via Okahandja, Otjiwarongo and Outjo to the famous Etosha National Park. Overnight outside the park in a luxury tent with en-suite facilities at the Ongava Tented Camp. Enjoy your own or guided game-viewing activities in the central-western part of Etosha.
Day 2 : Take a game drive along the marked roads of the central part of Etosha in your rented vehicle. If you are on a guided safari, your guide can explain animal behaviour, population dynamics, habitat and food preferences, and more. Enjoy game drives with your hosts in the private game reserve. Accommodation as on the previous day.
Day 3 : Own or guided game drives in the central and eastern part of Etosha. Visit the historical Fort Namutoni. Overnight in a comfortable room at the Onguma Plains Camp, situated outside the park in an own game reserve.
Day 4 : Game drives in eastern Etosha. Large numbers of antelope, giraffe and zebra - and the predators that stalk them, and huge, dusty elephants against the backdrop of the vast Etosha Pan are characteristic of the days in the park. Accommodation as on the previous day.
Day 5 : After breakfast, visit Lake Oshikoto and drive via Tsumeb and Grootfontein into the communal land of the Okavango Region and continue via Rundu east along the banks of the Okavango River via Divundu and the Popa Rapids to the beautiful Divava Okavango Lodge on the banks of the Okavango River. Overnight here in a chalet with en-suite facilities.
Day 6 : Spend the day with a game drive in the Mahango part of the Bwabwata National Park and a boat cruise on the Okavango River. Accommodation as on the previous day.
Day 7 : After breakfast, drive through the Caprivi part of the Bwabwata National Park into the eastern Caprivi Strip via Kongola and Katima Mulilo and the border post Ngoma to Kasane in Botswana. You leave your vehicle here and - after another customs control - take a boat transfer on the Chobe River to the Impalila Island, the furthest point of the Namibian Caprivi Strip. After you have gone through the Namibian customs, your boat cruise will take you via the Kasai channel and the Zambesi River to the impressive Ntwala Island Lodge. Overnight here in a luxury suite.
Day 8 : Your hosts will take you on a boat cruise on the Chobe River, while viewing game on the Botswanan side in the Chobe National Park. Birding is very good here. Fly- Fishing is possible here and you can also join a trail on the island and climb on top of a very old baobab tree, from which you can view the meeting point of the four countries Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Accommodation as on the previous day.
Day 9 : Boat transfer back to your vehicle in Kasane. Drive via the border post Ngoma back to the Namibian Caprivi Strip and via Katima Mulilo and Kongola to the elegant Susuwe Island Lodge, situated on the banks of the Kwando River in the Bwabwata National Park. Overnight here in a suite.
Day 10 : Spend the day with your hosts and the offered boat cruise and game drives. Accommodation as on the previous day.
Day 11 : Today, drive through the Caprivi (Bwabwata National Park) and via Divundu and Rundu to Guest Farm Dornhügel, situated just before Grootfontein. Overnight here in a room.
Day 12 : After breakfast, drive via Grootfontein, the world's largest meteorite at Hoba, Otavi and Otjiwarongo to Okonjima Bush Camp, the home of the Africat Foundation and situated in a private game reserve. Enjoy an afternoon game drive and let yourself be informed about Africa's big cats. Overnight in a stylish chalet.
Day 13 : In the course of the day, drive via Okahandja and the capital Windhoek to the Eningu Clay-House Lodge, which is not far from the Hosea Kutako International Airport. Overnight here in a stylish clay house with en-suite facilities.
Day 14 : Transfer to the Hosea Kutako International Airport or return your rented vehicle here. Flight home.