Elena Travel Services: Adventure safaris

AFRICAN ADVENTURE SAFARIS

All safaris have camping and hotel/lodge options*.

CODE AA1. NAMIBIA 8 DAYS DESERT & SKELETON COAST SAFARI

Day 1: Depart from Windhoek and travel towards the Naukluft mountains.
Days 2 & 3: Morning hike in the area before heading on towards Sesriem. A full day is set aside to spend at the beautiful Sossusvlei dune area to climb dunes, visit Dead Vlei, see some desert adapted fauna and flora.
Day 4: Travel north-west, via the small village Solitaire for the next night stop. Travel via the Kuiseb canyon and gravel plains to the next night stop.
Days 5, 6 & 7: These days are set aside to stay at Swakopmund. Interests will include visiting some desert sites such as the Moon Landscape and Welwitschia plains, seal colony at Cape Cross, flamingos at Walvis Bay as well as to partake in a wide range of optional extra activities.
Day 8: Back to Windhoek and transfer to the airport.

CODE AA2. NAMIBIA 8 DAYS ETOSHA & DAMARALAND SAFARI

Day 1: The guide will meet his guests at the airport, transfer to Windhoek and overnight in the hotel for the first night.
Day 2, 3 & 4: Travel north via Otjiwarongo to the Etosha National Park. These days will be spent on game drives and game viewing at waterholes. All the park camps have floodlit waterholes for game viewing at night.
Day 5 & 6: Exit Etosha today and travel south west to Damaraland via Khorixas to arrive at Twyfelfontein mid-afternoon. A full day is set aside to visit this beautiful area, home to the world renown desert adapted elephants as well as other game, dune fields and interesting sites such as the rock engravings/paintings, Burnt Mountain and Organ Pipes.
Day 7: Travel south past Brandberg (highest mountain in Namibia) to the Spitzkoppe granite outcrops to see some more bushman paintings. From here on to Okahandja (woodcarvings) and on to Gross Barmen hot spring resort.
Day 8: Back to Windhoek and transfer to the airport.

CODE AA3. NAMIBIA 8 DAYS BUSHMAN & ETOSHA SAFARI

Day 1: The guide will meet his clients at the airport from where they will travel north via Okahandja to the Waterberg Plateau Park for the first night.
Days 2 & 3: Travel north via Otjiwarongo to the Tsumkwe area. A full day is set aside to spend with the Bushmen to see how they gather food, hunt and their general lifestyle. The highlight will be when they dance at the campsite at night.
Day 4,5,6 & 7: On to the Etosha National Park where three full days are set aside for game drives and game viewing at waterholes.
Day 8: Exit Etosha today and head south to Okahandja (woodcarvings) and back to Windhoek.

CODE NAM15W. NAMIBIA 15 DAYS WILD DAMARALAND & KAOKOLAND

Day 1: Clients will depart from Windhoek and travel via Okahandja to Gross Barmen.
Day 2: Depart after breakfast and travel west via Karibib and Usakos to the Ugab River. The route will go via the beautiful Spitzkoppe granite hills (bushman paintings) and semi-desert to the western side of the Brandberg, highest mountain in Namibia.
Day 3: This day is set aside to look for, and track, the endangered Black Rhinoceros. This area is the last place left where these magnificent animals still roam free. Also a very good opportunity to see the desert adapted elephants.
Day 4: Travel north through this stunning area to Twyfelfontein to see the rock engravings and paintings.
Days 5 to 12: These days will be spent travelling north through Damaraland and into Kaokoland. Interests will include the desert adapted elephants, a variety of other animals such as Oryx, springbok, giraffe, birds and if lucky, the evasive Hartmann's Mountain Zebra. The scenery through this region is stunning, a photographers haven! The actual itinerary will depend on distances travelled for the day but will include areas such as Purros, the Hartmann's Valley, Marienfluss, Orupembe, Epupa Falls as well as to visit a number of primitive Ovahimba villages.
Day 13: Travel south to Opuwo and then on to the western side of Etosha.
Day 14: Quite a long day's drive via Kamanjab and Otjiwarongo.
Day 15: On to Windhoek where there will be time available in the downtown area before transfer to the airport.

CODE NAM15E. NAMIBIA 15 DAYS EXPEDITION

Day 1 & 2: Travel south from Windhoek towards the Namib Desert via the beautiful Spreetshoogte Pass to arrive mid-afternoon. A full day is set aside to visit the beautiful Sossusvlei area for dune climbing, photography, visit Dead Vlei, Dune 45 as well as an excursion to Sesriem Gorge.
Day 3 & 4: Head north-west to enter the Namib Naukluft Park again at the Kuiseb Canyon. Detour to visit the prehistoric Welwitschia Plains as well as the Moon Landscape before arriving at the typical German town Swakopmund. Day 4 will be spent in the area with a visit to Walvis Bay (lagoon and bird colony), curio shopping and, if requested, to partake in a wide variety of optional extra activities such as scenic flights, dune driving, tandem skydiving, boat cruise in Walvis Bay harbour and lots more.
Day 5 & 6: North along the Skeleton Coast to visit the seal colony at Cape Cross and then inland to Damaraland. Again a full day is set aside to "explore" this area where interests will include visiting the rock engravings and paintings, Burnt Mountain, Organ Pipes as well as a nature drive over some dune fields to look for the world-renown desert adapted elephants and black rhino.
Day 7: Break camp and travel north to the Palmwag / Sesfontein area. The route will go through "etendeka" (flat-topped) mountains with a good possibility of seeing some free roaming game.
Day 8 & 9: Enter Kaokoland today travelling via Opuwo (Herero word meaning, "all finished") and Okangwati to the Epupa Falls on the Kunene River, which forms the border with Angola. These days participants will have the opportunity to visit some primitive Himba villages, hike along Kunene River, swim in rock pools as well as general relaxation of some hard driving!
Day 10: Travel back to Opuwo and then on to the western side of Etosha (outside the park).
Days 11, 12 & 13: Enter Etosha National Park where these days will be spent on game drives, game watching at waterholes and at camp floodlit holes.
Day 14: Today travel back towards Windhoek to arrive at the overnight destination mid-afternoon. Relax at the swimming pool.
Day 15: Head back to Windhoek, spend some time in the downtown shops before the transfer to the airport.
Rates

Departures: first Friday of every month or on special request

CODE AA6. NAMIBIA 22 DAYS ROUNDABOUT

Day 1: Travel south from Windhoek for the first night stop.
Day 2: Depart after breakfast and travel south to the Fish River Canyon area. On route, visit the Quiver Tree Forest.
Days 3 & 4: Early morning visit to the canyon area before heading west to Aus, through barren, but beautiful desert landscapes. A full day is set aside for an excursion to Luderitz to see the Kolmanskop "Ghost" town, Diaz Point and lots more.
Days 5 & 6: Travel north along the edge of the Namib Desert through some stunning landscapes to arrive late afternoon. A full day is set aside to visit the beautiful Sossusvlei area for dune climbing, photography, visit Dead Pan, Dune 45 as well as an excursion to Sesriem Gorge.
Days 7 & 8: Head north-west to enter the Namib Naukluft Park again at the Kuiseb Canyon. Detour to visit the prehistoric Welwitschia plants as well as the Moon Landscape before arriving at the typical German town of Swakopmund. Day 4 will be spent in the area with a visit to Walvis Bay (lagoon and bird colony), curio shopping and, if requested, to partake in a wide variety of optional extra activities such as scenic flights, dune driving, tandem skydiving, boat cruise in Walvis Bay harbour and lots more.
Days 9 & 10: North along the Skeleton Coast to visit the seal colony at Cape Cross and then inland to Damaraland. Again a full day is set aside to "explore" this area where interests will include visiting the rock engravings and paintings, Burnt Mountain, Organ Pipes as well as a nature drive over some dune fields to look for the world-renown desert adapted elephants and black rhino.
Day 11: Break camp and travel north to the Palmwag/Sesfontein area. The route will go through "etendeka" (flat-topped) mountains with a good possibility of seeing some free roaming game.
Days 12 & 13: Enter Kaokoland today travelling via Opuwo (Herero word meaning, "all finished") and Okangwati to the Epupa Falls on the Kunene River, which forms the border with Angola. These days participants will have the opportunity to visit some primitive Himba villages, hike along Kunene River, swim in rock pools as well as general relaxation of some hard driving!
Day 14: Travel back to Opuwo and then on to the western side of Etosha (outside the park).
Days 15, 16 & 17: Enter Etosha National Park where these days will be spent on game drives, game watching at waterholes and at camp floodlit holes.
Days 18 & 19: Travel via Grootfontein to Tsumkwe in Bushmanland where a full day is set aside to spend with the Bushmen to see how they live and gather food as well as to experience a dance in the evening.
Day 20: Spend the morning in the area before heading west again.
Day 21: Today travel back towards Windhoek to arrive at the Waterberg mid-afternoon. Relax at the swimming pool and short nature hike.
Day 22: Back to Windhoek where the safari will end. E-mail us!
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Reservations & information:

Elena Travel Services & Car Hire CC
P.O. Box 3127 Windhoek, Namibia
Fax: +264 61 244558
E-mail: info@namibweb.com

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Kaokoland, Damaraland, Bushmenland desert safaris