If you like what we call “glamping”, is a wildlife enthusiast and want to travel “off the beaten track” – then this trip is for you!
Discover Kaokoveld, a dry and mountainous area bordering Angola. You will find a varied wildlife such as giraffes, desert elephants, black rhino, reptiles and birds. Continue your journey down to the incomparable skeleton coast, a different and beautiful part of the African coast which offers a wonderful varied wildlife. From seal and flamingo cones, to hyena, deserted lions and elephants. This is not only a place for wildlife, it is also a place for adventure… Rent a 4×4 and explore the ship guns in Suiderkus, Karimona and the rest of Westie’s unmissable places. End your adventure in the Mother City – Cape Town.
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Sample Itinerary
Welcome to Namibia!
You arrive by air to Windhoek, Namibia’s capital. A driver awaits you and takes you to your hotel where you can rest up for future adventures.
Today, it is time to fly inland and to great Kaokoveld that stretches across the border between Angola and Namibia, a dry, mountainous and relatively undeveloped region. The area is inhabited by three ethnic groups – Damara, Herero and Himba people – each with their own unique traditions and rituals.
In a country filled with vast, spectacular beautiful scenery, Kaokoland can only be the most incredible of all of them. Deep in northwestern Namibia with high mountains, dunes and huge widespread districts, spread with unique wildlife and nomadic Himba settlements. It is also one of Namibia’s most remote and wild environments, and one that not many will have the chance to discover during a lifetime, so enjoy your safari!
Enjoy a last-minute breakfast in Hoanib Valley before heading for further skeletal adventure and Shipwreck lodge. Uniquely designed around the enigmatic shipwreck that stretches along Namibia’s Skeleton Coast. This is a raw, rugged and distant piece of African wilderness, where tough dunes and wind-swept plains roll as far as the eye can see, buffed by the Atlantic Ocean.
But there is much more to the area than simple insulation. Stay at the Shipwreck Lodge and do safaris among desert-living elephants and track the elusive island of Leeuw. Discover the enchanting desert flora (succulents and lichens), Sit on the dunes as the sun drops below the horizon, spend the day exploring the whales and wreckage from the centuries of missed ships.
Eat your last breakfast in Namibia before it’s time to fly to South Africa and Cape Town. Cape Town’s beauty in combination with the local passion for food and wine makes this an unforgettable destination, while adrenaline junkies find plenty to do either in the Table Mountain or in the ocean. Beach lovers have a choice of lovely, pristine beaches. Cape Town also has a flourishing art scene, with galleries scattered throughout the city, shoppers can spend days exploring the outdoor markets and shops in the center.
Suggestions of what you can see and do on your own:
* Table Mountain Cable Way, runs from the foot of the mountain and up to the top, and is an experience not to be missed. The spectacular view of Cape Town is unbeatable!
* Robben Island: Robben Island, is the island with the prison where Nelson Mandela spent 27 years! and which is now a national monument.
* Township Cultural Tours: A great chance to see and be guided slums (Cape Town) around Cape Town, hear about life from local residents, maybe have a drink or meal in any of the area’s tavernas (sheebeen). An experience that sets a perspective on life.
* District Six Museum: This museum gives you an insight into what was happening in South Africa during apartheid.
* Cape Point and Godhoppsudden.
* Boulders Beach: Penguin Colony.
* Hout Bay: Boat trip to seal colony.
* Cape Peninsula: A world famous botanical site with a vast rich flora and fauna. The chance to see baboons, ostriches, bontebok, birdlife and whales at the right season.
* Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
Trip details
Season: Annually, but colder in June – August and very hot in December/January.
Airport: Windhoek (WDH)
Length: 8 nights )
Included: Full board at safari lodges, breakfast at the hotels in Windhoek and Ellerman House, all activities in program, transfer to och from airports.
Not Included: International flights, insurance, tipping, meals, drinks and activities not mentioned, laundry, visa, vaccinations.
Good to know about Namibia:
Mobile networks and email: Email and internet access are available at the hotels but do not expect it to work out in the bush.
Visa: The Government of Namibia allows citizens of specific countries and territories to travel to Namibia for tourism or business purposes for three months with an ordinary passport, and diplomatic and service passports without having to obtain a visa. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months. EU citizens, US and UK citizens do not need a visa. For other nationalities, please check with the Namibian embassy in your country.
Time zone: GMT + 1
Vaccinations: Learn more about what vaccinations you need here
Local Currency: Namibian Dollars
Weather: Weather Namibia
Water: Clean water is available at the camp.
Security: Safe
More information at: Travel advice
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Hoanib Valley Camp & Shipwreck Lodge: For the past 30 years has the founder of Natural Selection been the pioneer of unique safari experiences. You will explore intimate meetings with the continent’s four-legged icons, make meaningful interactions with the people who live here. Natural Selection and their safari adventures are characteristic, captivating and adventurous. Their goal is not only to take you where the lion’s hide, or spot a group of antelopes – they want to show you the best of what Africa has to offer, away from tourists. They want to give you a deeper understanding of the nature and your sense for adventure. Natural Selection want you to leave Africa filled with excitement and inspiration, with memories that your grandchildren one day will hear of.
At Hoanib Valley Camp and Shipwreck Lodge, the goal isn’t to conquer, but connecting with the country itself, its people and communities in the areas in which they operate. Therefore, these lodges are built with sustainability in mind and melt into the environment and its surroundings. Most are proprietary run, or managed as part of a joint partnership together with the local people.
Hoanib Valley Camp & Shipwreck Lodge are also proud to donate 1.5% of revenues to important conservation measures and support ongoing research projects across the continent.
Ellerman House – is not only involved in several projects such as Art Angels, The Click Foundation, and Great Plains Conservation, which are all about helping local communities and conservation projects. Ellerman House has also launched an initiative to become Cape Town’s most eco-friendly boutique hotel. Through newly developed green projects like solar panels, LED lights, heater pumps, machine farms and recycling systems, the property aims to be Cape Town’s leading hotel in environmentally friendly luxury.
Ellerman House is dedicated to Cape Town’s future and well-being by reducing their carbon footprint and hoping to inspire other hotels in Cape Town to do the same and become more environmentally friendly.
“We have a responsibility for our guests and for the residents of Cape Town to be as environmentally friendly as possible,” says Ella Cuyler, GM in Ellerman House. “I know that I speak on behalf of everyone at Ellerman House when I say how excited we are facing this new challenge”.
To measure the carbon footprint for the entire property, including the main building, the villas, the spa, art gallery and all administrative homes and offices, Ellerman House hire a energy efficiency company – BrightBlack – as a consultant, who manages comprehensive energy testing. The staff immediately began to find better energy solutions by installing 1500 energy efficient and motion sensor LED-lamps. The new lighting system uses 80% less electricity than the system it replaced. Ellerman House also installed a network-based solar system to generate up to 40% of its total electricity. This solar power, generation system will be run by about 230 solar panels installed on multiple roofs, they will also install solar panels as a roof system for the hotels parking area, both to give cars protected roofing but mainly to provide the main building with eco friendly power.
Ellerman House has always been a good supporter of recycling, but they will expand existing initiatives to include composting and water recovery. All staff recycle garden and kitchen residues, coffee and shredded paper which turn out as compost that is being used as multure in the picturesque Ellerman garden, consisting of native and dry tolerant plants, as well as species from the famous Kirstenbosch Garden.
Ellerman House is constructing water separation systems which will be used to supply the property with water. The reduction of energy use from geyser is also significant. The six first heaters installed will use 60% less electricity than the conventional geysers replaced. Additional heater pumps are installed later this year, which makes all hot water heating efficient.
