Namibia, Sossusvlei & Skeleton Coast

Arrive at Hosea Kutako International, about 45 minutes by road into the city and transfer privately to your base. Time today to rest and eat before the long drive into the desert tomorrow.

• Private transfer via Hosea Kutako International
• Rest and eat before the long drive into the desert tomorrow
• Time to settle in before dinner

The Christuskirche, Independence Memorial Museum, the Katutura township with a local guide, and the craft centre for Himba and Herero work.

• Independence Memorial Museum
• Katutura guided visit
• Namibia Craft Centre

A morning at a private reserve in the hills outside the city for cheetah conservation work and a first look at the escarpment landscape.

• Cheetah conservation visit
• Escarpment game drive
• Sundowner over the highlands

Drive or fly southwest into the Namib-Naukluft park. On arrival, arrive for sunset over the dunes from a lodge viewpoint.

• Drive or fly southwest into the Namib-Naukluft park
• Arrive for sunset over the dunes from a lodge viewpoint
• Timings reconfirmed locally the day before

Through the Sesriem gate at sunrise for Dune 45 and Big Daddy, then the white clay pan of Deadvlei with its 900-year-old camel thorn skeletons. Heat builds fast after nine.

• Sunrise at Dune 45
• Deadvlei clay pan
• Sesriem Canyon

A dawn balloon over the dune sea with a champagne breakfast, a guided desert ecology walk, and stargazing in one of the darkest skies on earth.

• Hot-air balloon over the Namib
• Desert ecology walk
• Stargazing in an international dark sky reserve

Drive north from Sossusvlei through the Kuiseb canyon to the coast. On arrival, walk the German colonial seafront in the cold Atlantic air.

• Drive north from Sossusvlei through the Kuiseb canyon to the coast
• Walk the German colonial seafront in the cold Atlantic air
• Timings reconfirmed locally the day before

Swakopmund's German colonial architecture and cafés, the jetty, and a living desert tour into the dunes for chameleons, geckos and sidewinders with a specialist guide.

• Living Desert dune tour
• Colonial-era seafront and jetty
• Quad biking or sandboarding (optional)

A catamaran among pelicans, seals and dolphins in Walvis Bay, and a 4x4 run down to Sandwich Harbour where the dunes drop straight into the ocean. Tide dependent.

• Walvis Bay marine cruise
• Sandwich Harbour 4x4 (tide dependent)
• Flamingo lagoons

A last coastal morning before the drive or flight out. Private transfer to Walvis Bay airport in good time for your onward flight.

• A last coastal morning before the drive or flight out
• Late check-out arranged where the hotel allows it
• Private departure transfer