Roaring Dunes and Oceans - Namibia Coastal Exploration Safari (Wilderness Safaris)

ROARING DUNES AND OCEANS
An Adventurer Exploration - 3 night / 4 day

Combination Wilderness Safaris Adventurer camping in private concession areas and campsites and a lodge overnight. This old-style serviced camping safari recreates a sense of adventure for the traveller seeking an authentic African experience.

Adventurer Explorations camps provide serviced spacious dome tents, designed for comfort in remote wilderness areas. The style of accommodation takes you back to the great days of African exploration. Pure cotton linen bedrolls (with duvets) on GI stretchers, bedside table with lantern and mini luggage benches complement the atmosphere in pristine, wild camping areas. Separate toilet and shower 'bathrooms' with old-style tin bucket showers and basins and amenities create simple serviced comfort.

Adventurer camping brings the guest closer to nature, by means of lively camp fires, hurricane lanterns, diverse activities and a warm atmosphere permeating the camp (and its simple comforts). Adventurer camps are specifically outfitted to create that wilderness camping feel with a clear emphasis on essential camp comforts and maximum wilderness experience.

Guides: The entire safari is guided and hosted by a professional and passionate trained guide who offers in-depth knowledge to present a seamless, well-rounded experience.

Exclusive experience: To ensure privacy and exclusivity, most areas in which we travel are private concessions in unspoiled and scenic prime locations. All campsites are for the use of Wilderness Safaris guests only, while at hotels and lodges we meet other guests.

Routes: The route followed on this Exploration aims to reveal the evocative scenery of the desert and the life-rich, rugged Atlantic Coast and the moving dune fields of the Namib Desert around Sossusvlei. Surprisingly, the seemingly barren desert comes to life with an amazing plethora of plants and animals that have ingeniously adapted to their harsh surroundings - and in fact thrive. On this journey there are excellent opportunities to view enormous dunes, seals up close from a kayak trip, pelicans and flamingos, to name but a few.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: The Stiltz Lodge, Swakopmund
After arrival in Windhoek, where we are met by a representative of Wilderness Safaris, we transfer by road to the The Stiltz Lodge in Swakopmund on the Atlantic. The journey takes us through some fascinating landscapes, gravel plains and stark mountains before arriving in the late afternoon.

Swakopmund is a wonderful town, situated between the startling and extensive dune fields of the south and the northern Namibian bush, with a unique urban atmosphere that is a vibrant combination of Africa and Europe.

The Stiltz is a unique lodge, built on stilts thus providing breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean, the red iron rich beach dunes and also the Swakopmund River mouth. Each of the 8 minimalist yet elegantly furnished thatched bungalows is linked by wooden walkways to the main restaurant. As the lodge is sited close to the central part of town, this allows for easy access to enjoy the special hospitality, history and cuisine unique to Swakopmund.

Days 2 & 3: Kulala Adventurer Camp, Sossusvlei
After an early breakfast, we drive southwards to Walvis Bay Lagoon. Here in a protected bay, hundreds of flamingos, pelicans and other waterfowl amass. On the calm waters of the bay, we experience a sea kayak trip, a spectacular activity that allows us to approach the waterbirds in their habitat at a respectable distance, often allowing for some unique photographic opportunities of birds flying low over the bay.

We enjoy a seafood lunch served on the beach and afterwards drive inland to the Kulala Adventurer Camp in our private Sossusvlei concession, arriving in the late afternoon.

Here we enjoy access to the Sossusvlei dunes, walks in the immense moving sands of the Namib, game drives and stargazing. Photography in the early morning of the dunes is particularly stunning with rich reds and dark shadows completing the dazzling reality that is the enormity of the Namib Desert.

Day 4: Transfer to Windhoek
After breakfast we transfer by road, including lunch overlooking the view of the plains nearby, to Windhoek and bid farewell to the adventure.

THIS ITINERARY IS AVAILABLE ON FLEXIBLE DATES AND ITINERARIES, FOR TAILOR-MADE SAFARIS FOR SMALL GROUPS UP TO EIGHT GUESTS.

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