A wildlife viewing, photographic safari with a visit to natural hot spring and wilderness exploring activities (14-days, fully accommodated). For those amateur photographers who only have 2 weeks' holiday/vacation, and are in despair that 14 days are too short, this is for you! Transform your dream of an African Safari into reality! Here, in The Gem of Africa - Namibia. View and photograph African wildlife in their natural surroundings; experience the opportunity of a life time to see the world famous - and endangered - Namibian desert Elephants. Between the "photo-shoots", relax in Natural, Sulfur-free, hot springs - right there in the African bush.
This photographic safari offers a promise of experiences, more vivid, than the photographs you will take back home with you. With only fourteen days available, no time will be wasted on pitching and breaking up of safari camps, this is a fully accommodated photographic safari. Every possible minute will be spent in active experiences and creating the Memory Maker for years to come! To make this photographic safari happen, we require a minimum booking of 2 (two) guests. During the safari you will visit the Etosha National Park; four private reserves, each specializing in some form of conservation and/or research of our Fauna, Flora and environmental eco-systems.
One of these is a Cheetah Conservation Farm, where some real close-up photographic opportunities will be possible; two more venues are situated within the last true wilderness area left in Africa - Kaokoveld. At both of the latter, you might be fortunate to view - and photograph - the elusive Namibian desert Elephants. The second of the above two venues will also afford you a respite from traveling. You will reach it towards the last few days of your safari itinerary. Here, in the middle of this wilderness area, allow yourself the luxury of spending two nights in a photographic wonderland. Picture the bliss and feeling of being on holiday while going on Nature hikes and walks; join wildlife viewing drives; cool off in the swimming pool, or wallow in a Sulfur-free, natural mineral spring (± 38° C); view and photograph desert Elephants and use the in-house equipment to view the glittering canopy of the true Southern Skies at night. There's more, come and see for yourself!
Your Itinerary:
Day 1: Meet your host at the airport on arrival and transfer to a small Game Lodge en-route to Windhoek. Relax from the flight and acclimatize to Namibia. Should you feel up to it, you also have your first opportunity to view our sunset on a sundowners drive, or simply relax on a pool chair and view wildlife at the waterhole.
Day 2: To shorten the distance towards the eastern entrance to the Etosha National Park, a night-stop en-route will afford you a view of the open savanna grassland of Namibia.
Day 3: As you travel towards the Etosha National Park, enjoy a quick stop to visit the mysterious Lake Otjikoto. Arrive at your next venue in time to freshen up, have a swim and maybe have sufficient time to join a late afternoon game viewing drive to search out the diminutive Damara Dik-dik in the Fort Namutoni area. Return to your lodge before sunset.
Day 4: Return to Etosha after breakfast for slow wildlife viewing drives in the Namutoni area. Lunch at Fort Namutoni, maybe a short rest under the trees in the rest camp, then another slow Game drive until just before sunset. Return to your lodge.
Day 5: An early breakfast today as you will not only return to Etosha, but traverse the entire length of the Park today. Lunch at Halali rest camp. Continue after lunch to exit at the western gate towards a safari camp for dinner and a peaceful night.
Day 6: Return to Etosha again after breakfast for slow wildlife viewing and photographing drives in the Okaukuejo area of the Park. Lunch at Okaukuejo rest camp. Exit the Park for the last time just before sunset.
Day 7: Today, the promised visit to the Cheetah Conservation Farm. Arrangements will be made for the the owners to invite you to their homestead where you will have the opportunity for some real close-up photography - and inter-action - with a few semi-tame Cheetahs.
Days 8 - 9: Your first venue in Damara land today. As you enter this wilderness area, you will be accommodated at a lodge in a special concession area of this region. Besides the fact that 11 of Namibia's 14 endemic and semi-endemic bird species occur here, a pride of 9 Lions has recently decided to make this area their home - nobody knows where they migrated from. This is also one of the venues frequented by the elusive desert Elephants. Here you will have an opportunity for a night Game drive to search out the nocturnal wildlife of Namibia.
Days 10 - 11: Another promise arrived at! As you move further south within Damaraland, arrive at this most unique lodge in a "bowl" valley of the Damaraland mountains. Before breakfast on Day 11, join one of the most informative, and pleasant, nature walks in Namibia, accompanied by one of the most respected guides in the country. Besides wildlife viewing drives, swimming or wallowing in a natural, sulfur-free hot spring, the times in between could be used for rest, or to be pampered with Aroma therapy-, Reflexology- or muscle-relaxing massages. (Not included in the safari price, but offered by private, in-house therapists at between N$200 and N$350 per session).
Day 12: Being the turning point in your itinerary, you have to nose back in the direction of Windhoek today. To shorten the distance, and to afford a final wildlife viewing and photographing opportunity, stop at a private Game Reserve boasting the widest variety of wildlife outside the confines of the Etosha National Park.
Day 13: Unfortunately, this dream is fast coming to an end. But not to create too much of a shock to your system by suddenly returning you to civilization after such a free and close-to-Nature experience, your accommodation tonight will be at Game Lodge en-route to the airport. Join a scenic drive for a final view of our sunset on this, your last night in Namibia, Africa.
Day 14: Subject to flight departure time, you will have the opportunity for a leisurely breakfast, and to finish those last exposures on your film, or memory disc. Transfer to Namibia's International airport to arrive in time for your departure flight.
PLEASE NOTE: If a minimum number of guests are stated, we can unfortunately NOT RESPOND to an inquiry for less than the required minimum.
Member discount:
10% discount for InfoHub customer. Request a free gift certificate.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Although bookings are accepted from January to December, the prices quoted for this safari are only valid until 31 October 2008.
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