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Northern Tour – Puzzle – 8 Nights and 9 Days
Optional Day 1 / 2 when pick up in Windhoek
Day 1:
Arrival on the International Airport in Windhoek. Meet and Greet by your local guide and drive to
Windhoek. In the afternoon a short city tour with one overnight in the Elegant Bed and Breakfast or
similar. Dinner in a nice restaurant in town – on clients own account.
Day 2:
We depart from Windhoek and drive all the way to Swakopmund. On our way down to the coast we
will stop at the Spitzkoppe to view some rockpaintings. After this we will carry on to Swakopmund.
1 Night in the Beac h Hotel or similiar on a Bed and Breakfast Basis. For Dinner the guide can take you
to a nice restaurant in town.
Rising high above the surrounding plains , the Spitzkoppe became known as the Matterhorn of
Namibia. This group of imposing granite peacks is similar in the shape to the Swiss alpine mountains.
The mountains formed some 700 million years ago and a number of San rock painting proves human
habitation 2 000 to 4 000 years ago. Unfortunately much of the rock art has been vandalized. A steep
ascent assisted by a steel cable takes visitors to Bushman’s Paradise on the eastern side of the
mountain. An overhang in this area displays the remains of serveral paintings. More rock art can be
seen at Small Bushman’s Paradise and Golden Snake. Spitzkoppe’s highest point lies 1 728 metres
above sea level and the steep granite walls stand as a challenge to rock climbers. The peak is
impossible to ascend without some technical climbing and hence Spitzkoppe was summited as late
as 1946. Today a variety of routes are well established making the rounded granite peaks a popular
site for rock climbing.
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Day 2:
Meet and Greet by your local guide and Transfer from the Walvis Bay Airport / Swakopmund Airport
to your Hotel in Swakopmund. The rest of the day is at Leisure. The guide can take you to a nice
restaurant in town. 1 Night in the Beac h Hotel or similiar on a Bed and Breakfast Basis. For Dinner the
guide can take you to a nice restaurant in town.
Day 3:
At 08h30, you will be picked up by a guide for a extraordinary exploration of the coastal dune belt
just outside Swakopmund. To the untrained eye the dunes are just a pile of sand, however our skilled
and experience guides will introduce you the a wealth of life. Track Palmato Gecko’s, Sanddiving
Lizards, the famous fog-basking Tok-Tokkie beetle, Sind wider Snakes, Spiders, Scorpions and
Chameleons. This 3 hour exploration will be rounded of with a short rollercoaster dune drive and a
magnificent view from a high dune overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Back in Swakopmund at around
Lunch time.
The afternoon is at Leisure with one night in the Beach Hotel or similar on a Bed and breakfast Basis.
For Dinner the Guide can take you to another nice restaurant in town.
Day 4:
After Breakfast we depart from Swakopmund and drive via Henties Bay and Uis to Twyfelfontein.
Arrival in the afternoon. We visit the rock engravings at Twyfelfontein with one night in the
Twyfelfontein Lodge or similar on a Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Basis.
Twyfelfontein is Namibias first Heritage Site and is a massive open air gallery that is of great interest
to international rock connoisseurs. The 2000 plus rock engravings represent one of Africa’s largest
and most important rock art concentrations. There are estimated of being up to 6 000 years old.
Day 5:
After Breakfast we depart from the Twyfelfontein Country Lodge and drive via the petrified forest to
Khorixas. From Khorixas we proceed to Outjo and further to the Etoscha National Park. We enter the
park throught the Andersson Gate ( southern entrance ). In the afternoon a short Game drive with
one overnight in the Okaukeujo Rest Camp ( inside the park ) or similar on a Dinner, Bed and
Breakfast Basis.
One of the largest savannah conservation areas in Africa, Etosha National Park is world renowned for
its spectacular wildlife: elephant, black and white rhinoceros, lions, leopards, cheetahs, large herds
of springbok, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe and a multitude of other fascinating species, big and small,
interacting in their natural environment.
Day 6:
Enjoy a whole day Game Drive in the Etoscha National Park. We stay one night in the Namutoni Rest
Camp or similar on a Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Basis.
Day 7:
We leave the Etoscha National Park through the Von Lindequist Gate and drive to Tsumeb. From here
we visit the Otjikoto Lake and the Hoba Meteorite. Further we drive to Tsinstabis to the Muramba
Buschman Trail. We overnight to experience a true Bushmann Trail and informative presentation
after the Tour the next day. 1 Night at the Omuramba Buschman Trail on a Bed and Breakfast Basis.
Day 8:
After Breakfast we join the Bushmann Trail and presentation. We depart after Lunch to the
Waterberg Plateau Park. 1 Night in the Waterberg Plateau Park or similar on a Bed and Breakfast
Basis.
Waterberg Plateau Park is a National park in central Namibia encompassing the Waterberg Plateau,
68 km east of the town of Otjiwarongo. The Waterberg Plateau is a particularly prominent feature,
elevated high above the plains of the Kalahari of Eastern Namibia. The plateau and some 405 km² of
surrounding land were declared a Nature Reserve in 1972. The plateau is largely inaccessible so in the
early 1970s several of Namibia's endangered species were translocated there to protect them from
predators and poaching to extinction. The programme was very successful and Waterberg now
supplies other Namibian parks with rare species.
In 1989, Black Rhino were reintroduced to the area from Damaraland, sparking a successful breeding
programme of national and international significance for the species. The Waterberg Plateau Park is
ecologically diverse and rich and has over 200 different species of bird and some rare species of small
antelope on the lower hills of the mountain.
Geologically, the oldest rock stratum is over 850 million years old and dinosaurs tracks were left
there some 200 million years ago. The first human inhabitants were the San people, who left rock
engravings believed to be several thousand years old. A small tribe of the San were still living their
traditional lifestyle on the plateau until the late 1960s.
The site is also home to one of the major turning points in Namibia's History. It was at Waterberg, in
the foothills, that the Herero people lost their last and greatest battle against German colonial forces
at the beginning of the 20th century. The Herero were forced to retreat from the Waterberg and
headed eastward to British Bechuanaland (now Botswana). Thousands were killed by the pursuing
Germans and many lost their lives in the Kalahari Desert due to lack of food and water. Estimates are
that nearly two thirds of the Herero population lost their lives during this period. The graves of
German soldiers who lost their lives at Waterberg can still be viewed near the Waterberg rest camp
at the base of the park.
Day 9:
After Breakfast we depart from the Waterberg Plateau Park and drive to Okahandja with a stop at
the woodcarvers market. We proceed to Windhoek. Arrival in the afternoon. 1 Night in the Hotel
Pension Thule or similar with Bed and Breakfast. For Dinner the Guide can take you to a nice
restaurant in town.
Day 10:
Transfer to the international Airport for your Departure Flight.
Kindly take note, that the above mentioned rate is based on the establishments as mentioned above.
In case that the establishments are not available and alternative establishments have to be taken,
then the quote has to be recalculated on the booked establishments.