Itineraries
Three ways across Namibia.
Starting points with honest driving days. Every journey is then designed around you.
Itineraries
Starting points with honest driving days. Every journey is then designed around you.
7 days
Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Swakopmund. The essential loop, done properly, with two nights in each place so you actually see them. Driving days are kept under six hours.
Day 1
Land, collect your vehicle, and settle in. Evening at leisure in the capital.
Day 2
South into the desert, over the Spreetshoogte Pass with its sweeping views.
Drive: about 300 km, 5.5 to 6 hours. Tar to Rehoboth, then gravel.
Day 3
Enter at sunrise for the dunes, climb Big Daddy or Dune 45, walk Deadvlei's white pan among ancient camelthorn trees.
Note: about 60 km of tar from the Sesriem gate to the parking area; the final 5 km is deep sand, 4x4 or park shuttle only.
Day 4
North through Solitaire, famous for its apple pie and fuel stop, then through the Kuiseb Canyon to the coast.
Drive: about 350 km, 5.5 to 6 hours, mostly gravel.
Day 5
A full day on the coast. Optional excursions: marine cruise at Walvis Bay, Sandwich Harbour 4x4 trip, or the town itself.
Day 6
An easy final drive back to the capital. Farewell dinner in Windhoek.
Drive: about 360 km, 4 to 4.5 hours on tar.
Day 7
Return the vehicle and fly home.
10 days
The Classic, extended north: Damaraland's rock engravings and desert elephants, then Etosha's great game concentrations. Dunes one week, elephants the next.
Day 1
Land, collect your vehicle, overnight in the capital.
Day 2
South over the Spreetshoogte Pass into the Namib.
Drive: about 300 km, 5.5 to 6 hours. Tar, then gravel.
Day 3
Dawn at the dunes, Deadvlei's dead trees, afternoon at leisure.
Day 4
Via Solitaire and the Kuiseb Canyon to the Atlantic.
Drive: about 350 km, 5.5 to 6 hours, mostly gravel.
Day 5
Coast day. Optional marine cruise, desert excursions, or simply the town.
Day 6
Inland past the Spitzkoppe granite peaks toward Twyfelfontein.
Drive: about 340 km, 5 to 6 hours. Tar to Usakos, then gravel.
Day 7
Twyfelfontein's UNESCO rock engravings, the Organ Pipes and Burnt Mountain, and a search for desert-adapted elephants.
Day 8
North to the Andersson Gate and into the park for an afternoon game drive.
Drive: about 345 km, 4.5 to 6 hours via Khorixas and Outjo.
Day 9
A full day moving between waterholes. Okaukuejo's floodlit waterhole after dark is unforgettable.
Note: park speed limit 60 km/h. Plan a full day, not a transfer.
Day 10
Morning game drive, then south to the capital. Overnight Windhoek or evening departure.
Drive: about 430 km, 5 to 5.5 hours on tar. Never drive after dark.
14 days
The full circuit: Kalahari red sands, the Fish River Canyon, the ghost town of Kolmanskop, then the northern highlights and Waterberg. For travellers with two full weeks.
Day 1
Land, collect your vehicle, overnight in the capital.
Day 2
South on the highway into red-sand country near Mariental.
Drive: about 269 km, 3 to 3.5 hours on tar.
Day 3
South to Hobas, the canyon's main viewpoint. Stop at the Quiver Tree Forest en route.
Drive: about 415 km, 5 to 5.5 hours. Tar, then gravel.
Day 4
Morning at the canyon viewpoints, then west to the coast.
Drive: about 375 km, 4.5 to 5 hours. Top up fuel before leaving; stations are sparse.
Day 5
Kolmanskop ghost town in the morning light, the harbour town in the afternoon.
Day 6
A full driving day north. The scenic D707 gravel route is an option for the confident.
Drive: 465 to 600 km depending on route, 6.5 to 8 hours. Plan the whole day.
Day 7
Sunrise dunes, Deadvlei, and a slow afternoon.
Day 8
Via Solitaire and the Kuiseb Canyon.
Drive: about 350 km, 5.5 to 6 hours, mostly gravel.
Day 9
Coast day at leisure, with optional excursions.
Day 10
Past the Spitzkoppe toward Twyfelfontein.
Drive: about 340 km, 5 to 6 hours.
Day 11
Rock engravings in the morning, then north to the park for an afternoon game drive.
Drive: about 345 km, 4.5 to 6 hours.
Day 12
Full-day game drive eastward across the park toward Namutoni.
Note: about 135 km inside the park; treat as a full day of game viewing.
Day 13
Exit the Von Lindequist Gate and south to the Waterberg Plateau.
Drive: about 380 km, 4.5 to 5 hours on tar.
Day 14
Morning on the plateau, afternoon return to the capital. Evening departure.
Drive: about 307 km, 3 to 3.5 hours on tar.
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