9 Day Namibia Safari
Pretoria – Walvis Bay
9 Days / 8 Nights:
Reference: Rovos 9 Day Namibia Safari
This 9-day, 3400km, journey takes the train from the savannahs of the Highveld to the Atlantic in the west. Highlights on this journey include the Kalahari Desert, Windhoek, Etosha National Park and the Namib Desert.
15h00: Depart Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria and travel south
towards the goldfields of the Witwatersrand
09h45: Visit the Big Hole and Diamond Museum in Kimberley.
12h30: Depart for Upington and travel the Karoo semi-desert.
08h00: Optional two-hour walking tour of Upington.
23h00: Arrive at Holoog after border formalities at Nakop.
08h00: One-hour transfer to visit the Fish River Canyon.
11h00: Depart for Keetmanshoop. Traverse the Kalahari.
15h00: Visit Garas Park and the Quiver Tree Forest.
09h00: Arrive in Windhoek for a city tour.
11h00: Depart in light aircraft for one-hour flight to a Sossusvlei
lodge for lunch, desert drive, bush dinner and overnight.
06h00: Sossusvlei drive with breakfast in the vlei.
12h00: Depart Sossusvlei for one-hour flight to Windhoek.
14h00: Depart Windhoek and travel north to Etosha Park.
09h30: Transfer to a lodge in the game-rich Etosha National
Park for lunch, game drive and overnight.
06h00: Early morning game drive in the Etosha National Park.
13h00: Enjoy lunch on board the train en route to the Atlantic
07h00: Enjoy breakfast as the train traverses the Namib.
12h30: Arrive at journey’s end in Walvis Bay, Namibia.