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African Sky conducts private tours in Namibia accompanied by one of our expert guides. We also offer luxury fly-in honeymoon and safari packages to all the finest destinations in Namibia, and longer itineraries that combine a safari tour in the country with regional highlights.
The country where desert sands meet the blue Atlantic, where desert Elephants wander past thousand-year-old rock paintings, and rocky hills jot the surrounding savanna.
If traveling long distances overland is something you enjoy, then this private tour of the most exciting destinations in Namibia is sure to be the most enjoyable holiday.
Starting in the Namibian capital of Windhoek, the private tour visits Swakopmund before traveling via the Skeleton Coast to Damaraland and then on to a safari in the Etosha National Park.
Vast vistas and a star-studded sky that seems to stretch into infinity are some delights that can be enjoyed on this private tour. An experienced African Sky guide accompanies the tour.
Namibia is quite unlike any other country on the African continent. The dramatic coastal beauty, vast desert landscapes, and prolific wildlife make it exceptional. The land is so sparsely inhabited that you could spend hours on a stretch of road without encountering another soul. It is an overwhelming experience, and indeed away from it all.
Despite being away from it all, the country has a very decent infrastructure, which is why it is the only other country besides South Africa to which we offer private overland tours. Road tripping across the breathtaking backdrop of desert, canyons, and the frosty blue of the Atlantic adds a whole different dimension to the appeal.
Though you may be able to enjoy traditional safari game drives elsewhere in Southern Africa, Etosha's striking arid landscape makes it incredibly distinctive. Many professional wildlife photographers cite Etosha as one of their favorite destinations because of its remarkable landscapes. Beyond Etosha, nowhere else in Southern Africa will you find arid scenery like the dunes dancing up and down Sossusvlei.
Opportunities for adventure abound in Namibia. While game drives in Etosha and exploring Sossusvlei are undoubtedly the most popular, traveling along the bleak shores of the Skeleton Coast, with its haunted array of shipwrecks, or visiting the deserted ghost town of Kolmanskop, offer extraordinarily unique adventures. For the culturally inclined, visiting a traditional Himba village will always prove a memorable experience.
The distinct experiences available in Namibia are largely desert-oriented, with elements of the rugged coast, ancient history, and the country's unique geology blended into them. This desert has far more to offer than initially meets the eye.
Namibia is a place of isolation and ancient wilderness, a great destination for safaris. From the high dunes of the Namib Desert on the country’s western Atlantic coast to the rocky hills of Damaraland and the Etosha National Park that lies at its northern borders, Namibia is home to astonishing scenery, history, and wildlife, most of which have remained the same for millennia.
The Namib is the oldest desert in the world, covered in thick sands roughly since roughly the same time India collided with the Asian continent. On the desert’s eastern flank is an ancient flower garden of Welwitschia's, a dinosaur among the flowering plants, which lives for thousands of years on nothing but the moist air blowing in from the ocean and the harsh desert soil. The Nama, a traditionally semi-nomadic and pastoralist people that inhabited what is northern South Africa and southern Namibia today, are part of the oldest extant culture group in the world - that of the Khoisan.
Among the mega-parks of Namibia are the Namib-Naukluft National Park with its towering dunes, the Etosha National Park, teeming with the big five and other wildlife, the remote northern extremities of the Namib known as the Skeleton Coast, and the /Ai-/Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park along its border with South Africa where the Fish River Canyon is found.
Namibia offers a wealth of unique experiences waiting to be discovered on tour. Sossusvlei, an eerily preserved ancient forest in the heart of the desert, is a captivating glimpse into a bygone era and a paradise for photography enthusiasts. Kolmanskop, a ghost town slowly being reclaimed by the desert sands, is another hauntingly beautiful sight that speaks volumes about the passage of time.
Twyfelfontein is a rock art stop on the migratory routes of Southern Africa, exhibiting thousands of years of rock paintings and pre-historic culture that forms part of us all. Finally, there is Windhoek - the intercultural capital city of Namibia, home to many languages, foods, and peoples, with a keen literary history and a close connection to the surrounding wilderness.
