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| This grand tour starts in Swakopmund and ends in Windhoek. Go on a visit to the Cape Cross Seal colony or a dolphin cruise from Swakopmund. A two night stay-over is also included in the Etosha National Park, one of the largest and most impressive game reserves in the whole of Africa. |
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| The reason is in the Ovambo name Etosha, meaning "place of dry water". For most of the year a vast shallow pan, which used to be a lake the size of Holland, now shimmers a silvery bright-white from salt across its entire surface. |
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SELF DRIVE ITINERARY - (Swakopmund to Windhoek)
Self drive briefing, in Swakopmund. Day at leisure in Swakopmund to partake in either quadbiking, kayaking, dune boarding or camel rides. Overnight at the Beach Lodge on a bed and breakfast basis.
Depart for Schonfeld Guest farm, a journey of approximately 3 hours. You may wish to visit Cape Cross en route. Overnight at Schonfeld Guest Farm on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis.
Morning departure to Ombinda Country Lodge some 180krn's from Schonveld. You may wish to have lunch in Otjiwarongo en route Overnight at Ombinda Country Lodge on a bed and breakfast basis.
After breakfast, a drive of 96 km's brings you to Okaukuejo Rest Camp situated on the south west side of Etosha National Park. Overnight at Okaukuejo Rest Camp on a room only basis.
Spend the day game viewing. The most definitive feature of the park is the Etosha Pan, a vast, shallow depression that for the greater part of the year is a bleak expanse of white cracked mud, which shimmers with mirages. Overnight at Okaukuejo Rest Camp on a room only basis.
Stop at waterholes & viewpoints on the way to Namutoni Rest Camp. Overnight at Namutoni Rest Camp on a room only basis.
This morning you will have an opportunity for a final early morning game drive prior to departing for Waterberg Plateau Park. Originally created as a sanctuary for rare and endangered species the park has a diversity of flowering plants, trees and shrubs. Overnight at Bernabis de la bat Rest Camp on a room only basis.
Drive to Windhoek.
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