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Best of Botswana & Namibia | 2028 route map

Begin in Kasane and travel to Gweta Lodge on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. Optional open-vehicle excursion to a meerkat colony and the vast salt flats for photo ops. Enjoy sundowner drinks, with an optional dinner and drinks at the lodge.

Drive to the Okavango Delta for a game drive, then settle into the Contiki Safari Camp (pre-erected dome tents with stretchers, mattresses and linen). Campfire dinner under the stars.

Meals: Breakfast,Dinner

Early morning game drive in the Okavango Delta to seek elephants, hippos and, with luck, predators. Return to camp for lunch and a siesta, with an optional mokoro boat trip along the waterways. Afternoon game drive, traditional campfire dinner and a night drive with spotlights to search for nocturnal wildlife.

Meals: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner

Sunrise coffee and breakfast, then a morning game drive as you exit the Delta. Check into the lodge in Maun and relax by the pool. Optional helicopter flight over the Okavango Delta. Evening visit to the Okavango Delta Brewery for a tour, tasting and dinner.

Meals: Breakfast

Cross from Botswana into Namibia, traveling from Maun to Windhoek. Meet your local Namibian Trip Manager on arrival. Free evening to relax, dine near the hotel and shop for last-minute supplies.

Meals: Breakfast

Guided city tour of Windhoek, then continue to Okapuka Safari Lodge for an optional game drive and lunch. Travel onward to your Etosha-area lodge for check-in and pool time. Evening walkabout dinner in Outjo.

Meals: Breakfast

Early start for a major game drive in Etosha National Park. Return to the lodge for lunch and free time to relax. Sunset walk followed by a buffet dinner at the lodge.

Meals: Breakfast,Dinner

Head west to Swakopmund, stopping in the Erongo Mountains to visit the San Bushmen of Omandumba for insights into language and desert survival (with arts and crafts). Continue to Spitzkoppe for lunch and views of the granite peaks. Check into the hotel, then take a Swakopmund Township Tour and enjoy a traditional dinner. Free evening to explore.

Meals: Breakfast

Travel to Walvis Bay and kayak at Pelican Point, watching for seals, dolphins and possibly whales. Optional combo tour to Sandwich Harbour via the coastal dunes. Afternoon free in Swakopmund for bars, restaurants or dune activities.

Meals: Breakfast

Scenic drive into the Namib Desert with a lunch stop at Solitaire (famed for apple pie). Arrive at your lodge near Sossusvlei, with time for a swim. Sunset desert drive and buffet dinner at the lodge.

Meals: Breakfast,Dinner

Early visit to Namib-Naukluft National Park. Walk along Big Daddy sand dune into Deadvlei for classic desert vistas. After lunch, drive back to Windhoek to check in and head out for a farewell dinner at Joe’s Beerhouse.

Meals: Breakfast

Final breakfast together. Trip ends.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s included

11 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 4 dinners included as per the itinerary (campfire and lodge meals).
Coastal experience: Pelican Point sea-kayaking at Walvis Bay with chances to see seals and dolphins.
Desert highlights: Sossusvlei and Deadvlei visit with a walk on Big Daddy sand dune, plus a sunset desert drive near Sossusvlei.
On-tour transport for scheduled transfers and included activities between Kasane and Windhoek.
Services of professional Trip Managers in Botswana and Namibia.
11 nights of accommodation in comfortable lodges and an exclusive Contiki Safari Camp near the Khwai River (or similar); some properties feature swimming pools.
Pre-erected two-person dome tents at the Contiki Safari Camp with stretchers, mattresses, linen and towels; camp staff set up tents, cook meals, and a daytime chill tent is available.
Wildlife activities: multiple game drives in the Okavango Delta (morning, afternoon and a night drive) plus a game drive in Etosha National Park, and a sunset trip along the Khwai River.
Sightseeing and culture: guided Windhoek city tour (including Christuskirche, Independence Memorial Museum and Parliament Gardens), cultural visit with the San Bushmen at Omandumba, and a scenic stop at Spitzkoppe’s Rock Arch.

What’s not included

International flights to Kasane and from Windhoek are not included.
Entry visas for Botswana and Namibia (if required) are not included.
Travel insurance is not included and should be arranged by the traveller.
Any meals not listed in the itinerary (most lunches and some dinners), plus drinks and snacks.
Optional experiences such as the Makgadikgadi meerkat/salt pans excursion, mokoro boat trip in the Delta, Okavango Delta helicopter flight, brewery tour/tasting and dinner in Maun, the Sandwich Harbour dunes combo tour, and quad biking in Swakopmund.
Personal expenses including souvenirs, laundry, and gratuities, plus any additional drinks.

Additional information

Stretch your legs on a guided sunset walk from the lodge, reading tracks, plants and geology as the day cools. With the sky flushing pink, you’ll learn how hardy species like oryx and ostrich adapt to this desert margin.

Your guide shares fieldcraft tips and cultural lore tied to local flora. It’s a slower, sensory complement to vehicle safaris—an invitation to breathe, notice and pause for photos and reflection in the dusk calm.

Visit a community in the Erongo region to experience life in a bushman village. Learn elements of the San language’s click consonants, see traditional fire-making and tracking, and hear how families survive and thrive in harsh desert conditions.

Guides share knowledge of medicinal plants, hunting techniques and seasonal movements, connecting age-old skills to the modern landscape. This respectful exchange offers context and pause for photos and reflection without breaking the moment.

Marvel at Namibia’s “Matterhorn of Namibia” as you explore the weather-sculpted domes and the famous Rock Arch of Spitzkoppe. The ochre granite contrasts with cobalt skies, creating superb angles for scenic photography.

Guides explain how these inselbergs rose from ancient volcanic activity and became desert beacons for travelers. Wander among boulders and sandveld as you pause for photos and reflection in this cinematic landscape.

Explore Swakopmund’s townships with a local guide to understand daily life beyond the seaside promenade. Hear stories spanning German colonial legacies to contemporary culture, visiting community spaces and craft initiatives on a respectful, small-group guided tour.

Learn about food traditions, music and entrepreneurship that define this Atlantic outpost today. The experience foregrounds people and place—context that deepens your time in Swakopmund and invites pause for photos and reflection with permission.

Set out as the Namib turns copper and rose, following a guided route through gravel plains and dune feet to watch the desert at golden hour. Look for oryx silhouettes against towering sands and study hardy flora clinging to moisture from the cool Atlantic air.

Your guide shares the science behind “star dunes” and shifting sands while choosing scenic pull-offs to pause for photos and reflection. It’s the perfect prelude to the dunes day.

Climb the ridge of Big Daddy, one of the region’s tallest dunes, for sweeping 360° views of the Namib-Naukluft National Park. Then descend to the stark clay pan of Deadvlei, where sun-bleached camelthorn trees stand against apricot sands and cobalt sky.

Guides explain dune formation, wind patterns and the geology that preserved these ancient silhouettes. Sand underfoot, horizon all around—this is a pure desert moment built for pause for photos and reflection.

Toast the day’s end on the edge of one of the world’s largest salt flats, where horizons seem to swallow the sky. Your guide selects a scenic vantage to soak in the lakeside atmosphere of these ancient pans as light softens and shadows lengthen.

Hear how vanished super-lakes left this crusted expanse and why it’s a vital seasonal refuge for wildlife. The stillness and pastel palette invite you to pause for photos and reflection long after the sun slips away.

Head out by open vehicle to seek a habituated colony and watch meerkats at arm’s length as sentries scan and pups forage. Guides position you for playful behavior while you craft fun perspective photos on the salt flats.

Learn how these social mammals survive the extremes of the pans, from cooperative childcare to insect hunting. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Glide quietly in a traditional mokoro canoe, poled by local experts through reed-fringed channels. Skim past waterlilies while listening for kingfisher chatter and the soft splash of lechwe moving through shallows.

Your poler shares insights into delta life and seasonal floods that nourish this mosaic of lagoons and islands. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Lift above the labyrinth to capture an aerial tapestry of islands, hippo channels and palm-studded floodplains. A scenic helicopter flight reveals the delta’s scale in a single sweeping view and offers unparalleled scenic photography opportunities.

Pilots trace animal paths and oxbow lagoons while banking gently for panoramas of the Okavango Delta. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Discover Maun’s craft scene with a behind-the-scenes visit to the Okavango Delta Brewery. Learn how small-batch recipes are created for the Kalahari climate, then sample a flight of beers before settling in for a relaxed brewpub dinner.

Chat with staff about local ingredients and community initiatives that keep this riverside town buzzing. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Paddle the calm lagoon to kayak among Cape fur seals at Pelican Point. Curious pups often porpoise alongside your bow while dolphins and seabirds work the cool Benguela waters nearby.

Guides share marine ecology and the history of Walvis Bay’s working harbor as you enjoy an ocean-side angle of the desert. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Ride a specialist 4×4 to the dramatic meeting point of towering dunes and the Atlantic. Experience steep dune ascents and sweeping beach runs as guides interpret this fragile, ever-shifting edge of the Namib.

Stop for wind-sculpted views and learn how fog sustains life in a landscape with almost no rain. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Throttle across the coastal erg on a guided ride that strings together crests, bowls and slipfaces for an exhilarating sand-scape circuit. Instructors pace the group so you can focus on riding the dunes and capturing scenic photography stops.

Learn about fragile dune flora and safe routes that protect this unique biome while upping the adrenaline. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Sit down for a convivial evening sampling Namibian home-style dishes in a welcoming local setting. Expect grilled specialties, seasonal sides and stories that connect recipes to family traditions and township life.

It’s a flavorful window into Swakopmund beyond the seafront, pairing food with conversation and hospitality. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Celebrate your journey at the icon that is Joe’s Beerhouse, a Windhoek institution filled with quirky memorabilia and warm Namibian hospitality. Choose from hearty grills and local specialties while raising a final toast with Namibian brews.

The lively atmosphere makes it a fitting wrap to desert days and delta nights—stories shared, contacts swapped, and a last pause for photos and reflection before goodbyes. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Drift along the Khwai’s channels at golden hour on a tranquil sunset waterways exploration. Watch lilies close, listen for reed frogs and admire mirror-calm reflections as the Okavango Delta eases into evening.

Guides share how seasonal floods sculpt these channels and sustain antelope, elephants and wading birds. With the sky turning peach and mauve, this gentle outing is designed to pause for photos and reflection before night sounds rise.

Settle into a wilderness camp beside the Khwai as you meet your camp crew and gather around the flames for a hearty meal cooked over open coals. The canvas comforts and thoughtful touches create an immersive, low-impact stay that keeps you close to the calls of the wild.

After dinner, lean back to track the Southern Cross while embers crackle. This is the Delta at its unfiltered best—camp under the stars and feel the night deepen beyond the crackle of the campfire.

Join a guided panoramic tour of Namibia’s capital, taking in the Christuskirche, the striking Independence Memorial Museum and the shaded paths of Parliament Gardens. This concise overview links architecture with nation-building stories.

Hear how Windhoek evolved from colonial outpost to a modern African city, with landmarks reflecting shifting eras and identities. Your guide weaves context so the streets and statues come alive in a compact, insightful circuit.

Head into Etosha—“the Great White Place”—to join a guided game drive across shimmering plains and acacia scrub. Stop at key waterholes where elephant, oryx, springbok and zebra converge, with lions and jackals never far from the action.

Learn how Etosha’s vast salt pan and arid climate create dramatic wildlife gatherings. Your ranger positions the vehicle for respectful viewing, helping you read behavior cues and pause for photos and reflection as scenes unfold.

Venture into the dark on a guided safari as you search with spotlights for the delta’s elusive night shift. Glide past shadowy thickets and floodplain edges, watching for genets, civets, owls and hippos grazing beyond the Khwai River floodplains.

Your guide interprets eyeshine and tracks, revealing behaviors rarely seen by day. This is a chance to witness the delta’s intimate nocturnal rhythms and pause for photos and reflection beneath a star-filled sky.

Explore Africa’s most celebrated wetland as you join a guided game drive through the Okavango Delta. Track wildlife along the Khwai River floodplains, scanning for elephants, buffalo, giraffe and, with luck, predators moving between islands and lagoons.

Learn how the delta’s annual flood shapes this ecosystem, drawing herds to life-giving waterholes and reed-rimmed channels. Your ranger helps interpret tracks and alarm calls so you can pause for photos and reflection at just the right moments.

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