Explore the incredibly diverse landscape of Namibia in the most intimate way possible, flying between locations in light aircraft. We will stay in luxury tented camps in exquisite locations with native guides to bring the desert and its inhabitants alive!

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Explore the vast Namib Desert!

Our tour starts with a night in a comfortable guesthouse in Windhoek, Namibia's capital whose architecture reflects the European heritage of the city's founders.

The next morning we head to Windhoek's Eros domestic airport and board our light aircraft to cross the desert to the Sossusvlei Dunes, among the most magnificent anywhere in the world. After a short ride from the landing strip we arrive at our first of three tented camps.

Each is run by Wilderness Safaris with the objective of being in harmony with their surroundings. To the degree possible, building materials are from the surrounding region. The goal is to be part of the landscape, so fencing and other barriers are minimal.

Each day local guides will take us on excursions to look for some of the wide variety of wildlife that call this desert home. We'll then return to our thatched roof tents for al fresco meals, including dinner under the vast expanse of the Namibian night sky. At our first camp, there is even a rooftop "skybed" for skygazing or under moonlight, looking for elusive nocturnal creatures down below.

After two nights at Sossusvlei we continue on to the Damaraland Camp below towering mountains of an escarpment near the Skeleton Coast for two nights, then we finish just outside Etosha National Park, with perhaps the highest concentration of wildlife in the country.

Highlights of this trip include:

• Explore the vast desert wilderness of Namibia from three deluxe tented camps.
  
• Spend the first night in a charming guesthouse in the surprisingly cosmopolitan capital of Windhoek.
  
• View the amazing landscape from our light aircraft as we fly between our tented camps.
  
• All group flights within Namibia included in tour price.
  
• Experience daily game drives to see animals as diverse as an aardwolf and the springbok, the namesake for neighboring South Africa's international sporting teams.
  
• Dine on gourmet meals served al fresco under the brilliant canopy of stars, undimmed by light pollution within hundreds of miles.
  
• Spend two nights at Little Kulala Tented Camp in the Namib Desert, close to the towering dunes of the Sossusvlei, one of the most magnificent dunes in the world.
  
• Using Tourism for Tomorrow Conservation Award winning Damaraland Camp as a home base, explore the unique environment of a dry river valley near the Skeleton Coast.
  
• Finish your stay at Ongava Tented Camp on the edge of Etosha National Park, and join your native guide to look for animals such as lions, elephants and white and black rhinos.
  
• This tour can be reserved on its own, or as an add-on to our South African Adventure tour that includes in-depth visits to Cape Town, MalaMala Game Reserve adjoining Kruger National Park, Johannesburg and Soweto, and Victoria Falls.
  

Dates:
We don't offer every trip every year, and no departures are currently scheduled for this trip. Our home page will make it easy to locate forthcoming departures of interest.

Travelling Alone?
So are most of the people who travel with us. You do not need to pay extra to travel by yourself. Prices are per-person, and the single supplement applies only if you'd like a room by yourself. For selected trips, especially if the trip includes a cruise, we charge half the single supplement if you request a roommate, but we are not able to match you with someone.

Location: Starts and ends in Windhoek, Namibia.

Price includes: Accommodations at a fine guesthouse or hotel for one night in Windhoek; Two nights at each of three deluxe wilderness tented camps, including accommodations, all meals and morning and evening guided excursions to view wildlife in their natural setting; Four flights by light aircraft within Namibia (aircraft selection based on number of people scheduled to fly together - typically between 4 and 19 passengers per aircraft); All transportation by van, Land Rover and other vehicles when traveling as a group; Arrival transfers from Windhoek International Airport to hotel and from hotel to Eros Domestic Airport; Transfer from domestic to international airport upon return to Windhoek; Namibian airport departure taxes for group flights; All meals as noted in the itinerary; Wine or soft drinks at meals at the tented camps; Laundry service at some of the tented camps; Services of a knowledgeable Hanns Ebensten Travel tour director (subject to minimum participation), along with licensed Namibian guides in Windhoek and at each tented camp; Meal and driver gratuities; porterage at hotels; National Park entrance fee and other admission fees for all guided tours.

Not included: Airfare from home (or from Johannesburg if joining from our South African Adventure) to Windhoek and from Windhoek to home; International departure taxes; Visas for South Africa and Namibia (if required for the country of your passport); Meals not included in tour package; Personal items including: alcoholic beverages, snacks, and telephone calls.

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