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A Namibian Desert Safari A Journey Across Namibia's Wild Landscapes

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Travel across Namibia’s Skeleton Coast to Sossusvlei’s red dunes, chasing desert lions, rhinos, and starlit peace.

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AT A GLANCE

The Essentials

All the details you need to know about your journey

Starts

Windhoek

Ends

Windhoek

Visits

Namibia

Duration

7 nights

Style

Fly-in

Best time

Jun – Sep

Price From

$10850

Board basis

Fully-Inclusive
Namibia Fly-in desert safari map

OVERVIEW

The Ultimate Namibia Desert Safari

Desert Dwellers & Eerie Hideaways

Explore ancient deserts and secret hideaways on a luxury Namibia Fly-in desert safari. Hit the brakes and ease into Namibia’s weird and wonderful desert landscape. Home to some of the world’s largest sand dunes and fascinating desert-adapted wildlife, it’s one of the driest and most sparsely populated countries on earth; the perfect antidote to city living. And a truly unique African safari, deep in the Namib desert. (It’s one of our favourites.)

Over eight unhurried days you’ll get to explore some of Namibia’s most eerie and dramatic scenery – and relax on our Namibia fly-in desert safari designed to experience the desert from up high and up close. From the foggy beaches and dry riverbeds of Skeleton Coast and Hoanib Valley, to the towering rust-red dunes and bleached salt pans of Sossusvlei, this is slow travel at its best.

On the Namibia fly-in desert safari, you’ll set out in search of black rhino and prides of desert lions, fly over mile upon mile of desolate coastline dotted with shipwrecks and sailors’ souls, earn the insane bragging rights that come with trekking up Sossusvlei’s famed 325m Big Daddy dune and find inner peace under the Milky Way. 

ITINERARY

The Journey at a Glance

1 Night
Omaanda
Fully Inclusive
2 Nights
Kwessi Dunes, Namibia
Fully Inclusive
2 Nights
Hoanib Valley Camp, Namibia
Fully Inclusive
2 Nights
Shipwreck Lodge, Namibia
Fully Inclusive

YOUR STAY

Camps & Lodges

1 Nights

Omaanda

Leaving Africa is hard enough. And bland, copy-paste airport hotels do your psyche no favours. For us, soft landings – and even softer departures – complete the perfect safari experience. Enter our much-loved Omaanda. Just one elegant hop, skip and...

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Omaanda Lodge at dusk, outside Windhoek in Namibia.
2 Nights

Kwessi Dunes

It’s not just about sand here, this is where you come to see the stars like you’ve never seen before. Located in a vast desert wilderness area known as the Namib Rand nature reserve, its Kwessi that’s the main star. It’s...

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Thatched chalet at Kwessi Dunes glowing at dusk, NamibRand.
2 Nights

Hoanib Valley Camp

Remote is a word you hear a lot when it comes to Namibia. And for good reason. Just two million people inhabit this Texas-sized country. The rest is desert and wildlife – two things in no short supply at the...

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Sunset at Hoanib Camp an authentic and remote African safari in the desert of Namibia
2 Nights

Shipwreck Lodge

You want different? How about sleeping in one of ten exquisite little “shipwrecks” flung among the dunes of one of the world’s most hostile stretches of coastline, where brown hyenas casually stroll along the beach and jackals snack on expired...

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Shipwreck lodge in the desert in the skeleton coast of Namibia....

Your Stay

Oh, the Places You’ll Go

Some of the Destinations You’ll be Visiting

Aerial view of red dunes and a vehicle crossing the desert plain in Namibia

Namibia

View Area
Sossusvlei desert milky way in the night sky, Namibia

Sossusvlei

View Area
Himba tribe walking through sand dunes

Skeleton Coast & Kaokoveld

View Area

Details Matter

Day by Day Itinerary

You’ll be met at Windhoek’s international airport and whisked away to one of our favourite places, Omaanda. It’s a beautiful way to catch your breath after a long journey, way better than staying in a city hotel. If you’re keen to kick straight into safari mode, you can head off on an afternoon game drive. Or ease out all your post-flight kinks with some African healing therapy in the spa. The next morning, after sunrise yoga, grab breakfast with the meerkats before heading off, well-rested and ready for a once in a lifetime desert safari.

Head south, towards the luxury villas and endless horizons of Kwessi Dunes. Look down as you fly over the towering red dunes of Sossusvlei and start gearing up for a thrilling excursion to its iconic surrounds. On one of your relaxing peace-filled days here, you’ll enjoy an excursion to the famous Dead Vlei and scale Big Daddy’s 325 sandy metres for 360-degree desert views.

Today you’re desert-bound. You’ll take a charter flight to the remote Hoanib Valley Camp, where you’ll spend three nights in one of just six luxurious, Bedouin-style tents. Watched by herds of giraffe, your days are spent tracking endangered rhino and desert-adapted elephant. You’ll spend time with local Herero people, learning a little about their fascinating way of life. And there’s always plenty of time for game-viewing from your private veranda, drink of choice in hand.

Today’s the day you strap yourself in for a one-of-a-kind scenic plane ride to Shipwreck Lodge on the raw and rugged Skeleton Coast. You’ll spend two foggy nights in a shipwreck-shaped cabin that teeters on the edge of the rolling sand dunes. Game-view by 4x4 or quad bike, spot jackals hunting for straying seal pups in Mowe Bay, sip sundowners on the dunes. And if the weather behaves, a beach lunch pops a cherry on the deliciously eerie top.

Unfortunately it's time to say goodbye to the Namibian Desert! Have your final brekkie before you hop on a plane back to Windhoek.

YOUR STAY

Unmissable Moments

Desert adapted elephant at Hoanib Valley Camp in Namibia’s ancient Kaokoveld.

Highlights

  • Tracking desert-adapted elephant and lion across the remote, other-worldly stretches of the Hoanib Valley.
  • Relishing the heebie-jeebies among the mangled shipwrecks, ancient whalebone shelters and foggy beaches of the Skeleton Coast.
  • Sipping sundowners atop desert dunes and exploring an Atlantic seal colony down below.
  • Getting an iconic shot of Dead Vlei’s fossilised camelthorns in the bleached white salt pan.
  • Unwinding with a night under the stars in your own outdoor bed at Kwessi Dunes

Cool & Unusual

  • Taking on Big Daddy in an epic 325 metre dune climb. Two hours up and just five thrilling minutes down again.

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Dates & Rates

Green SeasonShoulder SeasonPeak Season
Double$10850 per person sharing
Single Supp
Local Flights

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Inclusions

  • All Accommodation

  • All Activities as per Itinerary

  • All Airport Transfers

  • All Meals & Selected Drinks

  • All Scheduled Flights

  • Conservation Fees

  • Wifi in Camp Where Available

Frequently Asked Questions

You’ll explore three of Namibia’s most dramatic and remote landscapes: Sossusvlei, Hoanib Valley, and Skeleton Coast.

Yes! All light aircraft flights between Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Hoanib Valley, and the Skeleton Coast are included. Flying not only saves time but also offers jaw-dropping aerial views of Namibia’s vast deserts, dunes, and coastline. Your camps will also arrange transfers to and from airstrips.

A mix of luxury lodges and intimate tented camps that blend seamlessly into their surroundings. Expect elegant, desert-chic interiors, private decks, and incredibly remote wilderness locations far from the crowds.

From the rust-red dunes of Sossusvlei to the wind-sculpted coastline of the Skeleton Coast, Namibia’s scenery is like nowhere else. Wildlife highlights include desert-adapted elephant and lion, giraffe, springbok, oryx, black rhino, and Cape fur seals along the coast — plus an impressive variety of raptors and other birdlife.

May to October (winter) offers cooler, dry-season weather with crystal-clear skies and optimal game viewing. The warmer November to April months (summer) bring dramatic desert thunderstorms, blooming landscapes, and excellent photography conditions, especially in Sossusvlei.

15kgs !

Yes! It’s perfect for couples seeking a romantic off-the-grid escape, solo travellers craving a safe and hosted adventure, and families with older children keen on immersive wilderness experiences.

Absolutely. Your trip includes guided dune hikes (including Big Daddy in Sossusvlei), game drives in search of desert-adapted wildlife, cultural encounters with local communities, and boat trips to see seal colonies.

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