Boulders Beach, South Africa Skeleton Coast, Namibia
DAY 10 • Swakopmund • Sandwich Harbour After free time in Swakopmund, board 4X4 vehicles for an excursion to Sandwich Harbour, where giant sand dunes— some more than 300 feet high— plunge into the Atlantic. If weather and tides permit, we’ ll drive out to the tidal lagoon here, which is one of Southern Africa’ s most important coastal wetland areas.
Meals: B | Swakopmund Hotel or similar
DAY 11 • Mondessa Township tour • Controversial Topic: Genocide
This morning, we’ ll visit a local school followed by a walking tour of Mondessa Township. This afternoon, we’ ll visit the Swakopmund Genocide Museum and engage in a Controversial Topic discussion about the Namibian genocide— an event little known even to this day. Then, we’ ll take a walking tour of Mondesa township, a previously segregated suburb of Swakopmund.
Meals: B, L | Swakopmund Hotel or similar
DAY 12 • The Skeleton Coast & bull Overland to Damaraland • Visit Himba village
On our way to Damaraland, we’ ll explore Namibia’ s Skeleton Coast— one of the most dangerous lengths of coastline in the world for unwary ships. We’ ll also stop at Cape Cross, home to a breeding colony of more than 100,000 Cape fur seals, National Park. This afternoon, we’ ll visit a Himba village, where we’ ll spend some time at a Himba homestead.
Meals: B, L, D | Twyfelfontein Country Lodge or similar
DAY 13 • Damaraland • A Day in the Life of a Damaraland community • Explore Twyfelfontein
Today, we’ ll experience A Day in the Life of a Damaraland community. We’ ll spend some time at one of the local Himba or Damar tribal communities, where we’ ll learn about their traditions and culture, along with enjoying samples of their traditional foods. Then, we’ ll explore Twyfelfontein, an open-air gallery of ancient rock engravings— and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Meals: B, L, D | Twyfelfontein Country Lodge or similar
DAY 14 • Overland to Etosha National Park • Petrified Forest
On our way to Etosha National Park, we’ ll visit Petrified Forest, home to hundreds of enormous tree trunks that were fossilized about 280 million years ago. We’ ll also stop at Vingerklip, a pillar of sandstone rock balanced precariously on a hilltop in the Ugab Terraces Valley.
Meals: B, L, D | Etosha Safari Lodge or similar
DAY 15 • Etosha National Park • Morning bush walk • Afternoon game-viewing drive
Our discoveries in one of the world’ s greatest wildlife reserves begin with an intimate bush walk in Etosha. Then, in the afternoon, we’ ll set off on our first gameviewing drive, keeping our eyes peeled for wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, rhino, jackal, and kudu— and with a little luck, lion, leopard, and cheetah.
Meals: B, L, D | Etosha Safari Lodge or similar
DAY 16 • Etosha National Park • Full day game-viewing drive
Depart early in morning for a full day of game-viewing in Etosha National Park, including stopping to enjoy a packed lunch inside the park grounds.
Meals: B, L, D | Etosha Safari Lodge or similar
DAY 17 • Overland to Windhoek Depart Damaraland this morning and fly to Windhoek for our final night in Namibia. This evening, enjoy a Farewell Dinner at a restaurant in Windhoek.
Meals: B, L, D | Avani Hotel or similar
DAY 18 • Return to U. S. Head to the airport for your return flights to the U. S. via Johannesburg or to begin your optional Madagascar: Tropical Rainforests & Lemurs post-trip extension.
Meals: B
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58 South Africa & Namibia: Cape Town’ s Winelands to the Skeleton Coast