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Namibia: Dunes & Desert Safari 2024


12 days from $15,295 per person

Limited to 12 guests

Venture into a unique desert wilderness of desolate beauty and surprising vitality, discovering Namibia at its most compelling. Encounter rare wildlife in Etosha National Park and marvel at otherworldly landscapes, including the iconic dunes of Sossusvlei, on a journey that introduces you to the indigenous Himba tribe and takes you far off the beaten path into the truly remote and breathtaking Skeleton Coast.

A&K Advantages

  • Stay in African desert lodges set in four genuinely remote locations, accessing them with ease on private chartered flights
  • Track diverse, desert-adapted wildlife in the Onguma Private Game Reserve as well as Etosha National Park, Namibia’s premier game-viewing destination
  • Explore the Purros Conservancy, a rarely glimpsed realm of desert-adapted elephant, giraffe and springbok
  • Experience authentic interactions with residents of a Himba village for in-depth, personal insights into Namibia’s last traditional tribe
  • Go off the beaten path in Skeleton Coast National Park, an isolated coastal desert unlike any other in the world
  • Walk among the spectacular dunes of Sossusvlei, a salt-and-clay pan surrounded by towering dunes

Itinerary at a Glance

DAY 1
Arrive Windhoek, Namibia
DAY 2
Onguma Private Game Reserve | Amazing Game
DAY 3
Onguma Private Game Reserve | Etosha’s Gems
DAY 4
Purros Conservancy | Into the Beyond
DAY 5
Purros Conservancy | Meet the Himba
DAY 6
Skeleton Coast National Park | Ghostly Remains
DAY 7
Skeleton Coast National Park | Into the Dunes
DAY 8
Swakopmund | Coastal Colonial Enclave
DAY 9
Sossusvlei | Above a Haunted Landscape
DAY 10
Sossusvlei | Climbing “Big Daddy”
DAY 11
Sossusvlei | Guided Desert Explorations
DAY 12
Depart Windhoek
Complimentary Safari Duffel

Guests on this journey receive a custom-crafted A&K safari duffel. Learn more

Complimentary Safari Duffel

Guests on this journey receive a custom-crafted A&K safari duffel. Learn more


Complimentary Safari Duffel

Guests on this journey receive a custom-crafted A&K safari duffel. Learn more


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