Rovos Rail Namibia Safari Walvis Bay - Pretoria

Übernachtungsort: Rovos Rail Train

Breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure. Transfer (±60 min) to a cheetah conservation project in Otjiwarongo for a visit. Founded in Namibia in 1990, the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) is dedicated to saving the cheetah in the wild. Lunch is served in the dining cars en route to Tsumeb. Tea in the lounge car and observation car at the rear of the train. Dinner is served in the dining cars. Dress: Formal

Übernachtungsort: Etosha National Park

Please pack a small overnight bag ready for the stay at Etosha. Tog bags have been placed in your suite for your convenience. Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. Transfer (±60 min) to a lodge in Etosha for overnight. Check-in and enjoy lunch. Afternoon game drive (approximately 3 hours). Dinner and overnight at the lodge. Dress: Casual Etosha National Park (22270km2) offers great game viewing with many species of mammals, birds and reptiles. It gets its name from the Etosha pan (4760km2), which almost entirely lies within the park. Etosha is a large salt pan forming part of the Kalahari basin and means ‘Great White Place’.

Übernachtungsort: Rovos Rail Train

Please ensure your overnight bag is ready to be collected from your suite and proceed to checkout by 10:45. Your bag will be loaded into the vehicles. Time of game drive to be confirmed. Breakfast at the lodge until 07:00 followed by a game drive in the Etosha National Park. Return to the lodge to freshen up and check-out by 10:45. Transfer (±60 min) to the train at Tsumeb Station. Lunch is served in the dining cars. Tea in the lounge and observation cars. Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Kranzberg. Dress: Forma

Übernachtungsort: Sossusvlei

Please pack a small overnight bag for the stay in Sossusvlei. Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. Transfer to the airstrip. Depart in a light aircraft for a one-hour flight to a Sossusvlei lodge for overnight. After check-in, enjoy lunch at the restaurant. Afternoon desert drive and a bush dinner after sunset. Overnight at the lodge. Dress: Casual The dunes of the Namib Desert were created by sand carried by the wind from the coast of Namibia. The sand here is over five million years old and is red in colour due to its iron-oxide content. As the light changes during the day, so does the appearance of the dunes’ characteristic colour allowing for interesting photographs at any time. The wind in the Sossusvlei area blows from all directions causing the sand to form a star shape with multiple arms, hence the name “star dunes”.

Übernachtungsort: Rovos Rail Train

Please ensure your overnight bag is ready to be collected from your suite before the drive. Bags will be stored in the lodge’s baggage area. Time of drive to be confirmed. An early wake-up call with tea and coffee. Enjoy a desert drive with breakfast in the vlei. Return to the lodge to use the facilities, check-out and transfer to the airstrip. Depart Sossusvlei in a light aircraft for the one-hour flight to Windhoek. Lunch at Windhoek Country Club followed by a city tour. Visit the Trans-Namib Transport Museum, the Independence Memorial Museum, the Evangelical Lutheran Church (a striking landmark) and the Namibia Craft Centre in the old Breweries Building. The train travels south through the Kalahari Desert. Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Mariental. Dress: Formal Situated in Namibia’s central highlands, Windhoek is an attractive city surrounded by clusters of hills and the impressive Auas and Eros Mountains. The Trans-Namib Transport Museum outlines Namibian transport history, particularly that of the railway. The Independence Memorial Museum focuses on the anti-colonial resistance and the national liberation struggle of Namibia