The Namibia flying safari
Discover Namibia from the air, this flying safari includes all 3 of the country’s icons… the dunes of Sossusvlei, rugged Damaraland and the wildlife in Etosha.
This is “big-screen” Africa at its best. Home to the Namib Desert, saltpans and fascinating local culture. If you’re short on time this Namibia flying safari ticks all the boxes!
- Sossusvlei
- Damaraland
- Ongava Private Game Reserve on the edge of Etosha
- 7 days/6 nights
Highlights of the flying safari
- See the famous dunes of Sossusvlei.
- paddle with the dolphins on a half day kayaking trip around Walvis Bay.
- Damaraland drives and walks for sightings of the desert-adapted elephant, black rhino, springbok, gemsbok, kudu and rare succulent plants.
- take a trip to Etosha to spot the big game around the famous waterholes.
- game drives in the National Park and on the Ongava Reserve – one of the few private game reserves in southern Africa where guests can see both black and white rhino.
- explore the Petrified Forest and ancient Rock Art
When’s the best time to do this Flying safari?
The trip runs year round.
- January to April – main rainy season. Mid-summer is extremely hot, often violent thunderstorms and flash floods (especially in the north). Best for Bird-watching – November to March
- May to October – Cool dry season, days are cool, clear and sunny. Night time temperatures can be near freezing. Best time for game viewing – late October (end of the dry season). Temperatures rise dramatically especially in the Kaokoveld and Etosha National Park
- mid July to late October is the main tourist season for Namibia. Accommodation for the lodges and camps books up quickly, we advise booking well in advance. Travel outside this period and it’s much quieter and you may well have many of the attractions to yourself
Speak to us about…
- Discounts for small groups of family or friends
- Private safaris for which we can include access further afield in the Kaokoveld, the Skeleton Coast and beyond.
Africa's best known "wing safari"
You're going to find wild open space. This is "big-screen" Africa at its best. Home to the Namib Desert. The dramatic dunefields of Sossusvlei, generous wildlife and shimmering saltpans of Etosha. What's more, you'll find exceedingly rare wildlife in Damaraland alongside fascinating local culture.
ContactItineraryFrom $5092
Day 1 - Arrive Windhoek Airport - Sossusvlei You'll be met at Windhoek Airport for your air transfer to Sossusvlei. Stay at Kulala Wilderness Reserve for 2 nights (all inclusive basis) close to the red dunes.
Day 2 - Sossusvlei Kulala Wilderness Reserve is home to ostrich, springbok, gemsbok, bat-eared fox, Cape fox, cheetah, black-backed jackal. Adjacent to Namib Naukluft Park.
Day 3 - Damaraland Camp/ Desert Rhino Camp Leave Sossusvlei for your flights across the Namib Desert and along the Skeleton coastline to Damaraland or Desert Rhino Camp, your base for 2 nights.
Day 4 - Damaraland Private concession is home to diverse arid-adapted wildlife: including ‘desert-adapted’ elephants and Hartmann’s mountain zebra and Africa's vast free-roaming population of desert-adapted black rhino.
Day 5 - Ongava Private Game Reserve Light aircraft transfer to Ongava Lodge/Tented Camp which overlooks a waterhole where wildlife congregate. The lodge nextles on a rocky outcrop with amazing views over the vast plains
Day 6 - Ongava A prolific private reserve (74,132 acres) bordering the Etosha National Park. A haven for wildlife including springbok, lion, gemsbok, wildebeest, warterbuck, Hartmann's and Burchell's zebra.
Day 7 - Depart Ongava Light aircraft flight to Hosea Kutako International Airport for your onward travel. Please ask your Zambezi consultant if you would like us to arrange an add-on to this safari or int. flights.
How to get there
The safari starts an ends at Windhoek Airport where you’ll be met by our representative. Please advise your Zambezi consultant if you would like us to arrange your international flights, add on a few nights in another destination or your onward travel arrangements.
Wildlife
Desert adapted elephants
- Desert elephants are the same size as savannah elephants
- even though they survive on less food
- footpads are more spread out due to the distances they cover walking on sand
- Bull elephant when fully grown can weigh as much as 6000 kg and reach a shoulder height of 4m
- females weigh in a just over half the weight of the male elephant
- an elephant’s tusk will continue to grow throughout their life
- some elephant families are tuskless, this is inherited within the females of the desert family groups
- in the Hoanib and Hoarusib desert elephant populations some 6 out of 20 females are without tusks
- Desert elephants have a diet grasses, shrubs, herbs, bark, leaves, fruits and seeds
- they can go without water for up to 3 days is they’re not close to a water supply.
- mud and dust baths are used as a way of protecting the skin again insects and the sun
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