Etosha Intensive

Experience Etosha National Park Deeply 

This trip is ideal for those who have done a number of tours to great game reserves and always leave feeling like there is more to see and experience.  It's a chance to see so much more than usual.  We slow the whole experience down and spend time not just seeing animals, but learning a bit of what goes on.

The trip is ideal for birders and for photographers.

Key elements:  Game viewing, Etosha National Park

Tour Duration:  Eleven nights

Group size: 1 to 4 people

Season:  Year round                                  

• Day 1 - Overnight in Windhoek (Namibia’s capital city)
  • We will meet for drinks at sundown for a short tour briefing
  • Dinner at your guest house
  • Overnight at one of Windhoek’s best guesthouses
• Day 2 - Overnight Onguma  (Etosha National Park)
  • Breakfast at your guesthouse.
  • We meet right after breakfast.  After shopping we depart for Etosha
  • Lunch is done at a restaurant on the road to Etosha.
  • This day is a very long day’s drive, but there are usually some birding opportunities where raptors or other Namibian birds are found on the telephone and fence poles along the way.
  • We arrive late afternoon at Onguma.  There is a chance to look around the camp, familiarizing ourselves with the vegetation and some of the birds.
• Day 3 - Overnight Onguma (Etosha National Park)
  • Today we wake up early for sun-up and head out for an adventurous day in the park
  • Experience some of the best of the eastern part of the park.
  • Breakfast and Lunch are flexible on this day, in order to take maximum advantage of game viewing opportunities.
  • Dinner and overnight at Onguma
  • Overnight Onguma
• Day 4 – Overnight Halali (Etosha National Park)
  • Breakfast at Onguma
  • Depart for Halali, doing a game drive all the way
  • Lunch at Halali
  • Afternoon game drive
  • Dinner at Halali
• Day 5 – Overnight at Halali
  • Today we explore this part of Etosha on game drives
  • We will do some birding on foot in the camp and sit and enjoy the waterhole at Halali both in the day time and at night
  • All meals at Halali
  • Overnight at Halali
• Day 6 – Overnight at Okaukuejo
  • Breakfast at Halali
  • Game drive all the way to Okaukuejo
  • Lunch at Okaukuejo
  • Game drive in that area
  • Dinner at Okaukuejo
  • After dinner we spend time at the world famous Okaukuejo waterhole
• Day 7 – Overnight at Ongava
  • Breakfast at Okaukuejo
  • Game drive in Etosha
  • Depart for Ongava
  • Lunch at Ongava
  • Afternoon Game drive at Ongava
  • Dinner at Ongava, overlooking the waterhole
  • Overnight at Ongava
• Day 8 – Overnight at Hobatere (west of Etosha)
  • Breakfast at Ongava
  • Depart for Hobatere
  • Lunch in a small restaurant in Kamanjab
  • Afternoon activity at Hobatere
• Day 9 – Overnight at Hobatere Lodge (west of Etosha)
  • Today is spent doing activities around Hobatere.  There are great opportunities for birding and photography around Hobatere.
  • All meals are at Hobatere Lodge
  • Overnight Hobatere Lodge
• Day 10 – Overnight at Okonjima (Home of the Africat Foundation)
  • Breakfast at Hobatere
  • Depart for Okonjima
  • Lunch at a restaurant on the road
  • Afternoon activity at Okonjima
  • Dinner at Okonjima
  • Overnight at Okonjima
• Day 11 – Overnight in Windhoek
  • Breakfast at Okonjima
  • Morning activity at Okonjima
  • Depart for Windhoek
  • Lunch in Windhoek
• Tour ends when we drop you off at your guest house

Airfares are not included

We retain the right to change prices due to fuel costs or other unforeseen reasons.