Northern Namibia
9 nights, 3 stops — remote north wilderness.
From Etosha National Park to Skeleton Coast, the route is built around Etosha, the Kaokoveld and the Skeleton Coast.
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Into Etosha
Arrive and head straight out — game drives between Etosha's waterholes for lion, elephant, rhino and plains game.
Waterhole game drives
Game drives between Etosha's waterholes for lion, elephant, rhino and plains game.
Waterhole game drives
Game drives between Etosha's waterholes for lion, elephant, rhino and plains game.
On to Kaokoland
Transfer to Kaokoland and settle in before an afternoon out. Remote drives along the Kunene and time with Himba communities. Arrive and head straight out — remote drives along the Kunene and time with Himba communities.
Remote wilderness & Himba
Remote drives along the Kunene and time with Himba communities. Kaokoland is not convenient, and that is the point. <strong>It is among the last genuinely roadless wildernesses in southern Africa</strong>, home to the Himba and the desert elephant, reached only by fly-in or hard expedition. For those who want true remoteness and a living traditional culture, it offers what few places still can.
Remote wilderness & Himba
Remote drives along the Kunene and time with Himba communities.
On to Skeleton Coast
Transfer to Skeleton Coast and settle in before an afternoon out. Explore the foggy coast — shipwrecks, seal colonies and roaring dunes. Arrive and head straight out — explore the foggy coast — shipwrecks, seal colonies and roaring dunes.
Shipwrecks & desert coast
Explore the foggy coast — shipwrecks, seal colonies and roaring dunes. Two extremes meet here — the oldest desert and the cold Atlantic — and the result is a coast of fog, wreck and bone unlike anywhere on earth. <strong>It is scenery as raw emotion, the landscape of survival and shipwreck</strong>, and the far north, fly-in only, is among the last truly empty places left.
Shipwrecks & desert coast
Explore the foggy coast — shipwrecks, seal colonies and roaring dunes.
Departure
A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Dry season
Cool, clear and dusty; game concentrates at Etosha's waterholes and desert travel is at its easiest. Peak months.
Green season
Hot with afternoon storms; the desert greens, newborns arrive and the light turns dramatic, with fewer visitors and lower rates.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Onguma The Fort
Dramatic fort-style lodge on the private Onguma Reserve at Etosha's eastern edge.
Andersson’s at Ongava
Design-led camp on the Ongava Reserve with a sunken photographic hide at the waterhole.
Serra Cafema
One of Africa's most remote luxury camps, on the Kunene in far Kaokoland.
Shipwreck Lodge
Wreck-shaped cabins in the dunes — the signature Skeleton Coast stay.
Ongava Lodge
Long-standing private-reserve lodge bordering Etosha, strong on rhino.
Mushara Outpost
Small, comfortable bush camp near Etosha's Von Lindequist gate.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.