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Namibia, Okavango & Victoria Falls

Itinerary through Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Swakopmund, Twyfelfontein, Etosha, Maun, … (18 days), with day-by-day ideas, shared by a Voyageur traveler.

Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · 18 days · 9 Stages

Windhoek, Namibia

Days 1–2

  • Day 1 16:00: Christuskirche and Independence Avenue
  • Day 1 19:00: Game meat at Joe’s Beerhouse

Sossusvlei, Namibia

Days 2–4

  • Day 3 05:45: Dune 45 and Big Daddy climb at sunrise
  • Day 3 10:00: Deadvlei’s 900-year-old camelthorn trees
  • Day 3 17:00: Sesriem canyon
  • Day 3 21:00: Stargazing in the dark-sky reserve

Swakopmund, Namibia

Days 4–6

  • Day 5 08:00: Living Desert tour (the “little five”)
  • Day 5 15:00: Sandwich Harbour 4x4 excursion
  • Day 5 19:30: Oysters at The Tug

Twyfelfontein, Namibia

Days 6–7

  • Day 6 15:00: Twyfelfontein rock engravings
  • Day 7 06:30: Desert-adapted elephant tracking

Etosha, Namibia

Days 7–10

  • Day 7 19:00: Floodlit Okaukuejo waterhole: rhinos at night
  • Day 8 07:00: Self-drive game drive to Halali
  • Day 9 08:00: Etosha pan and Namutoni fort

Windhoek, Namibia

Days 10–11

Maun, Botswana

Days 11–14

Okavango Delta fly-in safari · Wilderness

Kasane, Botswana

Days 14–16

  • Day 14 15:30: Chobe River sunset boat cruise
  • Day 15 06:00: Morning game drive

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Days 16–18

  • Day 16 15:00: Rainforest walk along the falls
  • Day 16 18:30: High tea on Stanley’s Terrace
  • Day 17 09:00: Helicopter “Flight of Angels”
  • Day 17 16:30: Zambezi sunset cruise