namibia

my wife and i are planning to visit namibia in july/august 2006.
at present we are checking the brochures/catalogues of the operators that
offer 'non-expedition' trips to namibia.
we have never been there, would like to do a 17-20 days' organised tour,
including places like
Windhoek
Okahandja/Omaruru
Etosha National Park
Damaraland
Swakopmund
Namib Naukluft Park
Sossusvlei & Sesriem Canyon
Sossusvlei
Luederitz
Fishriver Canyon
Kalahari

seems to be the standard route.
any local operators that offer these tours - in small groups, or even for 2
people?
what about doing the tour on our own - rent a car, have the hotels
pre-booked by operator? is it safe to be on your own?or would you miss too
much if you didn't have a local guide?
thanks for any helpwolfgang ex VIE, LOWW

Hallo Wolfgang,

schau hier mal nach, da wirst du deine Antworten finden:

http://www.namibia-forum.de/

Gruß, Michael

wolfgang k. schrieb:
my wife and i are planning to visit namibia in july/august 2006.
at present we are checking the brochures/catalogues of the operators that
offer 'non-expedition' trips to namibia.
we have never been there, would like to do a 17-20 days' organised tour,
including places like

Windhoek
Okahandja/Omaruru
Etosha National Park
Damaraland
Swakopmund
Namib Naukluft Park
Sossusvlei & Sesriem Canyon
Sossusvlei
Luederitz
Fishriver Canyon
Kalahari


seems to be the standard route.
any local operators that offer these tours - in small groups, or even for 2
people?
what about doing the tour on our own - rent a car, have the hotels
pre-booked by operator? is it safe to be on your own?or would you miss too
much if you didn't have a local guide?
thanks for any helpwolfgang ex VIE, LOWW

In message , wolfgang k.
writes
my wife and i are planning to visit namibia in july/august 2006.
at present we are checking the brochures/catalogues of the operators that
offer 'non-expedition' trips to namibia.
we have never been there, would like to do a 17-20 days' organised tour,
including places like
Windhoek
Okahandja/Omaruru
Etosha National Park
Damaraland
Swakopmund
Namib Naukluft Park
Sossusvlei & Sesriem Canyon
Sossusvlei
Luederitz
Fishriver Canyon
Kalahari

seems to be the standard route.
any local operators that offer these tours - in small groups, or even for 2
people?
what about doing the tour on our own - rent a car, have the hotels
pre-booked by operator? is it safe to be on your own?or would you miss too
much if you didn't have a local guide?
thanks for any helpwolfgang ex VIE, LOWW
Hugely exciting to do it by yourself. The major advantage of Southern
Africa over East Africa is the ease of self-drive. If you have never
done a safari perhaps you could hire a local guide at Etosha.

However, it looks like a lot to do in 17 days.

We did the trip in 2000 and have a few photos and a brief trip report on
these web pages:
http://www.wildworldweb.co.uk/holidays/namibia.htm
http://www.wildworldweb.co.uk/holida...bia/report.htm

I think our regular contributor Liz has done an organised trip more
recently.
http://www.v-liz.com/namibia/diary.htm

Good luck
--
John Macdonald

"wolfgang k." schreef in bericht
.. .
my wife and i are planning to visit namibia in july/august 2006.
at present we are checking the brochures/catalogues of the operators that
offer 'non-expedition' trips to namibia.
we have never been there, would like to do a 17-20 days' organised tour,
including places like
Windhoek
Okahandja/Omaruru
Etosha National Park
Damaraland
Swakopmund
Namib Naukluft Park
Sossusvlei & Sesriem Canyon
Sossusvlei
Luederitz
Fishriver Canyon
Kalahari

seems to be the standard route.
any local operators that offer these tours - in small groups, or even for
2
people?
what about doing the tour on our own - rent a car, have the hotels
pre-booked by operator? is it safe to be on your own?or would you miss too
much if you didn't have a local guide?
thanks for any helpwolfgang ex VIE, LOWW




Wolfgang,

Why don't you rent a car (4x4, eventually with rooftent). The gravel roads
are very good maintained but a 4x4 is "necessary" in order to prevent
frequent flat tires.
For Etosha NP and Sesriem campsite you have to make reservations!! (not
really necessary for hotel accommodations). Advice: let the car rental
organize this (no problem for them).
We did a tour -self organized- in 2001 (see lower our mentioned site under
"Itineraries")
It's a great country but if you like to see all places within 20 days as you
mentioned, it quite short.
If you need more specific info let me know

==================================
Lou Andreoli
Human, wildlife & nature photographer
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~louine

==================================

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"Lou" wrote:



"wolfgang k." schreef in bericht
.. .
my wife and i are planning to visit namibia in july/august 2006.
at present we are checking the brochures/catalogues of the operators that
offer 'non-expedition' trips to namibia.
we have never been there, would like to do a 17-20 days' organised tour,
including places like
Windhoek
Okahandja/Omaruru
Etosha National Park
Damaraland
Swakopmund
Namib Naukluft Park
Sossusvlei & Sesriem Canyon
Sossusvlei
Luederitz
Fishriver Canyon
Kalahari

seems to be the standard route.
any local operators that offer these tours - in small groups, or even for
2 people?
what about doing the tour on our own - rent a car, have the hotels
pre-booked by operator? is it safe to be on your own?or would you miss too
much if you didn't have a local guide?
thanks for any helpwolfgang ex VIE, LOWW

It's a great country but if you like to see all places within 20 days as you
mentioned, it quite short.

I agree.
I think most people don't realise how big a country it really is.
I certainly didn't before I went.
I'd say four weeks was a minimum to reasonably cover all the areas
Wolfgang mentioned - otherwise you'll just be rushing about constantly
from place to place. Maybe OK if you're not interested in taking
photos, but do you really want to be drive, drive, driving all the
time? You don't want to be driving the gravel roads in the dark: too
much danger of animals suddenly jumping out at you, e.g. kudus.

If you're limited to 20 days, then skip either Etosha or the last
three on your list. Or decide on your own priotities (e.g. if you skip
Etosha you'll lost out on wildlife).

Slainte

Liz

--
Virtual Liz: http://www.v-liz.com
Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Seychelles; Galapagos
Photo blog of Make Povery History rally in Edinburgh 2 July 2005:
http://www.v-liz.com/g8rally/protest.htm

Went with a group of photography students in 2001. Used Chameleon Safaris.
They can accommodate just about anything and were wonderful.

Check: http://www.chameleonsafaris.com/the_company.htm

My images can be found at: http://www.sunyocc.edu/~lewism/namibia/index.html


"wolfgang k." wrote:

my wife and i are planning to visit namibia in july/august 2006.
at present we are checking the brochures/catalogues of the operators that
offer 'non-expedition' trips to namibia.
we have never been there, would like to do a 17-20 days' organised tour,
including places like
Windhoek
Okahandja/Omaruru
Etosha National Park
Damaraland
Swakopmund
Namib Naukluft Park
Sossusvlei & Sesriem Canyon
Sossusvlei
Luederitz
Fishriver Canyon
Kalahari

seems to be the standard route.
any local operators that offer these tours - in small groups, or even for 2
people?
what about doing the tour on our own - rent a car, have the hotels
pre-booked by operator? is it safe to be on your own?or would you miss too
much if you didn't have a local guide?
thanks for any helpwolfgang ex VIE, LOWW

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:55:21 +0100, "wolfgang k."
wrote:

my wife and i are planning to visit namibia in july/august 2006.
at present we are checking the brochures/catalogues of the operators that
offer 'non-expedition' trips to namibia.
we have never been there, would like to do a 17-20 days' organised tour,
including places like
Windhoek
Okahandja/Omaruru
Etosha National Park
Damaraland
Swakopmund
Namib Naukluft Park
Sossusvlei & Sesriem Canyon
Sossusvlei
Luederitz
Fishriver Canyon
Kalahari

seems to be the standard route.
any local operators that offer these tours - in small groups, or even for 2
people?
what about doing the tour on our own - rent a car, have the hotels
pre-booked by operator? is it safe to be on your own?or would you miss too
much if you didn't have a local guide?
thanks for any helpwolfgang ex VIE, LOWW



Hello Wolfgang

You will find links to many lodges all over Namibia at
www.zamtrade.com

B. reg.

Ralph