Day 1: Cape Town
Arrival at the Cape Town International Airport. After having cleared customs, you proceed to the arrival hall and proceed to the car rental kiosk to collect your rental vehicle. After collection, proceed to your hotel where the remainder of the day is set aside for leisure.
Accommodation: Protea Hotel- Fire & Ice
Optional Activities: City Tour

Day 2 -3: Cape Town & Winelands
The following two days are spent exploring the vibrant city and its surroundings. Possible tours/activities: Cape Town City Tour – Explore the town through a city tour on a hop-on-hop-off double-decker bus. The ideal place to start this tour is at the Two Oceans Aquarium in the centre of the V&A Waterfront. A Winelands tour while in Cape Town is a must and can be pre-booked through our offices. Visit the V&A Waterfront, Cape Point, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve Sea Point and don’t forget a visit to the top of Table Mountain!
Accommodation: Protea Hotel- Fire & Ice (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: V&A Waterfront, Kirstenbosch Gardens, Sea Point, Table Mountain & Winelands Tour

Day 4: Citrusdal & Calvinia
Departing Cape Town in the morning, proceed through the Cedarberg Mountain Range to Citrusdal, where most of South Africa’s citrus fruits are grown and where the famous ‘rooibos tea’ is produced. Your journey continues via Clanwilliam through breathtaking mountain scenery to Calvinia, where you will spend your first night. Very worthwhile is a visit to the Calvinia Agricultural Museum, where the history of the settlement area is documented. Your guest house is situated within the town and offers you personal service and a friendly atmosphere.
Accommodation: Rolbos Guest House or similar (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Visit the Calvinia Agricultural Museum

Day 5: Augrabies Falls
After breakfast, you depart Calvinia and travel via the Hantam and Rebunie Mountains towards the Augrabies Falls. The entire route takes you through the magical scenery of the Northern Cape and offers you marvellous photographic opportunities. Your accommodation for the night is situated in the town of Kakamas, famous for its hospitality and history. Relax in the tranquil surrounding of your lodge and get spoilt with the renowned variety of meats from the carvery restaurant in the evening.
Accommodation: Kalahari Gateway Lodge or similar (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Drive through scenic northern Cape routes

Day 6: Augrabies Falls
After breakfast, you travel to the Augrabies Falls. With vast quantities of turbulent water plunging from a height of 65 meters, the Augrabies Falls
forms the 6th largest waterfall in the world and the largest in South Africa.

The thundering cascade of water led the original Hottentot residents to believe that evil spirits were active here, and so they named the waterfall Ankoerebis, “place of big noises”. Apart from the falls, you have several beautiful hiking trails in Augrabies Park. From Augrabies you travel north to the town of Upington, your gateway to the Kalahari Desert and its main attraction, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

In the afternoon you can already explore Kgalagadi Park and stop at a variety of waterholes to view some of the animals inhabiting the area. Red dunes, sparse vegetation, and the dry riverbeds of the Nossob and Auob show antelope and predator species off to spectacular advantage. Kgalagadi is also a haven for birders, especially those interested in birds of prey.
Accommodation: Kalahari Gateway Lodge or similar (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Visit Augrabies falls and the Augrabies Falls National Park

Day 7: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
This morning you travel north to the town of Upington, your gateway to the Kalahari Desert and its main attraction, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. In the afternoon you can already explore the Kgalagadi Park and stop at a variety of waterholes to view some of the animals inhabiting the area. Red dunes, sparse vegetation and the dry riverbeds of the Nossob and Auob show antelope and predator species off to spectacular advantage. Kgalagardi is also a haven for birders, especially those interested in birds of prey.
Accommodation: Twee Rivieren Camp or similar (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Afternoon game drive in the park

Day 8: Fish River Canyon
Having enjoyed breakfast (not included), travel out of the park in a southerly direction to reach the Namibian border at Rietfontein. Having checked through the border post, you first travel via the red sand of the Kalahari and then over endless rocky plains interspersed with majestic mountain ranges to your next lodge, situated in close vicinity of the Fish River Canyon.

Your charming chalets are nestled between huge granite rocks and afford you an unforgettable view onto the untouched plains of the Nama Karoo, a half desert covering the southern and central parts of Namibia. In the late afternoon, you have the option of taking a scenic walk up a granite hill to enjoy the sundowner with a cold drink in hand before returning to your lodge for dinner.
Accommodation: Canyon Lodge or similar (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Sundowner walk-in Gondwana Canyon Park

Day 9: Lüderitz
After breakfast, travel the short distance to the Fish River Canyon, set in a harsh, second largest canyon on earth. Take a scenic walk along the rim of the canyon and experience the play of shadows within the canyon as the morning progresses. After experiencing the Fish River Canyon, you travel further west to the edge of the Namibian escarpment and the Succulent Karoo towards the Atlantic Ocean and the small fishing town of Lüderitz.
Accommodation: Kairos Cottage (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Visit Fish River Canyon and travel on to Lüderitz, Visit Wild Horses of the Namib Desert

Day 10: Tiras Mountains
Before continuing into the southern Namib Desert, we recommend an early morning excursion to Kolmanskop; a Ghost Town established after the first diamonds were discovered here in 1908. In the 1950s, no more diamonds were found, and the town was left in the relentless hands of the Namib Desert.

Traveling north, your next stop is situated in a solitude desert landscape along the the foot of the stunning Tiras Mountains and the scenic D707 route.
Accommodation: Namtib Biosphere Reserve (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Early morning excursion to Kolmanskop Ghost Town and travel along the D707 into the southern Namib desert

Day 11: Namib Desert
This morning you travel via endless plains and along striking mountain ranges into the Namib Desert, the oldest desert on earth. Your lodge is situated close to Sesriem, the gate to two of Namibia’s most celebrated attractions: Sossusvlei, with some of the highest dunes on earth, and Sesriem Canyon. At your lodge, you have a wide variety of activities on offer, some of which include sundowner drives or nature drives with quad buggies in the afternoon. Alternatively, relax on the large verandah of the lodge with a view onto a frequented waterhole.
Accommodation: The Elegant Desert Lodge (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Sundowner nature drive

Day 12: Namib Desert & Sossusvlei
The best time to experience the Sossusvlei area is at sunrise followed by a visit to Dead Vlei, a surreal white clay pan surrounded by monumental dunes. Traveling back, visit the Sesriem Canyon. In the afternoon, cool off in the sparkling pool or have a refreshing drink in the bar.
Accommodation: The Elegant Desert Lodge (Breakfast)
Optional Activities: Sossusvlei, Dead Vlei and Sesriem Canyon excursion

Day 13: Depart Windhoek
After a relaxed breakfast, travel up the Khomas plateau to Windhoek, where you return your rental vehicle and where the tour ends.

PLEASE NOTE: This tour can also be run in reverse from Windhoek to Cape Town. Cross-border fees are not included in the rate of the tour.