11 nights from £2145
Including Okonjima, as featured on Joanna Lumley’s ‘Catwoman’ documentary
Key VJV Features
• VJV Special Event • VJV Sightseeing Programme
• Extension Option • Upgraded Flight Option • Maximum Group Size: 25
xotic Namibia, one of the world’s newest nations which only elected its first president in 1989, is home to the world’s oldest and possibly most beautiful desert, the Namib.
Dominated by a massive mineral pan, the Etosha is one of Southern Africa’s finest and most important game reserves. Declared a National Park in 1907, it is home to around 550 species of mammal, reptile, bird and amphibian. A limited rain supply supports the Etosha Pan which, particularly during their winter months, concentrates the wildlife into specific areas, thus improving game viewing. Stay at one of the rest camps (normally Halali but on occasion Okaukuejo or Namutoni) which are unique in having floodlit waterholes and optional night game drives.
Adjoining Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, lying between the dramatic Atlantic coastline and desert dunes, offer an interesting contrast, the former reveals elaborate Germanic architecture, whilst the latter was once a British port and still has a cricket pitch!
Okonjima Lodge is the base for the AfriCat Foundation (as featured on the BBC and in Joanna Lumley's 'Cats' programme), a non-profit organisation committed to long-term conservation and rescue of Namibia’s large carnivores, especially cheetahs and leopards (profits from its excellent accommodations go to the Foundation). Optional activities include ‘radiotracking’ leopards from the game viewing vehicles or visiting the ‘Cheetah Project’ which offers insight into their welfare work, with the opportunity to view rescued cheetahs.
VJV Special Event - A Castle in Africa
A special dinner with wine tasting at the castle Hotel Heinitzburg, overlooking Windhoek. This castle was commissioned in 1914 and transformed into a privately owned hotel in 1996.
