5 Day Affordable Etosha Lodge Safari

The 5-day Affordable Etosha Lodge Safari explores Namibia's famous Etosha National Park, spending 3 accommodated nights inside this top game reserve. The first night is spent at Okaukuejo, with the next overnight at Halali and the last at Namutoni camp. Days are spent on game drives in the park, with the rest camps featuring waterholes for floodlit game viewing at night.

This accommodated Namibian safari also includes an overnight stay at the Waterberg Plateau Park, stopping off en route to visit the world’s largest meteorite, the Hoba Meteorite.

DAY 1: Windhoek to Etosha National Park – Namibia

The 5 Day Affordable Etosha Lodge Safari departs from Windhoek in the morning heading to the famous Etosha National Park, in northwestern Namibia.

Our first overnight camp in Etosha Park will be at Okaukuejo or Halali camp, depending on animal movements. Both of these rest camps offer tourist facilities, including a restaurant, a basic shop and a swimming pool. The camps also feature waterholes that are floodlit, offering 24-hour game viewing. Elephant and black rhinoceros visit the waterholes on a daily basis in the dry winter season, with a variety of other wild animals, such as leopard and lion, also frequenting these watering spots, as well as nocturnal animals.    

Comfortable Hotel, Lodge or Guest House inside Etosha Park (Meals Included: Lunch, Dinner)

DAY 2: Game Drives in Etosha National Park – Namibia

We venture into this 22 270 sq km game reserve on an early morning and a late afternoon game drive, taking in the wide-open expanse of the Etosha Pan. The flat green surface of this dry lakebed stretches out under the hot African sun, offering spectacular stark scenery and glimpses of ostriches amongst the shimmering mirages.

In Etosha Park we stay at Halali or Okaukuejo camp, where the secluded and scenically located waterhole offers visitors excellent opportunities for sighting a variety of game species. In the afternoon we have time to relax at our Etosha camp taking a swim in the pool or watching the wildlife at the watering hole. 

Etosha National Park, one of Africa's top game reserves, is dominated by a vast salt pan. Etosha Park is named after this dry lakebed, with the name meaning 'great white place of dry water'. Etosha is home to 340 bird species and over 100 mammal species, notably the endangered cheetah and black rhino, as well as black-faced impala, tsessebe, roan antelope and gemsbok. 

Comfortable Hotel, Lodge or Guest House inside Etosha (Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

DAY 3: Game Viewing in Etosha National Park – Namibia

Our next stop in Etosha National Park is on the eastern side of Etosha pan near the Namutoni rest camp, featuring a beautiful old German fort. We explore the northern part of the eastern area of Etosha renowned for its vast herds of plains game and home to lion, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, kudu and Namibia's smallest antelope, the damara dik dik.

Comfortable Hotel, Lodge or Guest House in Etosha Park (Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

DAY 4: Etosha to Waterberg Plateau Park – Namibia

On day 4 of our accommodated Namibian safari we embark on an early morning game drive and then depart from Etosha Park travelling south towards the Waterberg Plateau Park. Along the way we make a quick stop in the town of Otjiwarongwe to do some shopping.

The Waterberg Plateau is a flat-topped geological feature towering around 200m above the surrounding landscape. The plateau consists of orange-red sandstone featuring some interesting rock formations and steep cliffs. Some rare animal species, including the white and black rhino, sable and roan antelope, are bred in the Waterberg Plateau Park. The only breeding colony of endangered Cape vultures in Namibia is found on the western edge of the Waterberg Plateau. There are numerous rewarding walks to choose from in the Waterberg area, near our overnight accommodation.

Comfortable Hotel, Lodge or Guest House in Waterberg Plateau Park (Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

DAY5: Waterberg National Park to Windhoek – Namibia

In the morning we take an optional game drive in the Waterberg Plateau Park. We then head back to Windhoek, the capital of Namibia bringing the 5 Day Affordable Etosha Lodge Safari to a close. 

(Meals Included: Breakfast)

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