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Namibia

Namibia was the first African nation to enshrine the protection of its land in their constitution. Today, almost half of the land mass is under conservation protection.

In Sossusvlei, flame red dunes tower in striking contrast over stark white salt pans. In the north, the rugged mountainous region of Damaraland is a breath-taking setting with unique desert-adapted species of rhino, elephant, lion, and many more.

Debbie Rasowsky
Scenset travel curator
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Trip Overview

Windhoek | 1 night | The Weinberg
Etosha | 2 nights | Ongava Lodge
Damaraland | 3 nights | Onduli Ridge
Sossusvlei | 3 nights | &Beyond Sossusvlei Desert Lodge

Friday, 12 July, 2024
Day 1: Arrive in Windhoek
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Own Arrangements: Flight arrives into Windhoek

Arrive on your international flight into Windhoek.

Booked Independently

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Meet & Greet

Upon arrival in Windhoek, you will be met, greeted, and assisted to your driver for your road transfer.

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Road Transfer

Meet your driver for a road transfer to your hotel, the perfect place to unwind for one night after your international travels.

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Windhoek

Windhoek, translated from the Afrikaans language to “Wind Corner,” is Namibia’s capital and largest city. Hosea Kutako International and Eros Airports service the city and, together with Namibia’s excellent road network, provide easy access to most of the country, although distances can be vast. Positioned centrally, Windhoek links important coastal towns to the country's hub and is connected by well maintained national roads to South Africa and Botswana.

Your Stay: The Weinberg

Situated in an upmarket suburb, 30 minutes from Hosea Kutako International Airport, The Weinberg sets a new benchmark for luxury accommodation in the Namibian capital. The intimate boutique hotel has only 41 rooms, ensuring that guests enjoy tailored, attentive and detail-focused service at all times. Its iconic styling seamlessly blends old-world splendor with modern lines and state-of-the-art amenities, ensuring an unparalleled guest experience.

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The Weinberg

Family Loft

Inclusions: Breakfast

Booked by someone

Saturday, 13 July, 2024
Day 2: Etosha National Park
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Transfer to Airport

After breakfast and check-out, meet your driver for your road transfer to Windhoek Eros Airport.

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Private Charter Flight to Ongava Lodge

Board your private charter flight from Windhoek Airport to Ongava Lodge. (Approximately 2 hours flying time)

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Ongava Game Reserve

In 1991, a group of nature lovers from Namibia, England, the United States, and South Africa joined forces to purchase 34,000 hectares — about 84,000 acres — of land on the southern boundary of Etosha National Park. Most of the territory was unproductive farmland, a testament to the harsh conditions endured by cattle ranchers in one of the world’s most rain-scarce regions. The dream was to rehabilitate that arid landscape and transform it into a sanctuary for endangered wildlife, beginning with one of the most threatened species of them all: the white rhinoceros.

The transformation of unproductive farmland into Engage Game Reserve, a sanctuary for the threatened black and white rhino, as well as other species, is one of Africa's great conservation success stories.

Ongava means “rhino” in the Herero language, but more than that, it means a place where these magnificent creatures can thrive in their natural habitat, alongside lion, leopard, elephant, cheetah, giraffe, gemsbok, springbok, red hartebeest, eland, wildebeest, zebra, the rare black faced impala, and hundreds of other species.

Your Stay: Ongava Lodge

The well-established Ongava Lodge is situated in the privately owned Ongava Game Reserve along the southern boundary of Etosha National Park. Positioned close to the top of a hill in the foothills of the Ondundozonanandana range, the vantage point is beautiful and overlooks a well-frequented waterhole and the plains beyond.

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Ongava Lodge

Family Chalet

Inclusions: Accommodation, all meals, twice daily scheduled camp activities, park fees, laundry, sustainability levy and local drinks

Booked by someone

Sunday, 14 July, 2024
Day 3: Ongava Game Reserve

Activities include game drives into Etosha, spending time in the camp hide, and nature drives and walks on the reserve. Ongava has resident white and black rhino, giving guests staying at Ongava the opportunity to see both species.

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Ongava Lodge

Family Chalet

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Monday, 15 July, 2024
Day 4: Off to Damaraland
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Private Charter

After breakfast and check-out, board your private charter flight from Ongava Lodge to Ondulai Ridge Lodge (approximately 1 hour 30 minutes flying time).

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Damaraland

The dramatic barren landscape of the iconic Damaraland is home to some of the most fascinating flora and fauna in Namibia, and the best place to spot desert-adapted elephant, rhino, lion, and zebra. The arid region’s attractions include a petrified forest of fossilized 280 million-year-old trees, some of the best preserved etchings and rock art dating back 6,000 years at Twyfelfontein, and the highest mountain in the country, the Brandberg, which is covered in thousands of ancient rock paintings.

The Late Stone Age art is thought to have been produced to pass on information about hunting expeditions, but the area has predominantly been used by pastoralists, as well as more recently by semi-nomadic herders whose female members distinctly cover their hair and skin with ochre colored paste.

Your Stay: Onduli Ridge

Onduli Ridge, named after the resident giraffe of the area, is built at the base of two south facing granite outcrops which are connected by a ridge. This location allows for magnificent views of Namibia’s highest mountain, the Brandberg, to the south and the dispersed cathedral-like granite inselbergs to the north.

The camp exudes character and meticulous attention to detail meeting all requirements, from large rooms to libraries, rain showers, infinity pool and plenty of places to laze.

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Onduli Ridge

Two Suites

Inclusions: All meals, scheduled camp activities, park fees, elephant tracking fee, and all local drinks

Booked by a guest

Monday, 15 – Thursday, 18 July, 2024 · 3 nights
Days 4 - 7: Onduli Ridge

Experiences and activities include searching for the desert adapted elephants, stargazing, solar e-biking, rock art viewing, nature drives, and walks. On extended stays, search for the endangered black rhino in conjunction with Save the Rhino Trust.

Game drives showcase the magnitude of the landscape and offer the best possibilities of seeing desert-adapted wildlife including rhino, elephant, giraffe, antelope, zebra and maybe even the area’s predators. Or learn more about the smaller flora and fauna that live in this incredibly harsh environment on a guided nature walk. Adaptation to the desert environment is the miracle of all that survives here.

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Onduli Ridge

Two Suites

Booked by a person

Thursday, 18 July, 2024
Day 7: Damaraland to Sossusvlei
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Road Transfer

After breakfast and check-out, take a road transfer to Doros Nawas Airstrip.

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Shuttle Flight

Board your shuttle flight from Doro Nawas Airstrip to Geluk Airstrip.

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Road Transfer

Upon arrival at Geluk Airstrip, meet your driver for your road transfer to Sossusvlei Desert Lodge.

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Sossusvlei

Sossusvlei is a photographer’s dream. In fact it is so unique and beautiful that it is hard to take a bad picture. Only a three hour drive from Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, it is one of the most sought after and unique destinations in the country. The stark yet ethereal beauty of Namibia is on full display here with the skeletal remains of old camel thorns strewn amongst salt pans, surrounded by some of the most spectacular sand dunes in the world. This endless expanse of wilderness is home to desert adapted species such as the Gemsbok (Oryx).

One of the most mysterious natural phenomena of the surrounding Namib Desert are the weird and wonderful fairy circles that give the desertscape an eerie lunar appearance. These are perfectly circular patches of grass that are inexplicably spaced evenly apart and never overlap. The area is extremely dry but every so often when it does rain it can transform the pans into a paradise for thousands of waterbirds, with the appearance of a sea of stunning wildflowers.

Your Stay: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge

The Namib Desert is a landscape of seemingly endless spaces, profound tranquillity, and extraordinary light. One of the most spectacular areas on earth, this pristine desert wilderness is one of Africa’s most compelling natural regions. Defined by infinite horizons, striking landscapes and craggy mountain heights, &Beyond Sossusvlei Private Desert Reserve is a 12,715 hectare (31,420 acre) private concession of iconic dunes and arid desert in this vast place of nothingness.

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&Beyond Sossusvlei Desert Lodge

Two Suites

Inclusions: Three meals daily, house wines, local brand spirits and beers, laundry, Swarovski Optik binoculars, one morning Sossusvlei excursion, Living Dunes Experience, Desert People Experience, Desert Rock Experience, Desert Drive, Big Dune Walk, Stargazing and Self Exploration (E-biking and hiking) - activities are guided and subject to availability

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Thursday, 18 – Sunday, 21 July, 2024 · 3 nights
Days 7 - 10: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge

Desert adventures abound here, and small-group, personalised guest activities are on offer. Options include a Sossusvlei Excursion to climb ‘Big Daddy’ and a visit to Deadvlei, exploring the secrets of the dunes on foot and quad bike on the Desert Spirit Experience. Discover the ancient San Bushmen era on the Desert People Experience and the fascinating geology in the area on the Desert Rock Experience.

Sip sundowners on a Desert Drive. Strap on your boots for the Big Dune Walk, an exclusive adventure with the only private reserve featuring the iconic star dunes of Namibia. Go stargazing, hot air ballooning, hiking, E-biking and unwind with Healing Earth Wellness Treatments.

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&Beyond Sossusvlei Desert Lodge

Two Suites

Inclusions: Three meals daily, house wines, local brand spirits and beers, laundry, Swarovski Optik binoculars, one morning Sossusvlei excursion, Living Dunes Experience, Desert People Experience, Desert Rock Experience, Desert Drive, Big Dune Walk, Stargazing and Self Exploration (E-biking and hiking) - activities are guided and subject to availability

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Sunday, 21 July, 2024
Day 10: Departure
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Shuttle Flight

After breakfast and check-out, take a shuttle flight from Sossusvlei Desert Lodge to Windhoek Airport.

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Departure Flight Home

At Windhoek Airport, connect with your departure flight home.

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Booking Your Trip

If you like the itinerary and you'd like to book this once-in-a-lifetime adventure, please follow the payment instructions below.

We would be thrilled to secure all the reservations for you and make sure everything is taken care of, including special surprises along the way.

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Wire Instructions

Should you wish to pay by wire, the total trip cost will be provided.

Please use these details to send both domestic wires and ACH transfers to Scenset's Mercury account:

Beneficiary

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  • Account Number: 202314543995
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  • Beneficiary Address 3101 Park Boulevard, Palo Alto, CA 94306


Receiving Bank Details

  • ABA Routing Number: 091311229
  • Bank Name: Choice Financial Group


Mercury uses Choice Financial Group as a banking partner.

  • Bank Address 4501 23rd Avenue S

Fargo, ND 58104

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