Virunga Gorilla Sanctuary
Kigali → Volcanoes National Park → Kigali
Climb through bamboo on the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes for an hour in the company of a mountain gorilla family, then return to a fireside lodge facing the peaks.
Namibia7 days
Namib Dunes & Skeleton Coast
Windhoek → Sossusvlei → Swakopmund → Damaraland
- Duration
- 7 days
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Big Daddy dune
- about 325 m
The journey
Climb red dunes at first light, walk among the ghost trees of Deadvlei, then follow desert-adapted elephants through Damaraland.
Day by day
Day 1
Windhoek
Arrival and an overnight in the capital.
Days 2–3
Sossusvlei
Two nights in the dunes. Dawn climb of Big Daddy and the walk to Deadvlei.
Day 4
Swakopmund
Fly over the dunes to the coast. Sandwich Harbour by 4×4.
Days 5–6
Damaraland
Two nights tracking desert-adapted elephant and visiting the Twyfelfontein rock engravings.
Day 7
Depart
Light aircraft back to Windhoek.
Included
- Scenic and charter flights
- Private guide
- Desert lodges, full board
- Sandwich Harbour excursion
- Park fees
Optional experiences
Add any of these to your enquiry and we will build them into your days.
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Rwanda, End to End
Kigali → Nyungwe → Lake Kivu → Volcanoes → Akagera
The whole country in one unhurried loop: chimpanzees in ancient montane forest, island-dotted Lake Kivu, gorillas in the Virungas and Big Five savannah in Akagera.
Bwindi & the Kazinga Channel
Kigali → Bwindi → Queen Elizabeth NP → Entebbe
Cross overland from Rwanda into the mist of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, then down to the Ishasha plains, home of the tree-climbing lions.
No journeys match that combination yet. Ask us for a tailor-made route.
