Namibia Holidays and Tours

Travel to Namibia, in south-west Africa on a fabulous holiday. On a Nambia tour you will discover the outstanding wildlife, desert, coastal scenery and indigenous culture on a small group guided trip. Or choose a tailor-made bespoke Namibia tour or a self-drive safari holiday. Namibia is a starkly beautiful, unspoiled country with many attractions and the perfect adventure holiday destination for travellers of all ages.

Namibia tours and highlights

The highlights of Namibia are many and any Namibia tour will take in several. The country is best known for the vast Namib desert, huge sand dunes, wild Atlantic coast and outstanding wildlife-rich national parks. In the north is Etosha, the best place to see an amazing array of wildlife such as elephants, rhino, giraffe, lion and even cheetah and leopard. The variety and sheer numbers of birds is impressive. Horn bills, giant eagle owls, secretary birds to name but a few. Damaraland offers beautiful rocky scenery, rock art at Twyfelfontein, as well as desert wildlife such as elephants, zebra and rhino, gemsbok, kudu  and springbok.

In the south of Namibia is the dune area of Sossusvlei, the deep Fish River Canyon, and the ghost town of Kolmanskop. The towns of Swakopmund and Luderitz have interesting Germanic architecture, a reflection of Namibia’s history.

Travel along the coast on your Nambia holiday to see vast colonies of Cape fur seals and offshore you can often spot dolphins. In the north are the shipwrecks and nomadic Himba people in the area known as the Skeloton coast, remote and only accessible by plane.

If you would like to include mountain areas in your Namibia holiday then one mountain area excellent for walking is Spitzkoppe, a group of bald granite peaks. The highest point reaches 1,728 metres above sea level. Brandberg, also granite, is the highest of Namibia’s peaks at 2,580 m, and we can organise a trekking tour in Nambia to include a climb of it. Brandberg is of great significance to the native San (Bushman) tribes who have made several groups of rock art including the well-known White Lady rock painting.

Adventure holidays in Namibia

Namibia lends itself to a variety of adventurous activities such as mountain biking, trekking and horse riding as well as the more leisurely pursuits of birdwatching, walking, ballooning and angling. On the coast around Walvis bay and Swakopmund, there is kite surfing, sand boarding and kayaking too.

Namibia really lends itself to road trips. It is a vast, empty country with a good road network and very little traffic. The Namibians drive on the left and all road signs, though there are not many, are in English. The luxury lodges, self-catering lodges, guest houses and campsites are well located and offer a full range of styles and quality to suit all tastes and budgets.

Towns of Namibia

Windhoek is the capital of Namibia, with a population of 325,000. It is a relatively small capital city with plenty of shops, supermarkets, banks and so on, good for stocking up if heading off on a long road trip. Most tours and holidays start and finish in Windhoek at the international airport. Here you can pick up your hire car.

The coastal German influenced town of Swakopmund is on most holiday itineraries. The sea food is excellent and it is the heart of many adventure tourism activities.

Discover our Namibia tours below.