Dakruco Hotel, Central Highlands

Namibia Northern Explorer

Wildlife, conservation and Namibia's dramatic northern landscapes.

Classic Wildlife & Nature + 2 more + 3 more

from £5,135 pp

Canyons & Ghost Towns

A road trip through Southern Namibia’s lesser-visited highlights.

Off-the-beaten-track Adventure + 1 more + 2 more

from £5,145 pp

Namibia Safari Special

A wildlife-focused self-drive safari adventure through Namibia’s north.

Family Classic + 3 more + 3 more

from £5,785 pp

Namibia on a Shoestring

Classic Wildlife & Nature + 2 more + 3 more

A simple, self-drive introduction to Namibia.

9 days

from £4,525 pp

Classic Namibia Self Drive

Our classic self-drive adventure through deserts, dunes & wildlife.

Family Classic + 3 more + 3 more

from £4,875 pp

Flying Namibia's Skeleton Coast

Wildlife & Nature Luxury + 3 more + 3 more

An unforgettable sky high adventure through one of the world’s most remote landscapes.

9 days

from £12,100 pp

Quirky excursions

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Meet Big Cats

The Central Highlands are home to two of Namibia’s best conservation projects, the most renowned of which is the Africat Foundation at Okonjima. Guests at Okonjima are a part of the Okonjima Experience where they will enjoy a variety of activities centred around the property’s conservation projects. In particular tracking leopard on game drives which gives fantastic opportunities to get close to these magnificent creatures whilst being involved with the guide’s collecting and collating of data. The reserve is also home to good populations of spotted and brown hyena. As a non-profit organisation, it is reassuring to know that the majority of the proceeds from these activities and your stay at Okonjima will go towards maintaining and improving the worthy conservation projects. (Please note: the cheetah rehabilitation project that the reserve used to run has now ended and the reserve is no longer a release site, therefore cheetah tracking will no longer be offered as an activity.) For those not lucky enough to stay at Okonjima, a similar big cat programme goes on at the Cheetah Conservation Fund, which can be easily visited on an excursion from Frans Indongo Lodge. Here, you can again learn about efforts to protect cheetahs in Namibia and more about the animals in general, before watching them get up to full, electric speed during sprint training

Experiences around Lak Lake

Set amidst the lush shadow of iconic Konia trees, Lak Tented Camp is ideally located on hilly land, overlooking the serene and picturesque Lak Lake, the largest natural lake in Vietnam and protected by the range of Cu Yang Sin, mountain of genies. LAK Tented Camp provides a wealth of activities including sunrise kayaking, morning yoga, jogging tracks, egg collecting for children, tubing on the lake, Mnong coffee experience, books to read, fishing, gardening, cooking classes, rice wine tasting and more... Free bicycles are also provided so you can explore on two wheels, or by food and maps are also available to help navigate the local area. In addition, we can arrange further guided tours including an immersive biking tour to Yangtao Village, a 3 hour cultural village trek, a wild waterfall and swimming experience and even elephant trekking.

Nature Drives - Central Highlands

Our favourite Central Highlands accommodations are relaxed places on private reserves with a surprising array of wildlife. Scenic nature drives can therefore run at a languid pace and sometimes go on after dark to look for nocturnal birds and animals. The private reserve at Okonjima for example is gradually expanding and perfectly tailored to search for semi-tame and rehabilitated big cats and predators. In the Erongo Mountains, there is stunning kopje strewn scenery, a decent range of wildlife and some ancient rock paintings at Paula's Cave. The Waterberg Wilderness Reserve has superb scenery, a clay pan that can fill up in the rains and attract numerous water birds, and a pleasing variety of animals that includes giraffe, eland, buffalo, leopard, zebra and even white rhino! The rhino theme is continued on the 170 sq km private farm at Frans Indongo Lodge, where black and white rhino, plus other rarities such as black wildebeest and a variety of other antelope can be searched out on scenic sundowner drives.

Hike the Waterberg Plateau

The Waterberg Plateau is a scenic masterpiece, standing out in a country where picture perfect landscapes abound. Relaxing stays in this area can be interrupted with morning hikes to the top of the plateau, taking roughly three hours and achieving altitude changes of close to 200 metres. There is a surprising diversity of wildlife roaming the plateau, and although you are unlikely to come across leopard, white rhino, zebra, buffalo and antelope on your trek, your guide will be able to point out signs of their presence, such as scat, tracks and disturbed vegetation. Along the way there will be sweeping views of the Waterberg Wilderness Conservation and further across the surrounding sandveld of the area. Other attractions that your guide will highlight include intriguing sandstone formations, vast fig trees and a refreshing natural spring. Within the Waterberg Wilderness Reserve there is also a selection of unguided hiking trails, should you wish to discover the birds, animals and plants at your own leisure without shelling out for a guide.