Guided hiking tours (8 days/7 nights) in Namibia offer an opportunity to taste the rigors of a high desert environment in safety and relax in comfort at day's end. Knowledgeable guides will assist you in getting the most out of this unique experience, catching a glimpse of the desert's small creatures and learning about the special adaptations that enable plants and animals to survive in the arid climate of the Namib Desert, one of the oldest and driest deserts in the world.

There are no fixed departure dates, allowing guests to schedule a tour to suit their convenience. Per person prices for this tour vary, depending on arrival location and number of participants, as follows:

      From Windhoek International Airport
      1     person     $2,545 (U.S.)
      2     persons    $1,575
      3     persons    $1,275
      4+   persons    $1,122

      From Walvisbay Airport
      1     person     $2,095 (U.S.)
      2     persons    $1,425
      3     persons    $1,050
      4+   persons    $935

Walking is the main activity, allowing guests the chance to explore the varied terrain and observe the extraordinary desert wildlife that can only be spied on foot, and would never be seen from a car. However, other activities are included as well, and morning hikes are combined with excursions to a nearby township to tour local marketplaces, schools and native homes, as well as a cruise featuring the chance to see dolphins, seals, and other sea creatures. Seasonal swimming in natural pools (when available depending on the amount of rainfall), and trail rides on horseback (additional cost) are also available. Horseback trips include a light lunch, such as chicken salad on toast or pancakes prepared by the transport team.

Accommodations include several nights in one the comfortable guestrooms at the Okakambe Tails farm house, for overnight camps, heavy duty canvas dome tents with foam mattresses fitted with sheets, pillows and sleeping bags are provided, and (for those departing from Windhoek International Airport), a night at a local hotel or a lodge just outside of town. Bathing facilities at the overnight camps consist of drop toilets and hand basins. All meals, tea, coffee, juice and water are included. Breakfast consists of bread with ham, cheese, jam, honey, musli or corn flakes with yogurt or milk. Light lunches of musli mixed with nuts and dried fruit as well as fresh fruit and perhaps a roll saved from breakfast are carried by the hikers themselves and so are limited to what can be easily carried while hiking. Experience tells us that most hikers do not eat much during the heat of the day and are usually find that fruit and water suit best. Dinners are more substantial, such as fried fillet of game wit\potatoes baked in cream, a green salad and dessert of baked pineapple with a hot brandy syrup, or grilled lamb with potatoes, onions and maize baked in foil with garlic butter accompanied by a carrot and pineapple salad and topped off with baked banana with hot chocolate sauce for dessert. Some evening meals consist of local dishes such as potjie – a hot-pot, where all of the ingredients are cooked in a big cast iron pot. Beer, wine and soft drinks are available for an extra charge. Special dietary requirements will be catered for upon advance notice.

Daytime temperatures are mostly around 28° to 35°C, but can sometimes go as high as 42°C during lunch, both winter and summer. Evenings are somewhat cooler and nighttime temperatures are usually around 10° to 15°C, at times falling as low as 3°C. Early mornings can be chilly, but during June, July and August there are occasional morning sandstorms with temperatures of up to 45°C. However, the winds stop like clockwork at 1:00 p.m.