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Other optional activities to take part in on your African safari during the rest of the day includes, quad biking for 2 hours, sand boarding (lie down or stand up), tandem skydiving, fishing, champagne breakfast, horse riding and camel rides, kayaking, scenic flights over Sossusvlei and Forbidden Coast and Skeleton Coast. You will overnight at a campsite in Swakopmund. Day 5: Aba-Huab River, NamibiaOn your African safari, you will drive north through some of the largest lichenfields worldwide. In the late afternoon you will reach Aba-Huab River where Desert Elephants can occasionally be seen. A little further on the Huab River you will look for a nice spot to set up your wilderness camp. You will overnight at the Huab River Campsite. Day 6: Huab River, NamibiaSpend the morning of your African safari exploring one of the largest collections of rock engravings discovered as yet, at Twyfelfontein and visit Burnt Mountain. The peak Konigstein of the Brandberg is at its highest point at 2 574m and is the highest point in Namibia.
The Brandberg is famous for the rock painting known as the White Lady, which can be seen on an overhang in Maack’s Shelter, named after the surveyor who discovered it in 1917. In the afternoon of your African safari you will drive along the Aba-Huab Riverbed in search of Desert Elephant and Rhino. You will overnight at the Huab River campsite. Day 7: Etosha National Park - Okaukuejo, NamibiaYou will travel via Khorixas and Outjo on your African safari to enter the Etosha National Park at Anderson Gate. The Etosha National Park, consisting of 22 270 kilometres (13 837 miles)of saline desert, savannah and woodlands, is one of the largest parks in Africa. The Etosha National Park owes its unique landscape to the Etosha Pan, a vast shallow depression of approximately 5 000 km square.
Of the 114 mammal species found in the park, several are rare and endangered, such as Black Rhino and Black-Faced Impala. The Elephant in this park is reputed to be of the largest in Africa, the tallest ones measuring up to 4m at the shoulder. Their tusks, on the other hand, are relatively small, due to genetic defects and mineral deficiencies in their diet. There is great game watching in store on this leg of your African safari. |