10 plazas. Of 2 the 15 April. Of 3800 a 4000€. Minimum 8 and maximum 10 People
Why we propose to go to Namibia in April?
We are excited to announce a first VAP route through Namibia in April. It will be a somewhat different route than the one we have been doing in previous years.. A less touristy season and with a country painted in new colors by the rains. The wet season has just ended in a country where it barely rains, We might even get the occasional downpour., and the landscape mutates. If we are lucky we will see the Sossusvlei dunes with flowers (photo above) or Etosha with its dry salt lakes (pan) with water and birds. Epupa Falls will be with its torrent, that falls between baobabs and rocks, fuller. Damaraland will be dotted with the green of bushes, like the Kalahari. Traveling to southern Africa in April is a luxury, because luxury is not going to good hotels but having the opportunity to enjoy places when there are fewer people and they are more beautiful. and April, just after Easter, It's the perfect time for that..
Who designed this trip??
VAP is made up of Daniel Landa and Javier Brandoli.
Daniel Landa is a journalist and documentary director. He has directed long documentary series among which stand out «one world particularly«, «Pacific» y «Atlantic«, among many works of his long professional career. Namibia is part of the first and last documentary mentioned above.
Javier Brandoli is a journalist and correspondent. He lived for five years between South Africa and Mozambique. Has lived on all continents. He has two books written in which he talks about Namibia: «The African Macondo» y «Carbonara with Nata«. He has organized trips through Namibia and all the surrounding countries.
The Route: calendar, hotels and accommodation regime
on: Accommodation only. BB: Includes Breakfast. BBD: Breakfast and dinner
- 2 April: Namibian desert. Lodge. BBD
- 3 April: Sossusvlei. Lodge/Bungalows. BBD
- 4 April: Sossusvlei. Lodge/Bungalows. BBD
- 5. April: Swakopmund. Hotel. BB
- 6 April: Cape Cross. Lodge. BBD
- 7 April: Damaraland. Lodge. BBD
- 8 April: Damaraland. Lodge. BBD
- 9 April: Opuwo. Lodge. BB
- 10 April: Epupa Falls. Lodge. BBD
- 11 April: Etosha Gate. Lodge. BBD
- 12 April: Etosha National Park: Bungalows. BBD
- 13 April: Etosha National Park. Bungalows. BBD
- 14 April: Windhoek. Hotel. BB
- 15 April: Departure to Spain
Between 3800 and 4000 euros per person (below, the details). For any clarification write to vap@viajesalpasado.com
The Route explained day by day
2 April. Kalahari 230 km. 2.45 hours
Travelers collection will be at the airport itself. Thence, We head to the red dunes of the Namibian Kalahari and have our first contact with the fauna and the special light of the country's sunsets..
3 and 4 April. Namib desert. 339 km. 4.30 hours
We arrive near the Namib, perhaps the most beautiful desert on the planet and surely the oldest. We will have dinner and sleep near the mythical dunes of Sossusvlei.
The next morning, We will get up very early and enter the park gate first thing in the morning to head first to Deadvlei. That is a magical place, where tall red dunes surround a salt flat with some petrified tree trunks. Those who wish, they can climb the dunes, walk along its apex to the so-called Big Daddy, a dune of 325 meters, from which one can drop to the ground sliding through the red sand. After enjoying this corner of the Namib, On the way back we will stop at other famous dunes, as 45, and observing the park's fauna. Then, at the door, A good beer and food awaits us in the legendary bar of the Sesriem NWR camp, and after that a walk through the Tsauchab river canyon. An unforgettable day.
5 April Swakopmund. 351 km. 4.30 hours
We will leave quietly, this time without getting up early, road to the capital of the namibian ocean. We will stop at Solitaire to try their famous apple pie. From there we will cross the desert, we will pass the Tropic of Capricorn, some narrow canyon and dunes that were on the sides, along a road that is not forgotten for its beauty and serenity. Afternoon walk through the beautiful city, their stores, its indigenous market, the marked German colonial footprint and a dinner of good fish and seafood.
6 April. Cape Croos 128 km. 1.30 hours
Morning, It is voluntary, travelers can take the highly recommended Sandwich Harbor excursion. With vehicles and drivers prepared, one enters a world of enormous dunes attached to the sea. It is a beautiful landscape and an experience not to be missed..
Then, to 13 hours, We all start again on the way to Cape Cross, a spectacular colony of thousands of seals that we will visit. Then, novelty of this spring route, We stay in a solitary and unique lodge where we will sleep away from the world in the total solitude of the wild ocean.
7 and 8 April. Damaraland. 400 km. 5 hours
From Cape Cross we will cross the mythical Skeleton Coast and stop to see some of its sunken ships.. A completely empty landscape without human life. After four or five hours we reached the destination and slept in the middle of the Martian landscape of Damaraland..
The next morning, We will go to meet some illustrious inhabitants of those lands: the famous elephants of the Namibian desert. These are pachyderms that have adapted to living in these conditions of lack of water and food.. They have some peculiarities that we will learn if we find them (nature is not a zoo). We will also take the opportunity to visit the Twylfontein caves, with its World Heritage rock engravings. That afternoon we will delight in one last look at “planet Mars” on Earth..
We will also try, if times allow us, trace between the first and second day in Damaraland, to the desert rhinos. This is a voluntary excursion organized by a local lodge in its own conservation area..
9 April. Opuwo. 239km. 3.40 hours
We enter the true lands of the Himbas, the photogenic and peculiar "clay tribe". We will arrive to eat in the fictional capital of the Namibian tribes that face so many challenges to survive.. Opuwo is a peculiar place where one can stumble at the gas station, restaurant or supermarket with half-naked himbas or with the elegant herero, cousins ??of the Himbas who in the times of the German colony decided to dress to avoid extermination (we will have time to talk about it). After eating there, we have the option to visit another fascinating tribe, it's okay. In the evening we will have dinner at a fascinating viewpoint of Kaokland.
10 April. Epupa Falls. 253 Km. 2.40 hours
We got up early on the way to Epupa Falls, located on the border with Angola, with the only watershed of the Kunene River. After a dirt road where there are multiple Himba villages on the sides, You reach the waterfall. It is a multiple waterfall in which the river spreads over the rocks in all directions. Hay baobas, literally, hanging on stones, and crocodiles, in the backwaters, resting on them. Epupa is wild, it's beauty, and it is the place where they live, sheltered from that water, many traditional himba tribes. Going in April will be a unique image, since we arrived after the rainy season and the flow must be very high.
That same day we will visit a village of this peculiar Namibian tribe with a Himba friend.. And we will literally have dinner over the waterfall.
11 April. Hobatere. 381 km, 5 hours
We return to the south, and we stopped in a place that brings back beautiful memories: Hobatere. At VAP we are journalists and here we were in 2021 recording our Atlantic documentary and talking about lions and the problems these cats face to survive. We slept in one of those lodges that are a bit of a movie, with a room that in another of our rooms, the book Carbonara with Nata, your view is described like this: «I had an open room, under a wooden roof, from which the savanna could be seen on a large terrace. Acacias and clouds. Flies and hares. The savannah is infinity with decimals».
12 and 13 April. Etosha National Park.
From Hobatere we are at the west gate of the Park. The least touristy area that will allow us to enter Etosha on a road less traveled by other vehicles. From there we will move for two days through one of the most mythical wildlife conservation areas on the continent.. And at night we will delight ourselves with the animals that come to drink at the camp watering holes and that throughout these years of visits to the park have left us with some memorable scenes.. But it is nature in a public and open space, away from the private reserves where the beasts are controlled, and it will be chance and our eyes that decide what we contemplate.
April will also allow us to see a diverse park. Greener, florida, and perhaps with some area of the "pan" flooded. Seeing the play of colors of the savanna at that time is worth it.
14 April. Windhoek 458 km. 5 hours
After a last morning safari to say goodbye to the lush African nature, we begin the return home. From the camp to the airport there is 480 kilometers of very good road. We will stop to eat along the way and calmly spend one last night in Windhoek with a special farewell dinner..
Namibia in April is a unique opportunity that we are excited to offer at VAP.
15 April. Windhoek. return home.
Airport and return home. Arrival on 16 April.
Trip cost, payment method, dates and what the route includes
When is the trip?
Travel dates are fixed, of 2 from April to 15 April.
How many people are in the group?
The trip is planned for a minimum of 8 people and a maximum of 10. The final price varies if 8 you 10.
How is the payment?
Bank credit. To confirm the route a first payment is made 600 euros per person as registration. This reservation is not returned in any case except that the route is annulled due to lack of participants or due to vap travel. The rest of the payment, for the total, will be carried out 50% remaining before 10 Jan., and 50% end before 10 February.
Do I get my money back if I don't go or is the trip suspended??
If he 10 In January there are no eight people signed up, The trip is canceled and the integrity of the amount is returned.
If the trip is canceled due to VAP, The entire amount is returned at any time prior to the departure of the route, including the initial payment of 600 EUR.
If after confirming the route the passenger cancels the trip, The following penalty policy will apply:
- Of 10 from January to 10 February: You lose the 50% of the total amount.
- After the 10 February: You lose the 100% of the amount.
However, if the passenger finds another person to occupy his seat, The following conditions will apply:
- If the new passenger pays the 100% of the rate, All of the money will be returned to the initial passenger..
- If the new passenger pays only part, Only the corresponding proportional part will be returned to the initial passenger..
What the route includes?
Self drive transport, Lodging (in the indicated regime) and the companions. Also includes all park tickets (Sossusvlei, Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast and Etosha) and Damaraland elephant tour and visit to the Himbas.
What the route does not include?
International flights, Meals not included in the mentioned packages in the hotels, additional excursions, and any type of cost that does not appear as included in the previous sectionr.
How much?
The cost for a group of 10 People is 3800 EUR per person. The cost for a group of 8 People is 4000 EUR per person. The traveler accepts both costs at the time of signing up for the route while waiting to confirm the departure with 8 you 10 People.
Total route map: more than 3000 km
Trip map Leaving Windhoek and returning to Windhoek.
General considerations
-VAP routes are author tours for small groups with an adventurous spirit, traveler and journalist. We travel with two cars. Javier Brandoli and Daniel Landa accompany travelers and explain a country they know well as a more integral part of the trip. The marked route is orientative, But some options or excursions can be changed, without changing the days of the trip and the type of accommodation proposed except for greater cause. Our Spirit, just, is not to make organized trips, but live trips in which some aspects of the trip itself can be modified at the request of the travelers or by consideration of the route director to reach the destination sooner.. Also climatic elements, security or health workers can modify the route.
–The trip has a journalistic component. We offer our professional knowledge during the route both to record plans, take photographs and find stories. We have recorded documentaries and written books and articles in the media talking about this country where we have been traveling for decades..
-Is a demanding trip in terms of food, road hours and schedules. The route by car will surely add to the total more than 3000 km. There are some days with 6 hours by car, although of course in Namibia the spectacular landscape is part of the trip. Maybe sometimes we should have a strong breakfast and grab something quick in your own vehicles to reach the destination in time to enjoy the activity and enjoy a good dinner. This route emphasizes discovering landscapes, fauna and people. We always sleep in shared rooms (two people) so as not to have to set up and dismantle camps that delay us.
-VAP is not a typical travel agency, if not a website whose directors will propose selected routes every year, formed with their prior knowledge, in which they will take part as companions. We will go in two vehicles 4×4. The format is self drive.
-The hotels, personally selected and tested, They are indicative proposals, but until we have the trip confirmed, in most cases we cannot confirm reservations without penalties.. The definitive selection of accommodations, that will adhere to what is stated above in terms of qualities, It will not be available until the route is confirmed and will be communicated to each participant. The price will never increase for travelers, It is VAP that assumes a possible extra cost. There will be complete transparency in this process.
-All Travelers are required to take out international travel insurance covering Namibia and South Africa.
-Javier and Daniel do not act as guides but as companions to comply with the regulations of the Namibian authorities. All travelers who have a driving license could participate in driving the vehicles if necessary.
-Before proceeding to the reservation, We suggest making video calls to clarify any issues that arise so that you and we understand that the trip adapts to your expectations..
-We are also open to answer any questions by email: vap@viajesalpasado.com
We would love to have travelers who have understood our travel idea. End, traveling is learning and enjoying. We will try to help bring about this:
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