Air Flights

Leaving Swakopmund in the early morning you take the route crossing the Coastal Dune Belt and follow the Kuiseb River which allows you to see clearly how the Namib Desert is divided into the gravel plains desert north of the Kuiseb and the Great Sand sea of dunes to the south of the river. You'll fly deeper as far as the famous Gobabeb Desert Research Station and then cut south to enter the airspace of the Great Sand Sea. Flying over the picturesque Sossusvlei you fly down to Luderitz Airport where you disembark to be collected by vehicle for your guided tour of Kolmanskop the abandoned diamond mining "Ghost Town". You'll visit the museum and learn about the great diamond rush of 1907. Of how men sifted the sand to find alluvial diamonds, of how fortunes were made and lost and of how (Sir) Ernest Oppenheimer, saw the problems and organised the industry into what was to become known as Consolidated Diamond Mines. You'll see how in later years the miners in the desert and their families enjoyed a high standard of living. And witness the shifting desert sands swallowing the houses. Your guide will then take you to the charming little town of Luderitz for a tour of the town and lunch at a restaurant of your choice. The return flight north takes you over the Sperrgebiet, a vast area of southern Namibia where entry to the public is restricted as the land is reserved for diamond mining. You'll follow the coastline to Spencer Bay where the wreck of the Otavi (1945) serves as a playground for seals. On to Meob Bay, Conception Bay and the wreck of the Eduard Bohlen (1908) that now lays several hundred meters inland. You'll see the remains of the Shawnee (1976) and fly low by the Long Wall where the great dunes tumble right into the sea.Sandwich Harbour with its beautiful flocks of Flamingos and Pelicans and then on over the salt pans and Walvis Bay to return to Swakopmund

 

From N$5,500 ,-- per person. 

 

Walvis Bay Salt Lagoons

Sandwich Harbour

The Long Wall

Shawnee 1976

Eduard Bohlen 1909

Leaving Swakopmund in the early morning you take the route crossing the Coastal Dune Belt and follow the Kuiseb River which allows you to see clearly how the Namib Desert is divided into the gravel plains desert north of the Kuiseb and the Great Sand sea of dunes to the south of the river. You'll fly deeper as far as the famous Gobabeb Desert Research Station and then cut south to enter the airspace of the Great Sand Sea. Flying over the picturesque Sossusvlei you turn south east towards the Fish River Canyon.

 

You'll fly low over the canyon in order to see its full beauty and its changing geological features and then land at the airstrip where you will be met by vehicle and driven to the main viewpoint for the canyon. Lunch at the Canyon Lodge. You'll then be flown the remaining leg of the canyon and cross the mountain ranges of the South Namib to refuel at Luderitz.

 

The return flight north takes you over the Sperrgebiet, a vast area of southern Namibia where entry to the public is restricted as the land is reserved for diamond mining. You'll follow the coastline to Spencer Bay where the wreck of the Otavi (1945) serves as a playground for seals. On to Meob Bay, Conception Bay and the wreck of the Eduard Bohlen (1908) that now lays several hundred meters inland. You'll see the remains of the Shawnee (1976) and fly low by the Long Wall where the great dunes tumble right into the sea. Sandwich Harbour with its beautiful flocks of Flamingos and Pelicans and then on over the salt pans and Walvis Bay to return to Swakopmund

 

From:  N$6,800 ,-- per person. 

 

Walvis Bay Salt Lagoons

Sandwich Harbour

The Long Wall

Shawnee 1976

Eduard Bohlen 1909