Private itinerary · prepared for Lan

Dunes, coast and wildlife for Lan

Sossusvlei, Sandwich Harbour, Spitzkoppe and Etosha in eight days, with your own guide and 4x4 from the first morning to the last.

2 – 9 January 20278 days · 7 nights4 stops≈1,800 kmPrivately guided
Your private journey

8 days, one guide

Eight days and seven nights, privately guided: two nights in the red dunes at Sossusvlei, a night on the Walvis Bay lagoon so Sandwich Harbour starts early the next morning, a night under the granite of Spitzkoppe, and three at Etosha’s waterholes.

Where
Sossusvlei · Walvis Bay · Sandwich Harbour · Spitzkoppe · Etosha
When
2 – 9 January 2027
How long
8 days, 7 nights; about 1,800 km by road
How you travel
Your own guide and 4x4, from Windhoek on 2 January back to Windhoek on 9 January
Prepared for
Lan and one travelling companion, 2 travellers
Status
Look book: details to be confirmed with you
One · The route

The route, stop by stop

A clockwise loop from Windhoek: south-west to the dunes, west to the Atlantic, inland to Spitzkoppe, north to Etosha, and home. About 1,800 km between the stops, with your guide at the wheel the whole way.

ETOSHA PAN Windhoek 1Sossusvlei Swakopmund 2Walvis Bay Sandwich Harbour 3Spitzkoppe 4Etosha
Schematic · not to survey accuracyClockwise from Windhoek
2 JanWindhoek or the airport to Agama Lodge · we collect you≈350 km · 4.5 hrs
3 JanSossusvlei, Deadvlei and Sesriem Canyon · with your guidefull day
4 JanAgama to Walvis Bay, via Solitaire and the Kuiseb Canyon≈355 km · 4.5 hrs
5 JanSandwich Harbour by 4x4, then Swakopmund to Spitzkoppe≈150 km · 2 hrs
6 JanSpitzkoppe to Etosha Safari Camp≈490 km · long day
7 JanA full day in Etosha · with your guidefull day
8 JanEtosha again, wherever the sightings arefull day
9 JanEtosha Safari Camp to Windhoek or the airport · we drop you≈440 km · 5.5 hrs

Two days are long on the road: Spitzkoppe to Etosha on 6 January, about 490 km, and Etosha to Windhoek on 9 January, about 440 km. The 5th is a full day too: Sandwich Harbour in the morning, then two hours inland to Spitzkoppe.

Two · Where you'll stay

4 stops, one vehicle

Four places, each chosen so the day starts where its best thing is. Your guide stays at the same lodge every night except on the coast, where he sleeps at home in Swakopmund.

Agama Lodge · the pool
Sat 2 – Mon 4 JanBy road · about 350 km, 4½ hours
Agama Lodge · Sossusvlei

Red dunes at first light

2 nights · Standard Chalet · dinner, bed & breakfast

Dinner, bed & breakfast Sossusvlei & Deadvlei Open desert, big sky

Agama sits out in the open Namib on the C19, between Solitaire and Sesriem, about 50 km from the Sesriem gate. The chalets are air-conditioned with a coffee station, and the infinity pool looks out over the Naukluft Mountains. We chose it for the quiet, and for an easy run to the gate before sunrise.

Your days here
  • Sat 2 JanYour guide collects you in Windhoek or at the airport and drives south-west over the escarpment to Agama, roughly an hour from the dunes.
  • Sun 3 JanOut before dawn and through the Sesriem gate as it opens, to climb the red dunes of Sossusvlei and walk into Deadvlei while the light is low and the sand still cool. Sesriem Canyon on the way back, a lunch pack in the vehicle, then the hot afternoon at the lodge.
Included
  • 2 nights in a Standard Chalet, dinner, bed and breakfast
  • Sossusvlei, Deadvlei and Sesriem Canyon with your guide
  • Namib-Naukluft park fees
  • A lunch pack in the vehicle on your Sossusvlei day, 3 January
Flamingo Villas · Walvis Bay
Mon 4 – Tue 5 JanBy road · about 355 km, 4½ hours
Flamingo Villas · Walvis Bay

Where the dunes meet the sea

1 night · Comfort double or twin room · bed & breakfast

Bed & breakfast Sandwich Harbour Cool Atlantic air

One night on the coast, for one reason: to be at Sandwich Harbour early the next morning. Flamingo Villas is a boutique hotel of 27 rooms on the Walvis Bay lagoon, about 3 km from the town centre, with views over the water, where the flamingos feed and the sun sets over the sea. It has its own restaurant and bar, and every room has air-conditioning and a coffee station. Sandwich Harbour trips start from Walvis Bay, so the morning begins close by.

Your days here
  • Mon 4 JanAcross the desert via Solitaire and the Kuiseb Canyon pass to the Walvis Bay lagoon, where the flamingos feed. The evening is yours by the water.
  • Tue 5 JanAn early start, south past the salt works to Sandwich Harbour by 4x4, where the dunes fall straight into the Atlantic. Low tide is just after eight that morning, so you are out early and on the beach while the route is open: at high water the sea reaches the dunes and the beach closes. Then north through Swakopmund and inland to Spitzkoppe, about two hours.
Included
  • 1 night in a Comfort double or twin room, bed and breakfast
  • Sandwich Harbour by 4x4 with your guide, and the permit

Dinner on 4 January is your own, so you can choose where to eat: the hotel’s own Flamingo Restaurant, or the restaurants at the Walvis Bay waterfront, about 3 km away. Tell us what you would like and we book your table ahead.

Spitzkoppe Cabin Camp
Tue 5 – Wed 6 JanBy road · about 150 km, 2 hours from Swakopmund
Spitzkoppe Cabin Camp · Spitzkoppe

A night under the granite

1 night · Cabin, two single beds · dinner and breakfast by your guide

Dinner & breakfast by your guide Sunset on the granite Dark-sky stargazing

Twelve log cabins spread out below the Gross Spitzkoppe, with beds made up with linen. Bathrooms are shared, and towels are not provided, so pack a travel towel. There is no restaurant: your guide cooks dinner and makes breakfast, and he shops for it in Swakopmund on the way, so tell him what you like.

Your days here
  • Tue 5 JanTime to walk out among the granite domes before sunset turns the peaks red. Dinner at camp, and some of the darkest skies you will ever see.
  • Wed 6 JanBreakfast at the cabin, and an early walk if you want one, before the long drive north to Etosha.
Included
  • 1 night in a cabin
  • Dinner and breakfast, cooked by your guide
  • Spitzkoppe community entry
Etosha Safari Camp · the bar and fire pit
Wed 6 – Sat 9 JanBy road · about 490 km
Etosha Safari Camp · Etosha

Three days at the waterholes

3 nights · Twin or double room · dinner, bed & breakfast

Dinner, bed & breakfast Game drives with your guide Relaxed, full of character

Gondwana’s camp on the C38, 10 km south of Andersson Gate, close enough to be at the gate as it opens. It is a relaxed, character-filled camp, with dinner every evening, and it keeps the days for the park. On your two full days in Etosha the camp packs your lunch to take along.

Your days here
  • Wed 6 JanThe longest day on the road, north through Omaruru and Outjo. If there is time before the gate closes at sunset, your guide takes you in for a first look at the Okaukuejo waterhole.
  • Thu 7 JanA full day in Etosha with your guide, out as the gate opens, with a lunch pack from the camp: the waterholes around Okaukuejo and the edge of the great white pan.
  • Fri 8 JanAnother full day with a lunch pack, east towards Halali or wherever the sightings are best, then a last dinner at camp.
  • Sat 9 JanBreakfast, then south on good tar to Windhoek, about 440 km and five and a half hours. Your guide drops you in Windhoek or at the airport.
Included
  • 3 nights in a twin or double room, dinner, bed and breakfast
  • Game drives in Etosha with your guide: the arrival afternoon and two full days
  • Lunch packs from the camp on 7 and 8 January
  • Etosha park fees
Three · What it comes to

One price, one invoice

One price, split two ways so you can see where it goes. Both figures are for the two of you together, and everything marked as included sits inside them.

Where you sleep and eat
US$2,756

Seven nights for two in one room: Agama Lodge and Etosha Safari Camp with dinner and breakfast, Flamingo Villas with breakfast, and the cabin at Spitzkoppe.

Your guide, vehicle and the days
US$4,900

Your private guide and 4x4 for eight days with fuel, Sandwich Harbour, every park and community fee, lunch packs on the Sossusvlei day and the two full Etosha days, and the dinner and breakfast your guide cooks at Spitzkoppe.

Your guide’s own rooms and meals are inside this figure: you never pay for him on the road.

US$7,656 for two travellers
US$3,828per person sharing
8 / 7days / nights
US$957a day, for the two of you

One invoice, in US dollars, sent with your final itinerary and paid in two halves: 50% to confirm, and the balance by 2 December 2026, one month before you travel, through Wise or by bank transfer. On the road you pay only for lunch on the travel days, your dinner in Walvis Bay, and drinks.

Prices in US dollarsYou are invoiced in US dollars. We fix the price when we finalise your itinerary; from then on, if the exchange rate moves, that is our risk, not yours.

Four · Why we built it this way

The days, and the rooms

You asked for the heart of the route in less time, so every day here does one thing well. Agama puts you in the open desert with the dunes a short drive away, so your Sossusvlei morning starts at the gate. The night at Flamingo Villas is there for Sandwich Harbour: you sleep on the lagoon, and the 4x4 is out early the next morning with the low tide. From there it is two hours inland to Spitzkoppe, the quiet night in the middle, a cabin under the stars rather than a hotel. Etosha keeps its three nights, so there are two full days at the waterholes and the wildlife can come to you.

Five · What is included

Everything above, in one list

Everything marked as included in this itinerary is inside the price. This is that list in full, so there is nothing to work out from the pages above.

Where you sleep

  • 2 nights at Agama Lodge, Sossusvlei, in a Standard Chalet
  • 1 night at Flamingo Villas, Walvis Bay
  • 1 night at Spitzkoppe Cabin Camp, in a cabin
  • 3 nights at Etosha Safari Camp
  • One room for the two of you throughout, double or twin

What you eat

  • Breakfast every morning
  • Dinner at Agama Lodge (2 nights) and Etosha Safari Camp (3 nights)
  • Dinner and breakfast at Spitzkoppe, cooked by your guide
  • A lunch pack in the vehicle on your Sossusvlei day, 3 January
  • Lunch packs from the camp on your two full days in Etosha, 7 and 8 January

Your guide and vehicle

  • Your own private guide for all eight days
  • A 4x4 vehicle for the two of you, with fuel
  • Collection on 2 January and drop-off on 9 January, in Windhoek or at the airport
  • Your guide’s rooms and meals, all the way

What you do

  • Sossusvlei, Deadvlei and Sesriem Canyon with your guide
  • Sandwich Harbour by 4x4 with your guide
  • Sunset among the granite at Spitzkoppe
  • Game drives in Etosha with your guide: an afternoon and two full days

Fees

  • Namib-Naukluft park fees at Sesriem
  • The Sandwich Harbour permit
  • Spitzkoppe community entry
  • Etosha park fees for three days

Bring your passports. The fees are paid, but Namibian park gates require photographic identification from every visitor on the way in and on the way out. That applies at the Sesriem gate on 3 January and Etosha’s Andersson Gate on 6, 7 and 8 January. Keep them in the vehicle rather than in a case.

Six · Not included

What sits outside it

  • International flights to and from Windhoek
  • Namibian entry requirements and any visa fees
  • Lunch on the travel days (2, 4, 5, 6 and 9 January), for your own account
  • Dinner in Walvis Bay on 4 January
  • A night in Windhoek before or after the trip, if your flights need one
  • Drinks, other than those named in this itinerary
  • Travel insurance, personal expenses and gratuities
Seven · The season

High summer, green and hot

January is Namibia’s summer: hot, stormy and green, with newborn game on the plains. That is why the dunes are done at sunrise. Heavy rain can make some gravel roads hard going, and your guide plans around it. The coast is the opposite: Benguela fog, cooler and greyer than just inland, so the Sandwich Harbour morning can be cool. No public holidays fall on your dates. Pack light summer clothes, a warm layer, a light rain jacket, a wide hat, a travel towel for Spitzkoppe, binoculars and plenty of sunblock.

Eight · What happens now

What happens now?

This is your look book: a first draft of your trip, made to be changed. Three steps take it from here to booked.

01

You review it

Look at the price, the lodges and the days. We kept the four places you asked for, Sossusvlei, Sandwich Harbour, Spitzkoppe and Etosha, in eight days. Does Saturday 2 January still suit as your first day? And would you like a night in Windhoek before or after, for your flights?

02

You come back to us

Let us know by email what you are happy with and what you would change: a different lodge, more or less luxury. We finalise the itinerary.

03

A 50% deposit confirms it

Once the details are settled we hold every lodge, then send your final itinerary with our booking terms, a short form and the deposit invoice, with a date to accept by. A 50% deposit confirms the entire booking and is non-refundable.

Subject to availability

Every property is subject to availability until your deposit is in. If one cannot be secured we replace it with one of the same standard and ask you first, and if the replacement costs more, we carry the difference.

Details to be confirmed Tell us what to change

Please respond with your preference: lodge swap-outs, a more or less luxurious option. Our goal is to perfect the trip for you.

Deposit · 50%US$3,828

Due by the date we give you; confirms the booking; non-refundable

Before you travelUS$3,828

The balance, one month before you travel

On the roadNothing

Except lunch on the travel days, your dinner in Walvis Bay, and drinks

Why is it non-refundable? The 50% deposit is what confirms every booking: the lodges, your vehicle and guide, and each excursion. As soon as we receive it, it is paid out to them. If the worst happens, we contact each supplier individually and ask for a refund, and whatever we are able to recover, we send back to you. We cannot guarantee an amount: each supplier has its own terms and refund rates, and some refund nothing at all.

Want something added, before you leave or on the road? Say the word and we book it.

Your first and last days The first and last days may change depending on your flight times. We confirm them with you once you accept this itinerary.

Look book · details to be confirmed

Tell us, and we shape it

Let us know by email: simply reply to our email with what you would keep and what you would change.

Nine · For your eyes only

Prepared for you, and only you

This itinerary is proprietary and confidential. Sandura Tours prepared it for Lan and their travelling companion alone, and it is shared with you in confidence.

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