Special Interest Tours

The listed special interest tours will assist you in choosing a special tour. With our intimate knowledge of the host countries, we can assist you in designing and customizing a tour that meets your needs and expectations, taking into account your interests, budget, time constraints and dates of departure. Accommodation may range from luxury lodges to camping or a combination thereof. For additional information or assistance with planning a tour please contact our office.

Volunteer travel denotes tours which incorporate some volunteer activities. These may include visits to wildlife centers, organizations, conservation or research projects, or visits to local communities. With our knowledge of southern Africa and experience in wildlife ecology we offer you extraordinary opportunities to visit wildlife organizations that are conducting important conservation work. You will receive first-hand information about wildlife conservation from professionals and experts in the industry. Through your participation in our volunteer tours you will contribute to conservation and help species in need of protection. Responsible travel is integral to our philosophy which is based on the principle of "If you have the privilege to enjoy nature, you should also take the responsibility to protect it."

Birding Tours    
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Namibia

This tour will take you through the Namib Desert, home of the endemic Rüppel’s Korhaan, Ludwig’s Bustard and other desert birds. Sandwich Harbour, a coastal wetland where the high dunes of the Namib Desert meet the sea, is a staging area for many coastal birds such as flamingoes, seagulls, pelicans and wading birds. Etosha National Park is known for its many raptors and birds found in the semi-arid savanna ecosystem.

Botswana

From the dry savanna in the Kalahari Desert to the wetlands of the Okavango Delta, Botswana boasts over 500 species, unsurpassed in Southern Africa. The colourful saddle-billed stork, many wetland birds and if you are lucky, the elusive Pel’s Fishing Owl can be seen here.

Namibia

The vast expansive plains of the Namib Desert with its red dunes, constantly changing in colour as the sun alters its angle, offers the enthusiastic photographer the finest landscape photos you can dream of. Photos of the Namib Desert have won competitions the world over, and yours may become one of them. The magnificent landscape of Damaraland, or close-up photos of wildlife in Etosha will surpass the photographers’ dream.

Botswana

The waterways of the Okavango Delta, the vast open plains of the Kalahari desert dotted with gnarled camelthorn trees, or the white Makgadikgadi Pans await the enthusiastic photographer.

These are some examples of adrenalin charged adventure activities that can be incorporated into a tour.

Namibia

Canoeing down the Orange River through a rugged mountain desert, sleeping on the sand banks under the stars is an experience you will never forget. Or rafting down the turbulent waters of the Kunene River in the Kaokoveld of north western Namibia, a mountainous wilderness area, will make this a trip of a lifetime.

Adventure activities on offer near Swakopmund, a coastal town along the Atlantic Ocean include for example, riding 200 ft high dunes with ATVs, boat rides to seal colonies, deep sea fishing, scenic flights over the desert and much more.

Botswana/Zimbabwe

The highlight of this tour will be the Victoria Falls. Whitewater rafting the mighty Zambezi in the Batoka Gorge is the best in the world. You can also bungee jump 300 ft from a bridge, or abseil, or slide on a cable over the gorge. Canoeing, helicopter rides, an elephant ride through the African bush and many more are some of the adrenalin charged adventure activities offered at Victoria Falls.

Cultural/Anthropological Tours    
Go back in time

Namibia

Visiting a San community, the original inhabitants of southern Africa will be an experience of a lifetime. A walk in the bush with these incredible survivors of the Kalahari Desert will bring you closer to understanding their culture and lifestyle. This tour may also visit the Himba people in the Kaokoveld, who still follow a traditional semi-nomadic pastoralist lifestyle in the 21st century.

Ecology Tours    
An enriching eco-venture

Namibia

These tours focus on the ecology and management of the Namib Desert, the African savanna ecosystem and African wildlife. With an emphasis on science, these tours will be guided personally by Dr Werner Dörgeloh, a wildlife ecologist. Having practiced African wildlife ecology for many years through teaching and research in southern Africa, these tours include lectures, discussions and Q&As.

We will visit some wilderness areas usually not visited by tourists and therefore it will mainly be a camping tour. If you want to learn more about the ecology, park management and conservation in Africa, this is the tour for you.

Geology Tours    
Rock hard

Namibia

Namibia is a land of geological significance, boasting the oldest desert, the highest dunes, the second-largest canyon, and the largest iron meteorite. The rocks of Namibia span some 2,600 million years of Earth’s history, from among the oldest to the youngest (Kalahari sands). The geologically complex and ancient mountains along the escarpment were formed between 1,800 and 1,000 million years ago.

On these tours some extraordinary geological formations may include the:

South

• Brukkaros Crater – an ancient volcanic crater
• Fish River Canyon - second largest canyon in the world

West and north-west

• Sossusvlei - highest dunes in the world in the oldest desert of the world
• Spitskoppe – a granite extrusion also called the Matterhorn of Namibia
• Brandberg - the highest mountain in Namibia (2,606 m; 8,550 ft) formed by a granite plug pressed out of a volcano’s pipe. There are more than 43,000 individual rock paintings at 1,000 sites

North

• Vingerklip – a 35m (115 ft) high pillar of limestone rock
• Otjikoto Lake - a deep sinkhole in dolomite with endemic cichlid fish species
• Hoba Meteorite - the largest meteorite in the world that can be seen on the surface
• Waterberg - flat topped sandstone mountain

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