Guide
The Namib & Kalahari Desert Adventure is led by a professional guide. Each guide is picked carefully and trained in-house. Almost all the guides are Namibian and are happy to share information about their country and their lives. They also have a very good knowledge of the flora and fauna found here and will be able to identify all of the animals, many of the birds, and some of the plants that you see.
Camp assistant
Each safari is also accompanied by a camp assistant who helps the guide and is responsible for the camp chores.
Mobile camps
Accommodation whilst in mobile safari camp is in twin-bedded, canvas dome tents measuring 2.6m x 2.6m x 1.8m with fitted ground sheets and mosquito netting sewn into the doors and windows. Each tent interior is set up with fold-up camp beds, bed roll including a comfortable mattress, linen, a duvet, a pillow and a blanket for travel during the cooler winter months (mid-May to early-September). There will be a small table set up with reading lamps. Each guest is also provided with a towel.
One shower enclosure and one 'bush' toilet will be set up for every four guests. The shower enclosure is fitted with a solar bucket shower which carries ample water for one person to wash thoroughly after a long day's safari. The bush toilet consists of a toilet seat over a long or short drop with a bucket of ash or sand with which you flush.
Torches
The camping equipment includes at least one rechargeable electric lantern. This will be turned off once everyone is asleep. As some of Namibia's more remote campsites are not well lit and what lights there are may also be turned off at a set time, we recommend that you bring a good torch with you. A head torch is often a good choice as it leaves your hands free.
Vehicles
This camping adventure safari to Namibia will be conducted in custom-built Land Rovers. Some of the vehicles take four passengers whilst others have been stretched to accommodate six passengers. Each traveller is guaranteed a window seat. The safari vehicles are equipped with large sliding windows and roof hatches offering more photography opportunities.
The vehicles are fitted with an inverter plug allowing travellers the opportunity to charge batteries whilst driving. Batteries can also be charged at the lodges and at some of the less remote campsites. Namibia uses plugs with three large round pins - the same type used in South Africa. It is relatively easy to find an adaptor converting a UK plug to a South African plug which would also work in Namibia. The plug points available in the safari vehicle are for charging necessary items only such as camera batteries; they are not available for charging electric toothbrushes or mobile phones.
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