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The Namibia Discovery Safari is an excellent comfortable camping safari for free-spirited adventurers. This particular safari explores remote corners of rural and scenic Namibia rarely visited by other travellers.
Guide
The safari will be led by a professional guide. Our guides are very important to us: they are picked carefully and trained well. All speak good English and almost all have worked for this safari operator for many years. Whilst on this camping safari with them you will be able to learn a lot about Namibia and what you see there - including much about the flora, fauna and local cultures. They will be able to identify all of the animals, most of the birds, and some of the plants that you see and give you lots of additional and often unexpected insights into all you experience.
Camp staff
For a group of up to about six passengers, a camp assistant who is also the camp chef will accompany the guide on this safari. For a group of six to fourteen passengers a second assistant joins the camp team. It's their job to do most of the camp chores so you need not worry about cooking or washing up. This leaves you and your guide more time to relax and chat about Namibia and your safari experiences.
Camping equipment
Good-quality camping equipment is included in the cost of the Namibia Discovery Safari. You'll stay in spacious 2-person canvas dome tents, about 2.5 x 2.5 metres, with a built in ground sheet. Two large windows with sewn in mosquito netting and an extra canvas layer which can be closed against the elements, help to keep the tent well ventilated.
Each tent is furnished with two camp stretcher-beds covered with foam mattresses and complete with bed rolls including a sleeping bag and pillow.
Vehicles
The Namibia Discovery Safari usually uses a custom-made Toyota or Mitsubishi safari vehicle complete with sliding windows and a pop-top roof.
Each vehicle has a battery inverter fitted with one plug socket that takes two-prong European plugs. This can be used to recharge necessary items such as camera batteries. The vehicle's cigarette lighter socket can also be used to recharge batteries. You will need to travel with the necessary adaptors to use either of these charging points.
Campsites
Almost all of the campsites used on this safari to Namibia are established rest camps. The facilities generally include ladies and gents' ablution blocks with hot and cold running water and a small kiosk or shop where you can buy drinks. Some of the rest camps also have a swimming pool. Some of Namibia's more remote campsites are not well lit; while your camp's equipment includes at least one gas lamp, this is turned off once everyone has settled for the night, so it's important that you bring a good torch with you. You'll find this useful within your tent and also if you need to walk around camp after dark.
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