Day 1

Heathrow-Windhoek-Hobatere

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Arrive at Windhoek International Airport after 10 hour flight via Johannesburg to be met by the guides. From here we fly northwest by light aircraft into the Namib Desert to the Hobatere concession and Mopane Bushveld . Our expedition camp awaits us and after settling in there’s a full briefing on the journey and adventure that lies ahead before enjoying a welcome dinner cooked over the open fire. We experience our first night under the stars of the southern hemisphere.

Days 2-4.

Hobatere

Hobatere concession is an area of outstanding natural beauty, with rolling grass plains, Mopane forest and rock kopjes. Here we will begin to learn tracking and bushcraft skills that have enabled the Bushman and other tribes to make it their home. At Hobatere there’s a permanent observation hide constructed into the side of the kopje overlooking a waterhole. This gives us the opportunity to study wildlife in detail and to witness nature in all its magnificence at very close, but safe quarters.

Hobatere concession has the largest variety of free roaming wildlife in Namibia and there is the possibility of seeing everything from the mighty elephant to the timid dik-dik. Each morning at Hobatere we will visit the waterhole to study the tracks that animals left the night before (Wildlife permitting). We will concentrate on the ancient skill of animal tracking.

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