Cruise liner Special: Swakopmund and Namib Desert Highlights
Duration
7.5 hours
Group Size
1 to 15 people
Ages
1
-
85
yrs
Languages
English
Tour Overview
This is a coastal highlight tour, touching all the interesting sites in the Desert area in one tour. You get to experience this beautiful little Sea resort and all the unique features in the Namib Desert, as well as learning about the harsh History and Geology of this area. This is a Walvis Bay Tour going to Swakopmund and back to Walvis Bay. This tour is not a private tour. If you wish to have a private tour, you will be required to pay for the extra seats in the car.
Additional information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This is not a private tour. If you want a private tour then rest of the seats in the vehicle must be paid locally. Please tell us on booking
- We need at least two people to start the tour.
- This tour is ideal for Cruise liner guests
- We structure our pick up times along with the arrival times of the ship
- Should the ship dock late we will be waiting. for you to disembark
- German speaking guides are very scarce. These will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
- Please note due to the scarcity of German guides we cannot guarantee a German speaking guide, in peak season or when a cruise liner is in the Harbour and 2000guests disembark.
Pickup
we collect you at the Pier you disembark on at the Walvis Bay harbour with a name board please advise Ships name and docking time. Our booking will then adapt to your time. - Time zone: Africa/Windhoek
What's included
Bottled water, Cola , Juice, Beer and cider
Brunch
Itinerary
Our Walvis Bay tour starts in the Walvis Bay Harbor or Walvis Bay Port, then we drive north towards Swakopmund, past the Bird Island, the only manmade Guano Island and into Swakopmund. At the Jetty we go for a walk on the Jetty and the Mole and share the history of this small German colonial town. We walk around and see some old buildings
We see old Hotels and Stations as we drive through the little town
then we drive onto the gravel Plains of the Namib desert and our first stop is the Lichen field. This tiny plant is a joint venture between a mushroom and an algae, we learn how they compliment each other and how they survive
The gravel road takes us to various view points along the Moonlandscape. Traces of lava flow periods and ice ages are apparent all around you. You feel like you are on another planet, walking on the moon... We some Uranium exploration sites, and maybe some desert animals like Zebra or Springbuck
Goanikontes is an oasis in the Swakopmund River. Very important location for the history of the area as it was the first watering hole in the desert from Swakopmund, an old Police post and vegetable were grown here. We learn the interesting History as we pass through the dry river bed
Amazingly on the hard gravel plains where nothing grows we find the age old Welwitschia plant. This unique plant has no stem and only two leaves, it has adapted to absorb moisture from the fog and the little rain, and can grow to be hundreds of years old. There are male and female plants, these are pollenated by little brown and orange bugs that live in the plants. Thousands of seeds are produced that spread by the harsh prevailing winds. Nature is amazing
After a long ride through the desert we pass Dune 7 close to Walvis Bay. Unfortunately we do not climb the dune we only have time to view it.
we sadly return to the Walvis Bay harbour
We Stop at the Flamingos in the Walvis Bay Lagune, here are more than 750 000 Birds, comprising 54 bird Species, palearctic migratory birds, pelicans terns and Cormorants can be seen from time to time.
FAQ
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