Tribal culture holiday in Namibia
| country: | Botswana, Namibia |
| departures: | This trip can be tailormade at a time to suit you |
| price: | From £2909 (15 days) excluding flights. Price includes a fully equipped 4x4 vehicle, 3 meals a day, accommodation, park and entry fees and a fully qualified Namibian Tour Guide |
the amazing things you'll be doing
15 days discovering the Northern cultures of Namibia
5 different tribes, 5 different languages, and this only in Namibia. Add Botswana and you will have experienced 6 different tribes in 16 days. While visiting and focusing on the tribes in this tour, you will be pleasantly surprised by the diversity of the Namibian landscape as well. Starting in a very arid area and working our way North the landscape changes as much as the different tribes that will be met along the way.
From the hardy and resourceful Damara to the wilds of Kaokoland. Kaokoland, home of the Ovahimba tribe, culturally one of the strongest tribes in Namibia. From there to the biggest tribe in Namibia, the Ovambo nation. Then the smallest tribe in Namibia, the San, or Bushmen. Again, another tribe that still clings very strongly to their tradition and culture. Onto the Kavango and Lozi speaking tribes before we enter Botswana. A long trip that will be made short by the stunning scenery and different cultures you will experience and see.
5 different tribes, 5 different languages, and this only in Namibia. Add Botswana and you will have experienced 6 different tribes in 16 days. While visiting and focusing on the tribes in this tour, you will be pleasantly surprised by the diversity of the Namibian landscape as well. Starting in a very arid area and working our way North the landscape changes as much as the different tribes that will be met along the way.
From the hardy and resourceful Damara to the wilds of Kaokoland. Kaokoland, home of the Ovahimba tribe, culturally one of the strongest tribes in Namibia. From there to the biggest tribe in Namibia, the Ovambo nation. Then the smallest tribe in Namibia, the San, or Bushmen. Again, another tribe that still clings very strongly to their tradition and culture. Onto the Kavango and Lozi speaking tribes before we enter Botswana. A long trip that will be made short by the stunning scenery and different cultures you will experience and see.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Windhoek to Ugab Wilderness camp. Desert Elephant and the local Damara clans living side by side. |
| Day 2: | Ugab Wilderness Camp to Twyfelfontein. Namibia’s only World Heritage site, featuring the famous rock engravings of yesteryear. |
| Day 3: | Twyfeldontein to Opuwa, home of the Ovahima tribes. Meet and interact with the people of this harsh and hard part of Namibia. |
| Day 4: | Opuwa to Oshakati. A town in the middle of the Ovambo homelands. |
| Day 5: | Oshakati to Roy’s camp. Interact or go on a walk with local San people of the area. |
| Day 6: | Roy’s camp to Tsumkwe. The capital of the San people. |
| Day 7: | Tsumkwe and area. Visiting local clans around the area, and trying to understand their way of living. |
| Day 8: | Tsumkwe to Ngepi Lodge. Overnight on the banks of the Okavango river. Visit the tribe living and making their lives from this river. The Kavango tribe of Namibia. |
| Day 9: | Ngepi to Buffalo. Visit the Barakwena. Another part of the San clan, but now adapted to life next to the Kavango river. |
| Day 10: | Buffalo to Namushasha. Enter the Caprivi , the greenest part of Namibia. Meet the Tribe that inhabits this area and share the same name, the Caprivians. |
| Day 11: | Namushasha to Ngepi. We have to travel back this way in order to enter Botswana. With what you have seen and experienced thus far, this day can be used solely for yourself. |
| Day 12: | Ngepi to Delta Campsite. The Okavango Delta, a natural wonderland of water and wildlife that ends in the desert sands of the Kalahari. The Tswana tribe of Botswana is another unique tribe that you will encounter during the tour. |
| Day 13: | Delta Campsite to Tsumkwe. We slowly wind our way back to Tsumkwe where we will overnight again in the company of the San people of Namibia. |
| Day 14: | Tsumkwe to Frans Indongo Lodge. On our way we will drive through the capital of the Herero nation. This tribe of big men and women is mainly pastoralists, and take great pride in their ability to work with livestock. The women in their Victorian dresses are truly an amazing sight to behold. |
| Day 15: | Frans Indogo Lodge to Windhoek. The tour will end in Windhoek, where you will be able to see most of the tribes of Namibia concentrated in one place. |
how this holiday makes a difference
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Most campsites used are community based and managed. A percentage of funds generated goes directly to that particular community managing the campsite. We try to relieve pressure on these basic campsites, by supplying our own firewood. Wherever we stay at campsites within sensitive areas, like Damaraland, we take our rubbish with us and dump it at designated spots within municipal areas. Visitors are always reminded to work sparsely with water.
All local food and specific delicatessens of specific tribes comes from the area these tribes live in. We motivate clients to support these tribes by purchasing their products. The same goes for arts and crafts. Visitors are also briefed about local customs and traditions before entering sensitive areas, where contact with local tribes can be expected. All the lodges where we stay employ people from the surrounding areas. Frans Indongo Lodge for example, is owned by a local Namibian businessman, and serves as great inspiration for many Namibians. This lodge is also situated within a private game reserve, which makes a contribution to the conservation of wildlife. On every trip, guests are reminded of the scarcity of water and how to conserve it, even when staying in a lodge. Frans Indongo Lodge is working in close cooperation with the Namibia Cheetah Conservation Fund and is actively involved with rhino relocation and conservation. Several communities benefit from this trip by means of entrance fees, bed levies, commissions, tips and by purchasing their products. These include Ugab Wilderness Camp, Twyfelfontein Rock Engravings, White Lady Bushman Paintings, Ngepi Camp Namushasha Lodge. Conservation gets their share, by means of entrance fees to Mahango Game Park and Babwata Game Reserve. We are a Namibian owned and based company and we only make use of Namibian guides. Chances are that the same person planning your trip will also be your guide. |
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