What Kind of Tour and What Kind of
Planning is Required?
- What is the time frame that you can allow for
your vacation?
- What are the attractions that you should see
and what routes to take to suite the time frame?
- What months of the year are the best for visiting Namibia?
- Do you join a scheduled guided tour - or go
self guided touring?
- What is your tour going to cost?
- How can you save time and get better value
for our money?
- Are your travel documents in order for travel
to Namibia?
What Type Of Touring Will Suite Your Purposes Best?
Guided Touring in Namibia:
There are several well established Namibia Tour Operators
offering scheduled tours around Namibia. Should you prefer to engage
the services of a Booking Agent or Tour Facilitator company to
organize a "tailor made" tour for you. On the
Namibia
Tour Guide Site you can find listed all of the registered
Namibia Tour Operators.
Fly In Safari Touring: Flying around Namibia, often
referred to as Lodge-Hopping will save you a lot of time and afford
you memorable views of the sights you fly over. There are certain
remote areas of Namibia that for practical purposes are only
accessible by planes operated by the Tour Company that hold the
particular concession for that area. On arrival at your lodge you
will be collected by 4x4 vehicle, in which you can enjoy a guided
safari tour with an amount of luxury. In the evening you'll be
treated to the best of cuisine and sleep in air-conditioned lodges
or luxury tented camps. On the
Namibia
Tour Guide Site you can find listed all of the registered
Fly-In Safari Operators.
Overland Truck Touring: This
type of touring is popular with younger people who may
be operating on a limited budget and with the more
hardy traveller who enjoys the adventure and flavour of
this type of vacation. Overnight stays are usually at
camping sites, or backpacker hostels when in larger
towns. I've stayed at plenty of camp sites in my time
and watched plenty of 'over-landers' pitching their tents and doing their thing.
I've sat around camp fires with them and listened as they all
enthused about their particular tour and what fantastic value it
was. I've met friendly young people taking a gap year, and once
downed a beer with a medical surgeon and his wife who told me that
this was their fifth overland tour in Africa. They enjoyed the
'roughing it a bit thing' and the people that they met while bumping
along in the truck. They also told me that their journeying through
Namibia was the "Cherry on their African Cake". The truck crews are
hard working, having a driver, a licensed tour guide, and a couple
of support members. There are several Namibian and South African
overland tour operators offering a range of tours of Namibia - plus
the Foreign Overland Operators that begin tours from their home
country or that you can board, by arrangement, in Nairobi - Kenya
travelling southwards. On the
Namibia
Tour Guide Site you can find listed all of the registered
Foreign Tour Operators.
Personally Guided Tour: There are Namibia Tour Operators
who cater for 1on1 type touring where you have the option of taking
a pre-planned route or the route can be adjusted to suite your
particular requirements. Plus scientific tours etc. On the
Namibia Tour Guide Site you can find listed all of the
registered
Namibia Tour Operators.
Scheduled Tour By Bus: Namibia has some well established and
experienced operators offering an excellent and well thought out selection
of Tours around Namibia to suite your requirements and budget. The guides
are trained, licensed and knowledgeable about a variety of subjects that
you, the visitor, may want to know about. The overnight stays are in
selected accommodation establishments. This type of tour saves you the
stress. It's organized and you can relax and watch the country roll by as
the guide explains the features etc.
Touring Namibia
By Public Transport
Namibia Tourism
Board: Is a Government Operated Organization formed to promote
tourism by encouraging persons to travel to and within Namibia. One of their
main functions is to take measures to ensure that services
rendered and facilities provided to tourists comply with the
prescribed standards. You should expect a relatively good, if not high, standard
of services provided by accommodation and tour operators in Namibia.
Scheduled Bus Service
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