Originally Posted by
Roger
We plan to visit early in 2009 via CPT. The plan is to spend a few days in Cape Town, travel to Namibia and tour, then back to Cape Town.
I had thought of driving from Cape Town to Windhoek and imagined we would take about 3 days each way. Based on the advice in this thread, I expect we'll fly.
I don't like organised tours in principle, but believe there are pre-booked drive tours of Namibia available from Windhoek and Swakopmund. I'd really value advice:
- advantages/disadvantages of pre-booked drive tours of Namibia;
- reputable agencies in Namibia or SA offering pre-booked tours of Nambia.
Thanks for your help.
I am like you, no 'organised' tours in principle.
We did a trip to Namibia many years ago. Flew to Windhoek, rented a VW Microbus there. Our main destination was Etosha , but we took two days to drive there and on the way back we went to Swakopmund as well. Booked hotels and rest camps in Etosha in advance and had a very pleasant experience. Namibia is still comparatively quiet and relatively safe.
I would do it the same way again.