2 DAYS OKONJIMA CHEETAH AND LEOPARD TOUR (Camping)

SCHEDULED DEPARTURE DATE: 

• Depart Every Saturday (09h00)

PRIVATE DEPARTURE DATE: (ON REQUEST DEPARTURES ALSO AVAILABLE)

This 2-day safari takes clients to Okonjima lodge. Where clients can experience the wildlife of animals such as cheetahs and Leopards.

The family-run Okonjima Lodge rests at the foot of the sandstone Omboroko Mountains amidst Acacia thornveld in a Malaria-free area. It is halfway between Namibia’s capital city, Windhoek, and the Etosha National Park – only a two-and-a-half-hour drive or a brief flight into the reserve’s private airstrip. It undertakes research, community support and environmental education projects, as well as conservation work to rehabilitate carnivores such as cheetah and hyaena.

Okonjima Nature Reserve

Midway between the spectacular Etosha National Park and the capital city of Windhoek, lies the well-known Okonjima Nature Reserve. The 22 000 ha nature reserve is home to AfriCAT, a carnivore sanctuary, which gives the captive cats a second chance to be released back into the wild and become completely independent hunters in a protected area right in the middle of commercial cattle farmland. Visitors can enjoy a stay at a variety of excellent accommodation options including everything from luxury villas to secluded camping. Enjoy thrilling cat tracking guided safaris, leopard-spotting, off-road night drives and learn about local San culture along the Bushmen trail.

• DEPARTURE: This tour departs from Windhoek
• COUNTRY(‘S): Namibia
• DESTINATIONS: Okonjima Cheetah And Leopard Tour
• TOUR CODE:2C-NAM-OKNJ-001
• RETURN: Back to Windhoek in the Afternoon
• PASSENGERS: Minimum 1 Traveler and a Maximum of 14 Travelers per group
• STYLE: Camping Safari with all Equipment
• MEALS: BB: Breakfast / L: Lunch / D: Dinner
• VEHICLE: 2-3: Double Cab 4×4/ SUV

Itinerary

Windhoek to Okonjima (219.8km)

 

Accommodation: Okonjima Plain Camp/ Similar

Guest depart early morning at around 09:00 am from Windhoek toOkonjima. This 2 day safari allow clients to do different types of activities such as game drives on the lodge Cheetah feeding and tracking. Clients can spot the many nocturnal game species they wouldn’t normally see during the day. After arriving clients will have leisure time and after clientslunch, they will go on the Game Drive. In the Afternoon the tour guide will prepare the dinner for them.

The next morning the client will go on the activity and after the activity depart back to Windhoek

Meals: Dinner

Included Activities: Game Drive on the Game Reserve

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Okonjimato Windhoek

 

Guest will get early breakfast and then do the activity and after the activity depart back to Windhoek, Central part of Namibia the Capital city.

Meal: Breakfast

Included Activity:Bush men walk with the San

Overnight: Okonjima Plains Camp
Plains Camp honours the Hanssen’s family cattle-farming heritage with its three-tier accommodation facility of 10 spacious View Rooms, 14 spacious Standard Rooms and six affordable Garden Rooms.

It is family-friendly and wheelchair accessible.

The Plains Camp is 700m from the airstrip within the secluded wilderness area of Okonjima Nature Reserve and has majestic sunset views. Its design honours the Hanssen’s family cattle-farming history with its three-tier accommodation facility of 10 large View Rooms, 14 spacious Standard Rooms and six affordable Garden Rooms. It is family-friendly and wheelchair accessible.

Okonjima was a cattle farm since the early 1920s that was bought by Brahman breeders Val (VJ) and Rose Hanssen in 1970. By the time Namibia gained its independence in early 1990, they needed to address increasing livestock losses and growing interest in Namibia as a tourist destination. Three years later their herds of Brahman and Jersey cattle were sold and Okonjima’s attention turned to recovering the grass plains and transforming it into a nature reserve, with a primary focus on carnivore conservation through The AfriCat Foundation. Today it’s a luxurious African safari destination in the heart of Namibia that’s ideal for wildlife photography and famed for its cheetah, brown hyena and leopard sightings.