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Tok Tokkie Trails, Namibia

Safari & Wilderness Adventure

Tok Tokkie Trails takes you up close to the beauty of the Namibian desert. During your adventure on foot you will come to discover some of the secrets the desert hides, secrets you will have a hard time discovering from a jeep. You will experience different kinds of desert areas, from mountains to sand dunes and barren plains. You will get close to animals and insects such as Tok Tokkie beetles, geckos, dance spiders, foxes and other small and larger animals – there is more life here than you would immediately think. Along the way, your guide will show you this special world, where the day usually ends with something cold to drink and a delicious three-course dinner, before you relax and fall asleep under the stars.

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Sample Itinerary

The experience

This program is a source of inspiration — each trip is unique and tailored to you.

Day 1

Arrive at Tok Tokkie Trails Basecamp in the afternoon, where the friendly team will welcome you and offer you a cold drink. The camp is the place where you can fill your water bottle and pack your backpack with the personal things you want to take with you on day trips. Your luggage is driven by car to the accommodation. The first tour starts with a visit to the Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET), a non-profit organization aimed at promoting environmentally conscious thinking in the country. Your trail will include a trip in a hilly area with special formations in the landscape, over sand dunes and to your first camp. The sand dunes are not quite as massive and large here as at the previous camp and the landscape is a lot flatter. Get out of here, enjoy a cold drink and feel how the sounds and smells of the desert rock you to rest. For most people, an overnight stay here is a great and close spiritual experience. Total walking time approx. 2 hours.

Day 2.

Before the sun rises we get a cup of coffee and a light breakfast so we can leave before it gets too hot. The day will offer a beautiful walk through the changing landscapes of the desert, and with the help of the guide we will learn to see the signs of activities that the animals that live at night here have left behind. There is more life in this immediately rather dead environment than one thinks. Get acquainted with concepts such as “golden clouds” and “dancing dust”, see where the gecko has been and where the sand larch has looked past. We cross an impressive ridge and a dry river delta. The guide shows and explains along the way – how the area’s plants survive, where insects, frogs and lizards adapt to the harsh conditions and how to survive without water for a long time. There are surprisingly many birds here, and if we are lucky, we see some of the desert’s larger inhabitants such as the special ear fox, the antelope oryx, springbuck or an ostrich. It is impressive that such large animals can live here. We eat lunch in the shade, where our chef prepares a good meal. Time for siesta and relaxation. In the late afternoon, when the heat is not so massive anymore, we move on to the next accommodation. The area is like a sea of endless sand dunes and sand formations, and in the background you see impressive mountains. Total walking time approx. 6-7 hours.

Day 3

Once again, you wake up to the very special light that reigns here shortly before sunrise. There is coffee and a light breakfast before setting out on the final hike. The soft and rolling sand dunes have small oases of camel horn trees where you can find shade. Today’s trip is not strenuous and we are already before lunch at the farm run by the Namib Educational Trust. Total walking time approx. 3 hours

Details

Everything you need to know

Travel facts

When can you travel? All year but it can be very hot in December and January. The coldest are in June and July.

Airport: Windhoek (WDH)

Length: 3 nights and 2 nights before and after your trekking. Can be extended.

Price includes: Full board, all activities in the program, transfer to / from airport.

Price does not include: International flights, travel insurance, tips, extra activities and meals outside the planned program.

Tips for your journey

Good to know about Namibia:

Mobile coverage and internet: Coverage in the larger hotels but not during your stay in the desert

Visas: Danish citizens do not need visa but your passport must be valid for a minimum of 6 months from entry. There must be at least two blank pages in the passport passport.

Time zone: GMT + 1

Vaccinations: Read more at Statens Serum Institut

Local currency: Namibian dollar

Weather: Windhoek, Namibia

Water: Clean water in the camp and in the hotels

Safety: Good

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How does my trip contribute?

This product meets our requirements for Ecorating, a product that is good for humans and the environment.

When you walk Tok Tokkie Trails contribute to long-term tourism in Namibia. NamibRand is a 215,000 hectare reserve in the southern part of Namibia, as large as the Masai Mara in Kenya. Efforts are being made to ensure biological diversity by, among other things, monitoring the reserve, re-establishing endangered species such as leopards and cheetahs and by saving nature’s resources.

A Community Village Laundry Business has been initiated both to create jobs but also to ensure that Wolwedan’s washing of clothes and bedding takes place in a responsible manner.

Read more about the Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET), an NGO with the aim of educating Namibia’s young people in an environmentally friendly direction. The organization can be visited before or after your trekking.www.nadeet.org

All kinds of tourism leave a footprint, but your guides take pride in making that footprint as small as possible, which you will experience during the trip in the area.