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Self Drive Safaris In Namibia

Namibia is an excellent self drive country to explore. Chameleon Holidays & Travel can assist you with all your self drive needs from hiring the correct (and most suitable) vehicle for your adventure, to itinerary planning, suggesting the best accommodation places or campsites and route planning. We will be on hand on your arrival to welcome you and to go through your entire itinerary including the best roads to travel.

If you are looking for some inspiration then click onto any of itineraries below, remember these are just a suggestion and there are many more options available to you. Don't forget you are also able to add other activities such as horse riding sleepouts or overnight hiking trails to combine your self drive and make it more adventurous.

Camping Self Drives

Standard Accommodated Self Drives

Luxury Accommodated Self Drives

"Thank you so much for organising such a wonderful holiday for us. It was truly fabulous and we saw so much, which I am sure in part was due to your careful selection of locations for us to visit and stay. Next time (and I hope there will be a next time) we will come for longer and spend more time in a smaller number of places. As you said, this was a taster, but what a taster!" - Tatchell's - September 08

elephant road sign

"We recently had a 5 week trip to Namibia in Africa organised by Jules of Chameleon Travel in Windhoek. We wished to go with someone who was familiar with the territory as we live in Australia and had no idea what the best route would be. This trip, totally organised by Jules, was a balance of self-drive camping on top of a 4x4 dual cab and part staying at interesting game lodges. Neither Noel nor myself were interested in an organised tour. The variety of this trip made it possible to see many aspect of the country even including 3 days in a houseboat on the Chobe River 80kms above the Victoria Falls living it up as we floated past wild animals on both sides of the river.
This was no trip for the faint hearted but for adventurous people who wish to see the real Namibia it was a dream come true. We met fascinating locals and discovered a way of life for local tribes who maintain a solid family life despite the hardships of poverty mainly brought about by drought & political situations.
As we slept desert elephant’s tiptoed around our 4 x 4 silently leaving only big footprints behind. We had to stop the car often as giraffe & springbok passed in front of us. At the many waterholes in the evening as we sipped our sun-downer all the animals popped down for their evening drink to the flashing bulbs of our cameras. There were cheetahs, lions, elephants, gemsbok, springbok, sable, wildebeest, leopard, rhino & many more.
Many of the game lodges are involved with their native communities teaching them necessary skills for survival in a harsh but stunning environment. The varying colours of the desert varying from muted mauves to gold and vivid reds, sprinkled with the fascinating local people of many different tribes touched our hearts. Thank you Jules it was an unforgettable journey that will stay with us forever. "
Dorothy in Oz. - October 2008

We all thoroughly enjoyed our time in Namibia and the self-drive option was just the right compromise between total independence and being on an organised tour. The schedule and driving times for each day was perfect and the choice of accommodation between the nights of camping was also fantastic. We especially enjoyed a township tour in Swakopmund with Hata Angu Cultural tours, including a local dinner and dancing and also the stand-up sand boarding! The "tug" restaurant was fantastic!We took your advice and left sesriem at 05:30 to get to Dune 45 for sunrise, which we saw from the top of the dune! We were totally alone and the experience for both myself and the kids was amazing. So, in summary we thoroughly enjoyed our experience with Chameleon self-drive and would certainly recommend to others.
Wilson Family - February 09

Just a few lines to tell you that we had a safe trip back to Spain and
that we enjoyed a lot our trip through Namibia. It was fantastic, and
thank you so much for your help booking all the accommodations and all your suggestions. We are showing the photos of our trip to everyone here and lot of people are asking us a lot of questions, maybe next year you will have a new customer from one of our friends or family.

Diego & Marina - August 09

No need to say that Namibia was just great also due to your effort. We want to again thank you and your team from the bottom of our heart(s). Trust we me meet again, be assured that Chameleon will be recommended by us again and again and again and again and again and again..
Tom, Karin and Fidelis - August 09

I am back to work, and my brain is still in Namibia! Difficult to go back to reality! I would like to thank you again very much for your help you have provided to "build" our trip! It was a wonderful experience; it met our needs and budget and I have never seen such colors and places like Namibia anywhere else in the world! Colleagues and friends are amazed by the pictures taken and can't believe all these colors...
Marie-Helene, Frederic and Manon – August 2009

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