Journeys · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe
Desert, Delta & Dunes
The widest landscapes on the continent in one grand sweep — Sossusvlei's dunes, Etosha's waterholes, the Okavango Delta, Chobe's elephants and Victoria Falls to finish.
Highlights
- Sossusvlei's 300-metre dunes at first light
- Etosha National Park's floodlit waterholes
- The Okavango Delta by mokoro and boat
- Chobe's river elephants and the Falls finale
- Rossmund & Omeya desert rounds en route
Best months
May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep
Fourteen nights, five wonders — and the realisation somewhere over the Delta that you've seen half of southern Africa from a small plane window.
What's on the card — and where you'll sleep
The golf on this journey
- Omeya Golf Club
- Rossmund Golf Course
- Elephant Hills Golf Course
Where you'll stay
- The Weinberg (Windhoek) → Little Kulala (Sossusvlei) — Windhoek & Sossusvlei, 4 nights
- Strand Hotel (Swakopmund) → Ongava Lodge (Etosha) — Swakopmund & Etosha, 4 nights
- Jao Camp, Okavango — The Okavango Delta, Botswana, 3 nights
- Chobe Chilwero → The Victoria Falls Hotel — Chobe & Victoria Falls, 3 nights
Every property is hand-picked from our register of fifty-two — none paid for, none reciprocated. See the options for this region →
Where you go, and why
Windhoek & Sossusvlei
Begin in Namibia with a warm-up at Omeya Golf Club, then fly into the oldest desert on earth: Sossusvlei's apricot dunes at dawn, Deadvlei's 900-year-old skeleton trees, and nights under certified dark skies with a private astronomer.
STAY The Weinberg (Windhoek) → Little Kulala (Sossusvlei)
Swakopmund & Etosha
Cross to the Atlantic for the round of rounds at Rossmund Golf Course — one of five all-grass desert courses on the planet — then north to Etosha National Park, where the dry-season waterholes (floodlit after dark) deliver elephant, rhino and lion in parade.
STAY Strand Hotel (Swakopmund) → Ongava Lodge (Etosha)
The Okavango Delta, Botswana
Trade gravel plains for glittering water: mokoro dugout canoes through lily channels, boat safaris among red lechwe and wading elephants, and camps of a dozen tents where the silence is the headline amenity.
STAY Jao Camp, Okavango
Chobe & Victoria Falls
Finish along the great rivers — Chobe's dusk boat safaris among the largest elephant herds in Africa, then across to Victoria Falls for the rainforest walk, a final Zambezi sundowner, and an Elephant Hills Golf Course card to close the grandest sweep we sell.
STAY Chobe Chilwero → The Victoria Falls Hotel
Every journey is a starting shape, not a fixed product — add nights, swap lodges, bring the Gallery. Guide price per person sharing, excluding international flights; confirmed precisely in writing before you commit.
Asked before you booked
How much does Desert, Delta & Dunes cost?
Guide price is from US$16,800 per person sharing, excluding international flights. For an exact figure, use the Price a Private Version tool — adjust the nights, rounds and experiences and our quoting engine returns your private price, checked by a specialist, usually within one working day.
How many rounds of golf are on this journey?
3 rounds are built in — Omeya Golf Club, Rossmund Golf Course, Elephant Hills Golf Course. Every round can be kept, swapped or dropped when you price your private version.
Can my non-golfing partner come?
Absolutely — this is the heart of how we design. While the golfers play, the Gallery programme runs parallel experiences (game drives, spas, wine, walks, markets), and everyone reunites for lunch or sundowners. Non-golfers never sit out a day.
When is the best time to take this journey?
Best months are May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep. We will be honest about the trade-offs of any month you are considering — every season has its version of this trip.
Where will we stay?
Exact, named properties at every stop — on this journey: The Weinberg (Windhoek) → Little Kulala (Sossusvlei), Strand Hotel (Swakopmund) → Ongava Lodge (Etosha), Jao Camp, Okavango, Chobe Chilwero → The Victoria Falls Hotel. Every property is hand-picked from our register; none paid for, none reciprocated.
Do I need a visa for Namibia?
Since April 2025 Namibia requires a visa on arrival (or applied for online in advance) for most Western nationalities, including UK, US and most EU passports. It is straightforward — we will brief you on the current fee and process at booking.
Is Namibia malaria-free?
The desert south — Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Swakopmund — is essentially malaria-free. Etosha and the north carry seasonal risk in the summer rains; travelling in the dry winter months reduces it substantially.
What is desert golf actually like?
Rossmund Golf Course at Swakopmund is one of only five all-grass desert courses on earth — emerald fairways cut straight from the Namib, springbok in the gallery and views you will dine out on for years. It is golf you genuinely cannot play anywhere else.
Tell us how you want to feel when you come home.
We'll build the wild, and the golf, around that — and nothing else.
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