Guided · 14 days
Untamed Northern Caprivi Route
North into the rivers — Okavango, Kwando, Chobe, and the Zambezi. A different Namibia entirely.
Journey Snapshot
Untamed Northern Caprivi Route
North into the rivers — Okavango, Kwando, Chobe, and the Zambezi. A different Namibia entirely.
Duration
14 days
Travel Style
Guided
Best For
Returning visitors, river and bird enthusiasts, and travellers ready for the green north-east.
Availability
Best travelled May to October. Private departures arranged on request.
Starting Point
Windhoek
Ending Point
Windhoek
Highlights
Meal inclusions vary by section of route. Exact inclusions are confirmed in your personalised proposal.
The shape of the journey
The forgotten north-east — a panhandle of rivers and floodplains between Angola, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Where most of Namibia is dry, the Caprivi is wet, green, and full of birds. The route continues into Botswana and the Chobe river before returning.
Windhoek → Windhoek
The route
A story, not
a spreadsheet.
Below is the public arc of the journey — the destinations in sequence. The full day-by-day itinerary, with selected accommodation, meal plans, and logistics, is available on request.
Stop 01
Windhoek
Starting point. Briefing on the route and the days ahead.
Stop 02
Etosha National Park
A first taste of wildlife on the great white pan — rhino, elephant, lion at the waterholes.
Stop 03
Rundu & the Okavango River
The border with Angola. The Okavango river runs wide and slow here, before it becomes the delta in Botswana.
Stop 04
Kwando River
A green ribbon of river and floodplain. Hippo, buffalo, elephant, and some of the best birding in southern Africa.
Stop 05
Bwabwata National Park
A park without fences — elephant, buffalo, wild dog, and the wattled crane. Few vehicles, fewer people.
Stop 06
Chobe River
Across the border into Botswana. Chobe has the densest elephant population in Africa — 120,000 at the last count.
Stop 07
Zambezi River
The Zambezi before the falls. Wide, slow, and loud with hippo and fish eagle.
Stop 08
Windhoek
The return. Transfer connections arranged on request.
Continue the journey
The full day-by-day itinerary — with selected accommodation, logistics, and inclusions — is available on request.
Request the Full ItineraryWhat you will
remember.
Etosha National Park
Rundu and the Okavango River
Kwando River
Bwabwata National Park
Chobe River
Zambezi River
Request the full
day-by-day itinerary.
We will send you the detailed route, selected accommodation, meal plans, and pricing — drafted around your dates and your party. Full itinerary and accommodation details available on request.
Other routes.
Approximately 15 days
Classic Namibia Route
The full loop — south to the canyon, north to the pan, and the cold coast between.
Approximately 11 days
Untamed Central Route
The central corridor — Etosha, Damaraland, and the cold Atlantic coast.
13 days
Untamed Desert Route
Red sand, the cold coast, the plateau, and the great white pan — the classic desert traverse.