Desert Lion Conservation Safari: Namibia (Sample Itinerary)
A Customizable Trip to Namibia
Highlights
Explore Kaokoveld and Skeleton Coast in Namibia’s remote north-west.
For the last 35 years – even when we started out in 1983 with just one old Land Rover – there has always been one overriding purpose to our ecotourism activities: to conserve and restore Africa’s wilderness and wildlife.
Price Available
On Request
Duration
6 days / 5 nights
Transport
Escorted Safari
Accommodation
Safari Lodge
Exploring
Damaraland, Kaokoland, Skeleton Coast
About this Safari
In this Itinerary, we invite you to join us in Namibia’s vast, untamed Kaokoveld and participate in the conservation initiatives that we support, from tracking the unique desert-adapted lion to engaging with the communities that must live alongside these animals. All funds raised from this itinerary go directly to the Desert Lion Project.
Dates: As per your selection
Location: Kaokoveld and Skeleton Coast
Rates: Price on Request. This is a flexible departure tour with a minimum of 4 guests.
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Day By Day Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival
Arrive Damaraland Camp. Meet the team; afternoon game drive looking for desert-adapted elephants; talk on Desert Lion Project (DLP) by Dr Philip Stander……….
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Day 2: Damaraland Camp
Depart early morning with DLP team: full day tracking lions, meeting the lion rangers, and learning more about the project……..
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Day 3: Driefontein Village
Visit Driefontein Village, learn about human-wildlife conflict first-hand; afternoon searching for desert lions and other activities with DLP; evening talk on the New Rapid Response System for human-wildlife conflict…..
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Day 4: De Riet village
Visit De Riet village to learn about how they deal with human-wildlife conflict; afternoon with DLP rangers, tracking lions and engaging in their work; evening talk on the Brown Hyaena Project……
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Day 5: Damaraland Camp
Spend the day learning more about the area’s brown hyaena as well as other denizens of the desert…..
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Day 6: Departure
Morning activity before flight out to Windhoek……
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About the Purpose
The desert lion is highly valued in the tourism industry, but its presence means that local communities must share their land with these carnivores – and as carnivores sometimes prey on domestic livestock, conflict is inevitable. As a result, to protect their animals, farmers often respond by killing lions. The future of lion conservation in the Namib is therefore dependent on human-lion
conflict management so as to enable the desert lions to survive in this harsh environment, while at the same time allowing people to maintain their traditional lifestyles and their livelihoods, as well as share in the benefits of ecotourism.
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Damaraland Camp Lounge 1 -
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Brown Hyena -
Desert Lion
Travel With a Purpose Map
Kaokoveld and Skeleton Coast namibia
Damaraland Camp, Namibia
Best Time to Visit
January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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The Safari begins and ends in Damaraland Camp, Namibia.
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