REMOTE, CHARACTERISTIC, ADVENTUROUS
Namibia'sDesert Rhino Lodge
- Information
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- A Typical Day
- Pricing
What's included
- All accommodation
- All meals included
- All teas and coffees
- Drinks
- Laundry
- Park Fees
- Professionally guided tour
- Safari Walk
- Twice daily scheduled camp activities
- Flights and Transfers
- Gratuities
- Items of a Personal Nature
- Services not specifically stated in the itinerary
- Tips to guide and driver
- Visa arrangements
Desert Rhino Camp is set in the private Palmwag Concession in the heart of Damaraland. Offering an original and exclusive wilderness experience, a good dose of tranquillity and the largest free-ranging population of black rhino in Africa. The camp lies amongst rolling, rocky hills with scattered euphorbia, ancient welwitschia plants, scrubby vegetation and isolated clumps of trees. There is a tranquil, minimalist beauty and a surprising amount of life in this concession including desert adapted elephants, strong populations of Hartmann’s mountain zebra, giraffe, oryx, springbok and ostrich.
ACTIVITIES
Day and night nature drives in 05 x 10-seater closed Land Cruises. During winter months hot water bottles (on early morning
game drives only), blankets and lined ponchos are provided.
- Private Activities on offer (subject to vehicle availability which needs to be booked and paid for) may be requested in advance – excludes rhino tracking with “Save The Rhino Trust”.
- Birding.
- Guided nature walks and scorpion walks (weather permitting and subject to the availability of a qualified walking guide).
- Guided rhino tracking by vehicle and on foot (Due to “Save The Rhino Trust” regulations, once rhino tracking on foot commences, it will be on a shared basis in a group. A private basis is not possible regardless of whether a private vehicle and guide is booked as this only guarantees a private game drive. While there are no minimum or maximum guest numbers, please note that there is only one approach on foot permitted per rhino tracking activity. While the activity begins in the morning, the duration is solely dependent on rhino behaviour at the time, as well as the distances covered by the rhino and the tracking thereof so there is a possibility that it may continue into the afternoon).
- Full day outings with picnic lunch.
- Sundowner drives and hiking trails.
- Bush dinners.
- Stargazing with a laser pointer (weather permitting and according to the lunar phases (not offered around full moon).
- Back of house tours and discussions by camp staff on the different cultures of Namibia, the community, the black rhino and “Save The Rhino Trust”.
- Wilderness Safaris and Olympus Photo Hub experience.
More about this tour
- Morning wake-up and activity times vary according to the seasons, activities on offer and wildlife sightings.
- Early morning wake-up call.
- Light breakfast before departing on the morning activity.
- Return to camp for a meal and rest period.
- Meet for afternoon tea before departing on the activity.
- Return to camp – freshen up or meet for drinks, followed by dinner.
- Enjoy a nightcap or discussion around the fire before retiring.
2021 Rates:
6 Jan - 31 March: ZAR 6004 per person sharing per night | ZAR 1801 single supplement
1 April - 31 May: ZAR 8386 per person sharing per night | ZAR 2516 single supplement
1 June - 31 Oct: ZAR 11903 per person sharing per night | ZAR 3571 single supplement
1 Nov - 19 Dec: ZAR 6992 per person sharing per night | ZAR 2096 single supplement
20 Dec - 5 Jan: ZAR 9910 per person sharing per night | ZAR 2973 single supplement
2022 Rates (6 Jan 2022 - 5 Jan 2023):
6 Jan - 31 March: ZAR 6004 per person sharing per night | ZAR 1801 single supplement
1 April - 31 May: ZAR 8386 per person sharing per night | ZAR 2516 single supplement
1 June - 31 Oct: ZAR 11903 per person sharing per night | ZAR 3571 single supplement
1 Nov - 19 Dec: ZAR 6992 per person sharing per night | ZAR 2096 single supplement
20 Dec - 5 Jan: ZAR 9910 per person sharing per night | ZAR 2973 single supplement
CHILD POLICY
- Children 06 years and older can be accommodated.
- For families traveling with children between 06 and 12 years, private activities need to be booked and paid for.
- Children between 06 and 16 years of age must share with at least one adult in the same tent.
- The minimum age for walking activities is 13 years.
- The minimum age for rhino tracking is 16 years due to SRT regulations. While this is the norm, it is now possible for children aged between 12 and 16 years to have a similar experience, however, this is subject to certain criteria and needs to be carefully noted – a private vehicle must be booked which will follow the rest of the main group of guests (unless the size of the party has already allowed for the sole use of a vehicle); if/when a rhino/s are found, the main group of guests will move out on foot with the SRT trackers and one parent/guardian, plus the Wilderness Safaris guide, must remain on the vehicle with the young children; once the rest of the main group of guests returns, subject to the discretion of the SRT trackers and guide from Desert Rhino Camp, the behaviour/nature of the rhino/s, distance to be covered, etc. will be ascertained, and only then will the family with children aged between 12 and 16 years be taken through on foot to observe the rhino/s. There is a risk that the rhino/s may move on. Children will have to be quiet and parents/guardians/children must be aware that the activity may be hot, require some physical effort and may take a while.
