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Where to Stay
Every captivating tailor-made itinerary needs a perfect base. Our team has handpicked this collection of properties to give you luxury options in styles to suit any adventure.
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Our Team
Steppes Travel is made by the people who work here. Incredible holidays are made possible because of their vast travel experience and the great enthusiasm they bring to their work.
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Our Tour Experts
We carefully select our experts based on their knowledge, companionship and influence, ensuring that you can travel with the most knowledgeable leaders in the field.
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Heroes and Heroines
The people who lead the way when it comes to those things which matter to us: exploration, the environment, women’s empowerment and education.
Etosha National Park
Etosha National Park is Namibia’s most prolific wildlife reserve and is home to the country’s largest population of lions and rhinos.
Situated in northern Namibia, Etosha, meaning “Great White Place”, is dominated by a massive shimmering mineral pan, which is flat, rugged and, for much of the year, dry and dusty. The wildlife viewing is best from May to September, which are the cooler months in Namibia.
A little more about Etosha
With over one hundred mammal species and three hundred bird species, it is the dry barren backdrop that makes this park so magical and unforgettable. In the west, it is possible to track rhino on foot and see these wonderful beasts at close proximity.
There is a selection of camps within the park itself and on the outskirts of the park. The Onguma Safari Camps are situated on the eastern side of Etosha, bordering Fisher’s Pan, in the region considered one of Namibia’s best-kept secrets.
Experiences
What do you really love doing? We’ll tailor your itinerary to suit you.
Namibia
Onguma Tree Top Camp
Onguma Treetop Camp is a small and intimate camp, specially designed for those travellers who would like to truly experience the bush in all its raw splendour. This is where guests are able to come and…
Namibia
Little Ongava
Built on the crest of a hill in the Ongava Game Reserve, Little Ongava offers wonderful views of the plains below and is an ideal base from which to explore. Accommodation comprises three spacious suites, each…
Namibia
Hobatere Lodge
Hobatere Lodge was rebuilt and reopened in 2015. It is situated 65 kilometres north of Kamanjab on the western border of the Etosha National Park, in a private concession area. This dry, tree-dotted expanse is home…
Namibia
Safarihoek Lodge
Safarihoek Lodge is located in Etosha Heights and is part of a 60,000-hectare privately owned game reserve that shares a 65-kilometre-long border with Etosha National Park. It consists of nine farms that were originally used for…
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Namibia
Family Self-Drive Adventure
This family-friendly, self-drive suggestion, combines the best of Namibia’s dramatic landscapes with two fantastic wildlife reserves. Track big cats with experts, watch rhinos quench their thirst, admire millennia-old rock carvings, cruise beside bottlenose dolphins and walk across vast dune-dominated landscapes.
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Namibia
Skeleton Coast Flying Safari
Explore a place breathtakingly silent, vast and empty. Fly low over shipwreck-strewn beaches, basalt mountains and ancient watercourses, staying at remote camps and accompanied by one of the knowledgeable Schoemans, who have been exploring this part of Namibia for generations.
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Namibia
Self-Drive Across Namibia
This classic journey takes you through Namibia’s relentlessly dramatic scenery, exploring at your own pace and at the wheel of a 4×4. Drive across this relaxed country, combining landscapes, wildlife and activities on a route that takes in Etosha, Damaraland, Sossusvlei and…
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Namibia
Sand Dunes and Desert Wildlife
Begin with the windswept dunes of Sossusvlei – best admired from a balloon, before tracking desert rhinos in Kunene and exploring the exclusive, wildlife-rich Ongava Reserve. Journey across Namibia in comfort, flying over its inspiring landscape.
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Namibia
Family Self-Drive Adventure
This family-friendly, self-drive suggestion, combines the best of Namibia’s dramatic landscapes with two fantastic wildlife reserves. Track big cats with experts, watch rhinos quench their thirst, admire millennia-old rock carvings, cruise beside bottlenose dolphins and walk across vast dune-dominated landscapes.
Idea
Namibia
Skeleton Coast Flying Safari
Explore a place breathtakingly silent, vast and empty. Fly low over shipwreck-strewn beaches, basalt mountains and ancient watercourses, staying at remote camps and accompanied by one of the knowledgeable Schoemans, who have been exploring this part of Namibia for generations.
Idea
Namibia
Self-Drive Across Namibia
This classic journey takes you through Namibia’s relentlessly dramatic scenery, exploring at your own pace and at the wheel of a 4×4. Drive across this relaxed country, combining landscapes, wildlife and activities on a route that takes in Etosha, Damaraland,…
Idea
Namibia
Sand Dunes and Desert Wildlife
Begin with the windswept dunes of Sossusvlei – best admired from a balloon, before tracking desert rhinos in Kunene and exploring the exclusive, wildlife-rich Ongava Reserve. Journey across Namibia in comfort, flying over its inspiring landscape.
Meet our experts
A passion for travel runs right through every one of our experts - meaning they're always ready with first-hand insight about their specialist countries.
Illona Cross
Born in a small South African town, I have always followed my passion for nature and discovery. After studying Nature Conservation in Pretoria, I was one of the first women to complete a very tough cadetship in the Natal Parks Board. It was here where I cut my teeth in African wildlife management.
Talk with our experts
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Highlights of Namibia
Damaraland
Damaraland is scenically magnificent with vast desert landscapes, granite kopjes, deep gorges and open plains.
Skeleton Coast and Kunene
The Skeleton Coast was once feared for its mist and moving sandbanks and is the most northerly region of Namibia's vast stretching…
Sossusvlei
In the heart of the Namib-Naukluft Park, surrounded by a sea of ever-changing dunes lies Sossusvlei - a place of awe-inspiring beauty…
Southern Namibia
With large areas of the Sperrgebiet off-limits and sights scattered across the region, this area is often over looked by first-time visitors…
Windhoek
Windhoek is Namibia's capital, and is situated in an airy basin in the central highlands, flanked by the Auas Mountains to the…
Swakopmund
Swakopmund is the main holiday resort in Namibia, it offers a perfect getaway destination in the western coastal area of Namibia.
Okonjima Nature Reserve
Located midway between Windhoek and Etosha National Park, the Okonjima Nature Reserve was established as a protected area in which orphaned cats…
Why Choose Steppes?
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