Meet the rest of the team and a Charity Challenge representative at the airport for the long-awaited night flight to Windhoek Airport.
Arrive in Windhoek and drive to Kamanjab and the amazing ‘Film House’ Base Camp to rest and prepare for your week long trekking challenge.
Meet the local Himbas (Himba tribe) and their bush ‘orphanage’. This is for Himba children and women who have been abandoned by their families for various reasons. At lunchtime you will move into the bush to make your first camp and have a couple of hours acclimatisation walk.
You will walk down the Ombonde dry river bed on the lookout for the 3 brothers; bull elephants that make this place their home. After about 6/7 hours we stop for the night at the famous waterfall camp in the Khovarib gorge home to eagles and soaring cliffs whrere you will meet a remote Damara family who live in the gorge and help the kids with their reading and writing.
You will leave the spectacular Khovarib gorge behind, drive to Sesfontein and resupply with water and enter the Hoanib river system famous for the desert elephant and desert giraffe – you camp about half way down.
You will walk the Hoanib dry river bed to Amspoort - the home to desert elephants. From here you will follow the sand dunes and look at settlements left by ancient bush men.
Walk to the enormous landmark of the 742 mountain over shifting dunes and mountainous country with elephants and giraffe around you. There will be a chance to climb it at dusk for spectacular views.
Today you will walk to the ancient water hole of Onkongwe where lions, leopards and elephants gravitate to on their route across the wilderness. You will camp on high ground and stalk out the waterhole with night viewing aids to watch the wildlife coming to water.
Today you walk through the spectacular rock portal to the high ground above your penultimate objective - the Hoarisib Gorge where you will meet Herero cattle herders and possibly play football with the locals before setting up camp. This high camp is used by rhino on their way to the river for water.
On the last day you will walk down to the gorge (5km) then move out of the area for your final 5km walk – a secret route but highly memorable. You then return to the Film House and base camp for your celebration dinner and to toast your achievements!
You wave goodbye to Namibia, having completed an incredible challenge and forged some strong friendships along the way. Feeling elated, the flight home is a great time to reflect on the achievement and swap details with your amazing Grief Encounter teammates.
Saying goodbye will not be easy, but the memories you've made together will stay with you forever.
BELIEVE >> ACHIEVE >> INSPIRE
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