Activities
Make the most of your trip to Swakopmund by booking one of our not-to-be-missed adventures!
From bicycle and kayak tours for the active lifestyle, township and urban tours for the cultural junkies and dolphin cruises and Sandwich Harbour tours for the scenery obsessed to skydiving and living desert tours with real animal encounters for the thrill seekers, we have something for everyone. Availability can be limited, so be sure to inquire in advance at our reception desk or contact us directly.
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Urban Tours with Kallisto Tours
The tour of Historical Swakopmund concentrates on the historical part of Swakopmund. Your guide will relate the history of Swakopmund and explain the origin of the various historical buildings in town. However, the tour is not confined to the historical center, but also includes “millionaire’s mile”, the northern suburbs and the townships.
Fat Bike Scenic Desert Tour or Beach Cruise
Join us on an unforgettable and unique ecological Namibian cycling experience in and around the charming historic town, Swakopmund. Feel the fresh coastal air, take-in the silence and breathtaking scenery of the oldest desert in the world while enjoying the thrill of cycling up and down Namibia’s famous dunes. Guaranteed to excite and offer an unforgettable and unique cycling experience.
Sightseeing flights
Swakopmund is an ideal location for sightseeing flights. No matter whether you fly over the "moon landscape", along the Swakop river bed or over the Kuiseb River, the dunes of the Namib Desert and the fascinating Sossusvlei. A flight from Swakopmund is a highlight that you should not miss. There are many routes offered but each of them are an unforgettable experience.
Quad Biking
Experience the sheer thrill of riding a quad bike through Namibia's boundless expanse of shifting sand dunes. After the engines are revved up and ready to roll, an experienced guide will lead you through the Swakopmund River mouth into the dune belt. Feel the freedom of riding through one of nature's great wildernesses.
Namib Desert Tour with Kallisto Tours
We travel along the small-holdings on the northern bank of the Swakop River into the oldest desert of the world, the Namib Desert. Your tour-guide will explain the origin of the Namib Desert and explain the geological and climatic conditions of this coastal desert. As we proceed further we leave every trace of civilisation behind and find ourselves surrounded by the rugged and rocky scenery of the Namib Desert.
Namib Desert with Charlys Desert Tours
Our the way from Swakopmund to one of the oldest deserts in the world leads us at first to the old steam engine „Martin Luther“. You will hear interesting stories about the colonial times of german South West Africa while you continue to the dry river bed. We drive along the Swakop river bed and discover in this wide, ruff area beautiful minerals, „living stones“ and ages old plants like the prehistoric Welwitschia Mirabilis.
Golfing @ Rossmund Golf Course
This golf course in the middle of the Namib Desert is truly spectacular! The course lies at the - usually dry - riverbed of the Swakop Rivier, this is only one of five desert golf courses in the world. Often one can see springbok and various birds, at times even Oryx antelopes. Rossmund is a golf course of the masterclass.
Spitzkoppe Excursion with Kallisto Tours
We travel in a north-eastern direction to one of Namibia’s best known landmarks: the Big Spitzkoppe, also known as the Matterhorn of Africa. This so-called “Inselberg” is a granite outcrop which rises 780m above the surrounding Namib Desert; its total height above sea level is 1728m. Before we come to the Spitzkoppe we pass through a village populated with the indigenous Damara people.
Sandwich Harbour 4x4 Excursion
A 4x4 excursions with accomplished guides to one of Namibia’s most spectacular and inaccessible destination, Sandwich Harbour. Sandwich Harbour is approximately 40 km south of Walvis Bay. It is a Ramsar heritage site situated within the confines of the Namib Naukluft Park. It is a beautiful setting with the lagoon flanked by high dunes to the East and the sea to the West.
Chris Living Desert Adventure
This Living Desert Tour is a unique 4x4 adventure which specializes in bringing the desert to life while sharing the awesome beauty of the Namib Desert with travelers from all over the world. The coastal dune belt may seem barren and lifeless to many people, but in fact it is alive with a fascinating variety of little desert adapted animals, which are able to survive on the life-giving fog which consistently rolls in from the cold Atlantic Ocean.
Mineral Tour with Kallisto Tours
We travel in a north-easterly direction towards the Rossing Mountain some 35 km from Swakopmund. Experience the impressive scenery of the mountain and its Dolerite outcrops from close quarters. En route we stop at a former Aragonite-mine and study some calcium druses (crusts of crystals lining rock-cavities).
Tandem Skydiving
Before taking off, an experienced Tandem Master will give full instructions on the procedures that will follow. Once in the plane you will enjoy a 35-minute scenic flight over the area climbing to 10,000 feet. After exiting the plane, a 30-35 sec at 220km/h free fall will follow before the parachute opens...
Dolphin Cruise with Sun Sail Catamarans
The Catamarans are motorized and sailing vessels. The emphasis is on Sailing and all the romance and luxury associated with this fine way of travelling on the seas. Catamarans offer a stable platform for viewing marine life and is ideal for elderly persons as embarking and disembarking is easy. These tours are excellent for viewing the marine life on the Walvis Bay Lagoon with a close encounter with seals, dolphins, birds, Whales, turtles, and Sun Fish.
Cape Cross Seal Colony Tour with Kallisto Tours
We travel along the coast in a northerly direction and visit some salt-pans where Flamingos can be seen. We continue along the coast and stop once more to take a closer look at a ship wreck. We also inspect some lichen-fields next to the salt-road. Afterwards we proceed to the Cape Cross seal reserve. Here in 1486 a Portuguese explorer named Diego Cao, the first European to set foot in Namibia, erected a stone cross in honour of King Juan I of Portugal.