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Walwitschia Plan Moonlandscape &Namib Desert Explorer Day Tour

By Explorer Cultural Township Tours in Swakopmund /WalvisBay
Free cancellation available
Price is P 5,952 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
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  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

East from Swakopmund we finds one of the oldest plant species in the world. The Welwitschia Mirabilis which can grew to be Thousands of years old. The Moon landscape is truly one of Namibia's natural wonders with it majestic views and the result of thousands of years erosion,If you're on a quest to see weltwitschias, continue east along the Weltwitschia Drive to the Moon Landscape, a vista across eroded hills and valleys carved by the Swakop River. Here you may want to take a quick 12km return side-trip north to the farm and oasis of Goanikontes, which dates from 1848. It lies beside the Swakop River amid fabulous desert mountains, and serves as an excellent picnic site.Goanikontes is a stunning resort and camp situated in the lunar landscape of Namibia, amid the Namib Naukluft and Dorob National Parks. The natural surroundings are amazing and the rest camp is just 50 m away from the Swakopmund River. The beautiful moon landscapes strikes the oasis and even the famous

Activity location
  • Welwitschia Plains
    • Swakopmund, Namibia, Namibia
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Welwitschia Plains
    • Swakopmund, Namibia, Namibia

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  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Duration: 5 hours
Lunch
7 seated
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:13
Price details
P 5,951.93 x 1 AdultP 5,951.93
Total
Price is P 5,951.93

What's included, what's not

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    Bottled water
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    Lunch
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    4 Main stops,Picnic Lunch included
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    The
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    plant of Namibia The
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    plant (often mis-spelled Welwitchia) has only two leaves and can live for over a thousand years. It is found in parts of Namibia and Angola. The easiest place to see it in Namibia is "Welwitschia Drive", inland from Swakopmund. This can easily be combined, in a round trip, with the "Moon Landscape". You need to get a permit to visit Welwitschia Drive and one for the Moon Landscape. There are also a few smaller examples at the Petrified Forest about 40km from Khorixas. More info. Although the plant looks as if it has many leaves, it has only two, but as it is so old, it gets shredded by the wind.
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    The leaves can spread for several metres across, and their roots go about a metre down. Their scientific name comes from the first European to describe it, Friedrich Welwitsch, and
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    from its marvellous ability to survive in such harsh, apparently waterless conditions. Detailed botanical info.

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  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • The
  • Welwitschia mirabilis
  • plant of Namibia The
  • Welwitschia mirabilis
  • plant (often mis-spelled Welwitchia) has only two leaves and can live for over a thousand years. It is found in parts of Namibia and Angola. The easiest place to see it in Namibia is "Welwitschia Drive", inland from Swakopmund. This can easily be combined, in a round trip, with the "Moon Landscape". You need to get a permit to visit Welwitschia Drive and one for the Moon Landscape. There are also a few smaller examples at the Petrified Forest about 40km from Khorixas. More info. Although the plant looks as if it has many leaves, it has only two, but as it is so old, it gets shredded by the wind.
  • The leaves can spread for several metres across, and their roots go about a metre down. Their scientific name comes from the first European to describe it, Friedrich Welwitsch, and
  • mirabilis
  • from its marvellous ability to survive in such harsh, apparently waterless conditions. Detailed botanical info.

Activity itinerary

Spitzkoppe (Pass by)
Visit the Spitzkoppe mountain
Welwitschia Plains
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Pick up at your accommodation Drive 45 km out of Swakopmund city, visit the Namib desert, one of the world oldest desert, learn about flora and fona of the namib desert and the ecosystem, learn about the walwitschias plant, visit the moonlanscape and have a wonderful lunch at an oasis with your guide, after the tour you drive bqck to Swakopmund or walvisbay where you will be droped off at your accommodation.

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Welwitschia Plains
    • Swakopmund, Namibia, Namibia
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Welwitschia Plains
    • Swakopmund, Namibia, Namibia

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