10% offFree cancellation
Exhilarating Sandwich Harbour 4x4 Guided Self drive experience
- 5–6 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Its an absolutely awesome experience to learn how to drive your own car like a professional in these absolutely unique areas. An unforgettable experience. Competent and experienced Guides take you driving up and down these enormous dunes whilst experiencing the Classic Sandwich Harbor Tour. See the amazing pink waters of the Salt Mine, view the thousands of waders in the Ramsar Wetland, Flamingos, Pelicans and all the species, view Seals and Jackals whilst driving on the Beach and then onto the towering Dunes. Coaching and sharing experiences with the Guide. No chances are taken and driver compatible routes are chosen to optimize SAFETY, but you will surely take home the thrill and the stunning views in one of your most favorable memories.....guaranteed.... join us. Create unforgettable memories! Please note price here includes one vehicle and 2 persons, all additional vehicles and persons are extra. Please consult us. You can now rent a 4wd from us should your car rental not allow it
Inclusions
What's included
- Lunch
Itinerary
After meeting in Swakopmund we drive to Walvisbay, where we meet 1/2 hour later our Walvisbay Guests. Then past the Salt Mine onto the beach, to the Dune belt at Sandwich harbor, where Sea meets Dune, and up the towering Dunes, for some really adrenaline creating moments and stunning views. Down many steep slip faces and up many tall dunes along a really exciting dune drive. You follow our guide with your car and are helped along in any situation by our guide. We guide on route help with driving techniques, communicating via Radio. Please insure your car is adequately insured and have car rental company permission to enter Sandwich. After the dune drive we go back to Walvisbay inflate tyres and back to your accommodation. Its an awesome experience. Please note the price here is for 1 Vehicle including 2 persons. All additional vehicles and persons are extra please note.: should your car rental company not allow their vehicle into Sandwich you can rent one from us. its an additional
The tour really starts at the Walvis Bay Esplanade. Here we view the Flamingos and air down our tyres. We exchange experience and learn about each others vehicle. We then go past the Pink salt lakes of the Salt Mine onto the beach and to the towering Dunes. We do the same route as our Sandwich Harbor Dune drive.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.9
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Ratings come from 72 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Awesome self drive trip!
This trip was awesome and we are glad we did it in the morning when there were few vehicles around. As we left we met the convoys of afternoon trippers on guided tours. It would have been very different in the afternoon. We didn’t see any other self drives. Our guide Stephan was amazing. Very knowledgeable about everything from the dunes to sea life. We felt in very safe hands following him, with comms by walkie talkie. We saw a great many humpback whales close to the shore feeding, seals, dolphins and seabirds.We drove to Sandwich harbour and also some ‘dune bashing’. It was one of the best days! Thank you Stephan you taught us so much.
5Aussies on African Tour
Gerhard was an excellent self drive guide delivering instructions via a two-way radio which were always concise and very safe which gave us the highlight of our African trip.
5Awesome experience
We took the self drive option using the company’s car, as our hire car excluded driving on the dunes. Car was in good condition and well up to driving up the dunes. Our guide Riann was in a car in front giving clear calm directions over the radio when necessary. Plenty of stops for photos and light lunch. Dune driving was great as was the drive next to the sea up to Sandwich Harbour. If you’re not a confident driver then I’d stick with the standard tour but if you can follow instructions and maybe have a little off road experience I’d go self drive all the way.
5Rian made it epic — best tour in Walvis Bay!
Driving between the dunes and the ocean to reach Sandwich Harbour is absolutely stunning, and the way back over the dunes is just as thrilling — pure adrenaline! Rian is a fantastic guide: fun, knowledgeable, and just the right amount of crazy behind the wheel, which made the whole trip even better. A true character and a great guy. I'd do it again without hesitation. Highly recommended!
5Amazing
We had the most amazing experience with our self-drive tour! Riaan gave a 120% and was the best guide possible!!! He showed us so many things and made our experience thrilling and safe. We will definitively repeat the experience if we have the chance.
55-star-experience!
We had a wonderful day with our guide Andrew. He was very friendly, explained a lot, took us to wonderful spots and made this day unforgettable for us!
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 10 travellers
- Operated by
- Desert Dunes and Dust Tours
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- This experience requires a minimum number of participants, if this is not met we will offer you another time slot/ date or full refund.
- Your vehicle should be as light as possible and fueled up at the start of Tour. Leave any extra water cans and jerry can at home.
How it compares in Swakopmund
- Its from-price is 21% below the median of the 30 day trips we list in Swakopmund.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 5 of 30.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Swakopmund
Swakopmund is a German-founded seaside town on Namibia's Atlantic coast, set between the cold ocean and the dunes of the Namib Desert.
Swakopmund was founded in 1892 as the main port of German South West Africa, and its centre still has half-timbered houses, a lighthouse and colonial buildings such as the Woermann House with its tower. A long jetty reaches into the cold Atlantic, palm-lined avenues run inland, and cafés serve German cake and coffee. The cold Benguela Current brings sea fog to the shore, so mornings are often grey even when the desert beyond is hot.
Top-ranked sights in Swakopmund: Cape Cross, Swakopmund Jetty, Namib-Naukluft National Park.
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