All Awesome Chapters’ day tours are private & customize-able. You get your own personal tour guide and tour vehicle all to yourself. Your tour starts at your accommodation, and pickup is free in Walvis Bay. Because you have personal attention throughout the tour it guarantees an awesome time for you.
Because of the Film Industry experience in Awesome Chapters your needs as a photographer are understood & catered for, enabling you to get the very best shots. Your friends will be so jealous when you do your show and tell! All the destinations on the day tours are beautiful, bring your camera so you can remember this chapter of your life. Click on any of the day tours below to find out more.
Introduction to Walvis Bay 4 hour private tour
What makes Walvis Bay so special? What is it that has been drawing people to live in this forsaken corner of the world? On this private half day trip the sights in and around coastal Walvis Bay is covered. You will see Dune 7 and the pink lakes South of Walvis Bay, as well as other places of interest. Each suburb is vastly different and you will be immersed in the various cultures.
Your guide is a local of this town and will give you an entertaining day while you see the contrast in styles of living and gain an understanding of what life is like in this community of ours. Your local private guide can tell you hear stories and the history of this town, and show you places that few other tourists see.
Click on the name of this tour to read more about it, as well as see some pictures.
Stunning Swakopmund 5 hour private tour
Have you ever wondered why this quint town is called little Germany? Come experience Swakopmund on your own time with a private tour guide. See historic buildings from the German settlement era of the Namib coast, and enter some of them for an up close and personal experience.
Explore the old part of Swakopmund itself on foot. It’s shops and legacy make for a wonderful insider experience. Meet the locals and shop-owners. A very large part of Swakopmund’s population are German, or German speaking with interesting tales to tell.
As everybody is different, you tour is optimized by your private guide based on what you are interested in. You will see what you like, and have an Awesome time, guaranteed! For more information on the tour click on the link.
Curious Coastal Settlements 5 hour private tour
Maybe you want to strike a balance between exploring Walvis Bay and Swakopmund? Too little time to book both tours? This tour is for you!
Both coastal settlements are explored as well as a little of the surroundings. This includes Dune 7, the dune belt and the coastal highway, with many interesting stops along the way for photographs.
There is more than enough interesting things to do to fill a whole day between the two towns, so this tour by necessity only hits the highlights. The pace is still as relaxed as you would like, allowing you to use your time as you see fit.
Find out more by opening the link in the title.
Sensational Sandwich Harbor 5 hour private off road tour
Sandwich Harbor is a spectacular coastal attraction South of Walvis Bay. With a good balance of adventure, stunning scenery and interesting wildlife this is an experience that is not to be missed! Vast open plains, a sea of some very impressive dunes and the tidal access to Sandwich Harbor makes this a good place to have an adventure in.
Even though there is sand and dune driving involved, your comfort and enjoyment of the day tour is our primary concern. The level of off-road driving is adjustable to your tastes as there are many routes to take in this fabulous destination on the coast. As an added bonus, we treat you to a pick nick in the wilderness during this trip & drinks are on us! More details are waiting to be revealed, just click on the link in the title, and read all about this wonderful offering.
Precious Pelican Point 3 hour private off road tour
Pelican Point is a favorite coastal destination for many people. The Cape Fur Seal colony also likes hanging out at at the point, and is impressively large. There is a good chance of seeing some Black Baked Jackal on the way over to the point.
You travel through the wetlands of Walvis Bay, and will see a lot of bird species as well as the pink lakes of the Salt Refinery. The structures at the Point are quite photogenic and includes an old concrete Jetty and a small shipwreck. You have enough time to frame the perfect shot at each of the locations, and anywhere along this coastal day tour that you would like to stop. The duration of this private tour is quite flexible, but don’t expect to be done in less that 3 hours. As usual, there are more details accessible by clicking on the title of this tour. Click on it.
Amazing 2 Harbors private off road tour (Walvis Bay & Sandwich)
Namibia is a country of amazing contrasts. This is evident wherever you look, and the difference between Walvis Bay and Sandwich harbor is a fine example. Walvis Bay is a booming busy harbor town, and the harbor at Sandwich Harbor is nearly untouched nature.
It has not always been this way, there were times when Sandwich was a more preferred and better developed harbor than Walvis Bay! On this private and very scenic day tour from Awesome Chapters you will learn the history in the best way possible, by seeing each bit for yourself!
On this tour you will see the best of Walvis Bay, Pelican Point and Sandwich harbor.
Magnificent Moon Landscape 5 hour private off road tour
The Moon Landscape? Why would anyone call an area the Moon Landscape? This is the local name for the Swakop river canyon. It really does feel like you are on another planet when you look out over this landscape. As your private tour starts in Walvis Bay, and you will see quite a few interesting things along the way to this natural wonder.
There are plenty of stops along the way, like Dune 7 and the gravel plains, where you will have more than enough opportunity to take some spectacular photos and learn interesting facts from your guide about what you are experiencing.
The worst kept secret is that there is an oasis in the middle of this landscape, and you will have ample opportunity to take in the relaxed atmosphere. Refreshments are available at the bar or restaurant while you stretch your legs. If this sounds like fun to you, click on the title of this tour and read more about it!
Wonderful Welwitschia Adventure 7 hour private off road tour
Adventure? Why not just call it a tour? Well, once you have completed this private day tour, you will agree wholeheartedly… it’s an Adventure. To the Welwitschia plains! This plant makes it’s home very remote, in hyper-arid conditions. The route covers sand dunes, the moon landscape, the dry Swakop riverbed and, of course, the Welwitschia plains.
As an added bonus you will also see Swakopmund and the coastal highway on your return journey to Walvis Bay. There are so many stunningly beautiful places to stop that this is a photographer’s dream. While the route is off-road driving along 4×4 routes, there is not a lot of bumping as the off-road tracks are mostly soft, flat sand. Interested? Click on the title and feast your eyes.
Terrific Topnaar (#Aionin) and Gobabeb 7 hour private tour
This full day tour takes you to the Kuiseb river and meets the tribe of people living on the banks of the river.
You will be making small donations to the people to help with their living conditions. Unfortunately, this is quite a forgotten tribe. This affords us a chance to meet and chat with them, and find out for yourself what they think about life and how they see it.
The lunch stop of this tour is very, very unique. The Gobabeb research station, situated on the bank of the Kuiseb river is a very interesting stop indeed. Throughout the tour the landscape is changing, and very, very beautiful.
Beautiful Landscapes & Landmarks 8 hour tour
If you have a full day available, and want to see everything that is worth seeing in the surroundings of our coastal towns, this one is for you.
Featuring a wide selection of landscapes and landmarks, and quite a few wild animals as well. The coast with two lighthouses, a Cape Fur Seal colony. Sand dunes, Gravel plains, a river canyon… the list goes on and on. This photographic tours gets rave reviews, nobody believes you can have such an array of landscapes in such a small space.
You have enough time to we stop for as long as you want, when and where you want. Literally, all day! Do not miss this tour. Click on the title to get more information.
Sublime Spitzkoppe 10 hour private tour
Spitzkoppe is one of our favorite destinations. After visiting, it will be one of yours too! Thousands of years ago, the Bushmen thought so as well.
As Spitzkoppe is some distance away from Walvis Bay you will be keep entertained by following a scenic route through the desert and stopping often for photos and at interesting places to stretch our legs. Your private guide is always ready to make your day memorable in the best way possible.
On the agenda is Dune 7 and the dune belt, the Moon Landscape and some hidden gems. At the mountain itself there is much to see and explore. Click on the link to find out more.
Glorious Ganab & Blutkoppe 10 hour private desert tour
This full day tour is a large loop deep in the desert. Start early, and see such sights as Welwitschia and Blutkoppe.
The Welwitchia is an awesome dinosaur plant, and you will learn a lot about it from your guide. At Blutkoppe your guide will explore the caves with you. The beautiful formations rock formations is something else. The caves look like it was carved by wind, and there are spots of rock that looks like a frothy chocochino milkshake that was frozen in time.
Ganab is usually teeming with wildlife at it’s watering hole. You have a good chance of spotting Oryx and ground squirrel. The landscapes on this tour keep on changing, from dunes to canyons to flat open plains dotted with inselbergs. Have a read about it by clicking on the title of this tour.
Paused: Mesmerizing Messum Crater 10 hour private tour
Due to the road conditions this tour is currently paused.
This exciting tour to the Messum crater covers a healthy bit of the Skeleton Coast, with quite a few stops along the way to keep things interesting.
Apart from the Messum crater, of course, you will see Swakopmund, Henties Bay and Cape Cross as well as the Zeila ship wreck.
Messum crater itself is a very interesting destination that can only be described in superlatives like “biggest” and “oldest”. Suffice it to say, no camera can capture this place, you simply have to see it for yourself. Curious plantlife to beautiful rock formations as well as stunning vistas from the viewpoint on the rim of the crater.