Top 10 Outdoor Activities in Swakopmund, Erongo Region

June 9, 2021 Vivienne Hutton

Namibia's largest coastal town is a huge draw for merrymakers and vacationers from all over the globe. This seaside resort showcases its German origins in its European-style colonial architecture, creating a jarring juxtaposition against the landscape of the Namib desert. Sandboard or motorbike the dunes, dine and imbibe in a picturesque restaurant on the waterfront, or just marvel at the unusual birds and plants that populate the region.
Restaurants in Swakopmund

1. Tommy's Tours and Safaris

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Tommy's Tours and Safaris

The original Living Desert/Little 5 Tour! 08h00 to 13h30 from Swakopmund in our 4x4's: we go into the dune/gravel plains area to track the little creatures - snakes, chameleons, geckoes, lizards, scorpions, insects, etc - and also give info on the desert in general, the area's plants and minerals. Dune drive through to the sea. Scenic and educational.

2. Ground Rush Adventures

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Ground Rush Adventures

Ground Rush Adventures / Skydive Swakopmund was founded in 1997 and operates in Swakopmund and surrounding. We work in close harmony with booking agencies, hotels, guest houses and tour operators. We offer Tandem Skydiving as well as courses in Accelerated Freefall and Static Line jumps. Experienced Tandem Masters are always around to attend to the adrenalin seeking tourist. Accelerated Freefall Instructors and Static Line Instructors are always available for coaching or presenting skydiving courses. We are open seven days a week all year round and skydiving happens daily Students and spectators are collected with our courtesy vehicles and brought to the office for paper work, where after they are taken to the Drop Zone which is in the beautiful Namib Desert, adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean for tandem skydiving. After the experience of a lifetime the students are taken back to their accommodation.

3. Discover Namibia Private Day Tours and Safaris

Swakopmund Namibia 264283123133 [email protected] http://www.discovering-namibia.com/news
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Discover Namibia Private Day Tours and Safaris

Discover Namibia is a Namibian Tourism Board registered company.We offer privately guided day tours in Windhoek and Swakopmund as well as a selection of longer tour options.Bookings can be made via telephone or e mail.

Reviewed By LCB-GM - Madrid, Spain

For the past 10 years, my family and I have travelled many times to Southern Africa (specially to Namibia) and in 2013, after reading all the good reviews about Discover Namibia Tours and Safaris, we decided to book our trip to Namibia with them. We were very impressed with their excellent service and since then, we’ve always done our safaris with Discover Namibia. Communication is excellent and all emails are promptly answered by Gemma and her team. Any doubts and questions are answered and Gemma’s and Romy’s recommendations have always been ideal for us. Apart from being great professionals and knowing Namibia and the rest of Southern Africa inside out, Discover Namibia, in my opinion, have the best prices and go out of their way to make sure the trips and safaris are absolutely perfect! I also like the way they present their itineraries and quotes, everything is clearly laid out and you get a detailed price breakdown. Here’s a list of all the safaris we done with Discover Namibia: July 2013 - 15 day self-drive Family trip: Windhoek, Etosha, Damaraland, Walvis Bay and Sossusvlei. It was a wonderful trip (my daughter’s first time in Namibia and she loved it) July 2014 - 18 day self-drive Family trip: Windhoek, Grootfontein, Caprivi strip (Bwabwata-Mahango and Mudumu National Parks) Chobe National Park in Botswana and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. An incredible trip and I hope to do that itinerary again. November 2016 - 12 day fly-in and self-drive photography safari with friends: Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Damaraland and Etosha. Another amazing trip with fantastic wildlife sightings! For Xmas 2017-18, we did a 15 day self-drive family safari: Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft, East Etosha, Hobatere and West Etosha. It was a beautiful trip, such a different Xmas for us and like all our previous trips with Discover Namibia, everything was perfect. My most recent trip to Namibia was just a month ago, I went with some friends from the 12th to the 24th of February. It was their first time in Africa and Gemma organised an amazing self-drive safari for us, including a 2 day visit to the San Bushmen. We had a fantastic time and my friends loved the trip and are now addicted to Namibia too!! Thank you Gemma for organising all these very special safaris for us (and I’m already thinking about another trip!)

4. Namibia Tours & Safaris

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Namibia Tours & Safaris

Namibia Tours & Safaris (aka NTS): we are a family-owned tour operator based in Swakopmund with 30 years' worth of knowledge and experience creating tailor-made holidays to Southern Africa.

5. Batis Birding Safaris and Day Tours

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Batis Birding Safaris and Day Tours

We are a family operated company based in Swakompund, Namibia. We offer Desert Day Tours including an Eco Dune Tour better known as "Living Desert" as well as Night Walks, Welwitchia and Moonlandscape excursions and specialized bird watching tours as part of Batis Birding Safaris in and around Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, including day trips to Spitzkoppe and Brandberg. Batis Birding Safaris will focuses on bird watching and photography specifically. Guided and self-drive tours are offered throughout Namibia as well as guided tours to Angola, Madagascar, Uganda, Ghana and Ethiopia. Namibian Naturalist offers guided and self-drive tours focusing on photography, general wildlife as well as specialized tours including herpetology, entomology and botany within Namibia only.

6. SafariWise

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SafariWise

SafariWise is a family run business. Our knowledge of Africa and our experience in leading specialized safaris has continued to grow over the last 19 years. We are a tour operator based in Namibia, specialising in tours within our own country and throughout Africa. We have extended our boundaries due to various demands of our existing clients and newly fresh enquiries. Who does not want to be able to tick-off the migration at Masai-Mara or have a close encounter with the gorillas in Uganda. Come with us ... we lead the way! We offer a wide variety of safaris, from camping tours to fly-in safaris, self-drive or guided tours, individual travel or group tours, general holidays or specialized birding and photographic tours, as well as several scheduled tours. Our featured tours are there to inspire, not dictate. We focus our efforts on tailor-made African experiences that suit you and your budget.

7. Swakopmund Fat Bike Tours

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Swakopmund Fat Bike Tours

Enjoy the thrill of cycling up and down Namibia's famous dunes on a fat bike. Feel the fresh coastal air, take-in the silence and breathtaking scenery of the oldest desert in the world in the most ecological way. An unforgettable and unique Namibian cycling experience in and around the charming, historic town, Swakopmund. We also offer Historic City Tours, Sandwich Harbor Fat Bike Tours, and bicycle rentals.

8. Desert Tracks Bookings & Safaris

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Desert Tracks Bookings & Safaris

Bringing Namibia’s coast & desert alive for you! Visit Sandwich Harbour about 50 km south of Walvis Bay where the Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean. Morning Desert Tours, 4x4 Dune Driving, Fauna & Flora, Photographer's paradise! Half day or Full day Tours & Marine Cruise Combo Tours let you experience this fascinating and breathtaking geo-morphological area. Pick up from Swakopmund or Walvis Bay.

9. Openspace Tours

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Openspace Tours

We offer visitors the chance to have a closer look at the Skeleton Coast and beyond. Our trips focus on the coast north of Swakopmund, Namibia and into the immediate Namib Desert region. We provide a wide variety of information to compliment the amazing scenery of this area. The tour is owner-operated with half day and full day options available.

10. Sand Waves - Namibia

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Sand Waves - Namibia

Providing you with the ultimate desert experience. On this 4x4 tour we also venture into the lower Kuiseb Delta Hummock-duned Valley, Salt Pans and in to the Namib-Naukluft Park “where ocean and desert comes together”. On the way you’ll be spoilt with Sparkling wine, fresh Oysters,drinks and a variety of snacks. Join us on a photographic, ones in a lifetime eperience.

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