




Namibia: A Desert Landscape & Wildlife Safari
Oct 18-30, 2026
13 days | Namibia | Alumni Expeditions
What’s included: Airport transfers on tour start and end dates; accommodations based on double occupancy in hotels listed or similar; ground transportation; all activities as described in the detailed itinerary; entrance fees; meals as specified in the itinerary; bottled water in vehicles during excursions; gratuities for guides, driver, and included meals; porterage of one standard bag of luggage per person; services of your Study Leader Jane Waterman
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Itinerary at a Glance
Day | Activity |
1 | Arrive in Windhoek |
2 | Exploring Windhoek |
3 | To Sossusvlei |
4 | Sossusvlei |
5 | To Swakopmund |
6 | Walvis Bay and the Kuiseb Delta |
7 | To Damaraland |
8 | Twyfelfontein |
9 | To Etosha |
10 | Etosha National Park |
11 | Etosha National Park |
12 | To Okonjima |
13 | Return to Windhoek |
14 | Depart Windhoek |
Optional Extension: Botswana’s Okavango Delta |
Your Tour Leader

Jane Waterman is a professor in Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba, where she specializes in behavioural ecology. She has taught courses such as Biology of Mammals, Animal Behaviour, Ecology, Ornithology, and Conservation Biology, and offers field courses in the biology of African mammals. Her research focuses on the factors that influence the evolution of sociality and mating systems and the majority of her research focuses on sociality in ground-dwelling squirrels. For the past 30 years, Jane has also studied sociality in the Polar Bear.
What’s included: Airport transfers on tour start and end dates; accommodations based on double occupancy in hotels listed or similar; ground transportation; all activities as described in the detailed itinerary; entrance fees; meals as specified in the itinerary; bottled water in vehicles during excursions; gratuities for guides, driver, and included meals; porterage of one standard bag of luggage per person; services of your Study Leader Jane Waterman