Marine Desert Adventure

Walvis Bay Waterfront

The day starts with a marine educational cruise on one of our luxury catamarans at 09h00 in search of the marine big 5: Whales, Dolphins, Mola, Leatherback turtle and seals.

Pelican Point

While serving hot coffee and tea, our initial route takes us past oyster farms as we approach Pelican Point with its landmark lighthouse and 50,000 resident cape fur seals. In season (July to November), larger mammals such as the Southern Right Whale and Humpback Whales are often spotted, while other whale species, such as the Gray whale and the Pygmy Right whale have made appearances. Bottlenose, heaviside and dusky dolphins are regularly seen, as are Mola Molas and Leatherback Turtles. Accompanying our three catamarans throughout are a variety of seabirds, such as the Kelp Gull, Hartlaubǯs Gull, Pelicans, Skua and Cape Cormorant.

Pelican Point - Waterfront, Walvis Bay

Our journey from Pelican Point takes us past some of the more interesting ships in the bay as we serve fresh oysters with sparkling whine, savoury snacks and desserts together with light drinks, cooldrinks and water. We return to the waterfront at 12h30, where your Sandwich Harbour 4x4 guide will meet you with one of our all-wheel drive vehicles.

Kuiseb River Delta via the Walvis Bay Saltpans

On the way to the Sandwich Harbour Area, we stop at the Lagoon to view the flamingoes, before we head towards the Kuiseb River Delta via the Walvis Bay Saltpans. Depending on the tides and the swell, we will try to reach the Sandwich Harbour Lagoon along the beach, one of Southern Africa's richest and unique wetlands. Alternatively, we will take an exciting dune ride to our lookout dune to get an aerial view of the Sandwich Harbour Lagoon. We have lots of time to stop along the way for photography.

Light meal overlooking the Atlantic Ocean

We stop along the way to enjoy our world famous oysters, sparkling wine, drinks and coldrinks. Depending on the weather condition, we do this on top of a high dune overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, on the beach, or among the dunes.

Back to Catamaran Charters HQ

The route homewards will take us past the area's typical fauna and flora, including the endemic Nara plant. Animals which have developed ways to adapt to the desert include the black-backed jackal, fog-basking beetle, dancing spider (white lady of the Namib), golden mole, shovel-snouted lizard, palmato gecko, springbok, oryx, brown hyaena and ostrich. We return to Walvis Bay at 17h00.