The Luderitz to Walvis Bay route is one day longer and 100km further. It follows a route that is predominantly along/near the coast. The Faces of the Namib tour is the ONLY tour available that traverses the Namib Desert from East to West, as well as South to North. This means you experience much more variety in terms of terrain and landscape.
The desert’s topography changes daily, as you drive from the interior towards the coast. It is breathtaking to witness this transformation. The Faces tour also visits the unique Kuiseb River canyon, petrified dune formations and the southernmost examples of the Welwitschia plant.
Both tours allow participants access to and tours of the sand-blown, derelict and abandoned diamond mining villages such as Holsatia, and the wreck of the Eduard Bohlen, but the Faces tour is far more relaxed and has less of an emphasis on dune driving alone.
The Faces-tour is very much about the many different aspects of the Namib- which definitely includes dune driving thrills but also considers places of historical, cultural and natural (geological, biological) interest. All these are combined to create something unique and the tour’s focus is on good, clean family fun.
