Day
visitors at Duesternbrook Guest Farm/ Lodge
Düsternbrook
Guest Farm/ Lodge near Windhoek is open year-round not only for overnight guests
but also for day visitors. We offer you an attractive, varied, and interesting
combination of activities for a few hours. However, you can easily spend a
whole day here.
Activities for our day visitors
Apart from the activities
mentioned, Düsternbrook Guest Farm offers three complete packages for day visitors.
You can also eat at our place, but please tell us in advance if you wish to do
so.
- Package 1: "Cats Unlimited": A very exciting
leopard and cheetah drive, which takes approximately 60 to 70 minutes. Here you
can take excellent photos as the distance to the cats will be only 10 to 15 meters.
Departure time 14.30 (april until september); 15.30 (september until april)
- Package
2: "Düsternbrook Experience": First the Cats
Unlimited tour and afterwards at 16.00 (winter) or 17.00 (summer) a game drive
for plains game. This activity takes approximately 2.5h. In between the activities
you can enjoy the family atmoshere, the historic ambience, swim in the pool or
just sit, relax and have a drink at our bar. We also serve sandwiches with home-baked
bread.
- Package 3: "Mountain Zebra Drive":
In the early morning you start for the Khomas Highland mountains with
the possibility of seeing the Hartmann mountain zebra as well as other game such
as oryx, kudu, klipspringer, steenbok and chacma baboon. The Hartmann mountain
zebra is endemic to Namibia and its preferred habitat is the mountains.The whole
trip takes about 1.5h to 2h.
Please note: Package 2 is included
in the price for the accommodation. If you book more than one night, package 3
is also included.
Time table: In winter (april to september)
the Cheetah and Leopard Drive starts at 14.30 and the game drive at 16.00. Lunch
is at 13.00 and dinner at 19.00. In summer (october to march) the Cheetah and
Leopard Drive starts at 15.30 and the game drive at 17.00. Lunch is at 13.00 and
dinner at 20.00.
Additionally
- horse-riding
with viewing of game such as giraffe, kudu, oryx, zebra, and many others (please
book a day in advance)
- walking: We have different well-marked walks
from 1 hour to 4 hours where you also can see wildlife including our rich birdlife
- take
a swim in our swimming pool or relax on our sun beds around the pool and
get a tan!
- special tours for photographers (amateur and professionals),
please please contact us in advance, stating your precise wishes.
Extra Service:
- We can arrange transfers
from the International Airport (90km) or Windhoek (50km) to Düsternbrook Guest
Farm and back.