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Scenic Desert Tour by Bike: Experience the Breathtaking Namibian Landscape
4.9
155 Ratings
Swakopmund
Experience the breathtaking Namibian landscape on a scenic desert tour by bike. Feel the fresh coastal air and take in the silence while cycling up and down Namibia’s famous dunes. An unforgettable and unique ecological adventure.
Experience the breathtaking Namibian landscape on a scenic desert tour by bike. Feel the fresh coastal air and take in the silence while cycling up and down Namibia’s famous dunes. An unforgettable and unique ecological adventure.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Swakopmund Fat Bike Tours - On our Scenic Desert Tour you will experience the oldest desert in the world on a fat bike. On your arrival at our office you will be kitted with a fat bike to your size and helmet. After a short briefing we head off on our bikes from the center of town towards the Swakop riverbed, passing through our historic town….
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Swakopmund Fat Bike Tours - On our Scenic Desert Tour you will experience the oldest desert in the world on a fat bike. On your arrival at our office you will be kitted with a fat bike to your size and helmet. After a short briefing we head off on our bikes from the center of town towards the Swakop riverbed, passing through our historic town. Once we reach the edge of town, we head down into the dry riverbed where the desert experience starts. Not long and we start climbing our first dune. From here we spend about an hour in the dunes where you will experience the thrill of riding along the famous Namib dunes including some optional adrenaline pumping downhill sections for the adventure types. The guide will also share some interesting facts about the desert and the vast life in the seemingly lifeless environment. It is truly a living desert.
The tour ends with a ride along the dry riverbed towards the coast and with the tide allows, some riding along the beach back to the office. A once in lifetime experience.
What's Included
- Water
- Helmet
- Fat Bike
- Experienced guide
- Water
- Helmet
- Fat Bike
- Experienced guide
What's Not Included
- Pick up and drop off at accommodation
- Pick up and drop off at accommodation
Additional Information
Join us for a distinctive ecological cycling journey in Namibia. Savor the crisp coastal breeze, absorb the tranquility and awe-inspiring landscapes of the world’s most ancient desert while relishing the excitement of biking up and down the famous Namibian dunes. Guaranteed to thrill and provide a distinctive and memorable cycling adventure. It’s an…
Join us for a distinctive ecological cycling journey in Namibia. Savor the crisp coastal breeze, absorb the tranquility and awe-inspiring landscapes of the world’s most ancient desert while relishing the excitement of biking up and down the famous Namibian dunes. Guaranteed to thrill and provide a distinctive and memorable cycling adventure. It’s an absolute must in Swakopmund for both landscape lovers and thrill-seeking adventurers. Zero air or noise pollution and even less invasive than walking, Fat Bike Touring is the most sustainable method to traverse our delicate desert ecosystem.
- Min age: Depends on height and fitness level, must be able to ride a bike for 14km and approximately 2hrs continuously, including up several dunes. Our half size fat bike is perfect from 7 years old.
- Max age: Depends on fitness level. Must be able to cycle for 2hrs continuously, including up several dunes.
Location
6 Hendrik Witbooi
Hendrik Witbooi
Across the Hansa Hotel
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(155 Ratings)
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Goplaces59088689160
Oct 25, 2024
Thrill an beauty - The tour was amazing, breathtaking views of dunes, and very pleasant ride through the beach and the city. It was a thrilling experience as well as educational. I highly recommend it. Thank you!!!
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Isabellem210
Oct 23, 2024
Excellent experience - Combo tour of the city and outing in the dunes by fat bike. A great guide, cultured, passionate and exciting: Costa humorously tells the story of the country, the city and its monuments. Beyond this visit, the trip to the dunes requires a certain physical condition and mastery of the bike. More difficult than I imagined, but Costa is a teacher and a patient. An experiment to do if you have 3 hours of time.
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Pffricker
Oct 1, 2024
Enough sitting … time to ride some bikes! - We did the 3.5 hour tour with Hanjo across the dunes and down to the beach. Hanjo was an amazing tour guide with a wealth of knowledge in terms of ecology, geology, and the history of the area. We learned a lot more than we expected to. We are both avid cyclists and rode the regular fat bikes. Bikes were tuned a fitted for us. We were joined by a German couple and one of them was on an e-bike, which made the trip great for her. Communication on WhatsApp was speedy and responsive. Highly recommended activity as an active day in the middle of our Namibian tour.
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Helen
Sep 20, 2024
A fun and informative experience - We did a combo electric fat bike tour with Hanjo, who showed us around Swakopmund and pointed out lots of historic buildings as well as explaining the history of the area. He was very passionate about passing on this information and clearly loves what he does. He then gave us expert tuition on how to cycle up and down the local sand dunes.
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J1341uptraceyh
Sep 13, 2024
Brilliant - Amazing experience. Messaged on way to Swakopmund and immediate reply to say they could fit us in. The guide Hanjo was brilliant. He constantly checked in with us, explained the tips on how to ride on the dunes and gave opportunities for the more confident to try going down the steeper dunes. He also explained how the dunes are formed and general information about this area of Namibia. Really recommend. We had a group with 2 on e-bikes and 2 normal bikes and it worked well.
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Sabina_f
Aug 25, 2024
Downhill on the dunes! - Really nice tour! The guide was super friendly and nice, he made us ride those dunes upwards and downwards!
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Escape40975180220
Aug 2, 2024
2 Hr E Bike Desert Tour - Excellent adventure on E Bikes with our guide Hanjo, who was extremely interesting and very informative learning about the desert, Suitable for all ages, Highly Recommended
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Jjpforde
Jul 30, 2024
Great way to see and experience the sand dunes. - Throughly enjoyable couple of hours out on the dunes.
We had 3 regular bikes and 1 electric and all were easy to ride through the dunes. Our guide was great, both informative as a Swakopmund local about the dunes and wider area but also engaging and fun to be with.
The cycling was challenging in places and tested the nerves with some of the downhill and so the adrenaline was pumping at times.
Highly recommend as a family activity, cost easily circa £85 for four and definitely worth it.
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Danielnk9491tk
Jul 25, 2024
This trip is THE BUSINESS! - This trip is THE BUSINESS. Went out for 4 hours with Mark, beautiful scenery, exhilarating and enormous fun. Some bits require a bit of fitness but if you aren't confident, there are e-bikes, and the bikes are all in good condition. This was a massive highlight of a trip around Namibia and would recommend highly.
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Marcel_hk
Jul 17, 2024
Awesome - Must DO! - We took the “UP CLOSE" Living Desert Fat Bike Tour and spent a fantastic time in the dessert and dunes! We saw plenty of animals and our guide shared a rich variety of facts and information on animals and their habitat. A ‘Must DO’ if you are in Swakopmund !
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