The itinerary initially takes us to our first camp in the Tankwa Karoo for two nights and then continues with an overnight stay in the “Waterfall Camp” near the Augrabies Falls , where the Kalahari and Nama Karoo deserts meet and the Orange River transforms the stone deserts into fertile oases.

Namibia and the entire southwest of Africa unite many cultures in its vast landscapes. Their languages ​​are English, Ovambo, Herero, Nama, Afrikaans and also German. This same diversity and originality is reflected in the cuisine. During “Authentic Southwest” we celebrate the traditional southwest African way of life, which is very much influenced by the colonialists and the indigenous peoples of southern Africa, the Khoi and San. We prepare our “food” like the “Bushmen” (the San), mainly on open wood fires , “braai” as the South Africans call it. A “braai” is much more than just preparing meat, fish and vegetables on open wood fires, it is almost a philosophy; it is an event where people come together in a relaxed atmosphere, sit or stand, chat, eat and drink together. There is time, lots of time! If you want to understand the South West, you have to understand "braai." It is the soul of South West Africans and expresses their essence. A traditional "braai" begins with lighting a fire and preparing embers on which to grill, cook, and roast.

We continue north across the Namibian border towards Grunau in the Karas Region to our base camp on a 12,800-hectare private game, cattle, and sheep farm in the semi-desert of southern Namibia, near the Fish River Canyon, the second-largest canyon in the world. We'll stay here for four nights, absorbing the unique natural beauty with a deep dive into a traditional game farm, a mountain wilderness walk, a game drive, and authentic wilderness lunches, dinners, and campfires.

In Namibia, we spend three nights on one of the largest game, sheep, and cattle farms, located at an altitude of 1,200 meters in the south of the country near Grunau. In 2011, Neil du Toit merged the Swartstormlaagte, Ur, Florida, and Meimering farms by purchasing 12,800 hectares of farmland and has been managing them ever since, raising various antelope species, sheep, and Bonsmara cattle.

The rooms are simple, clean and authentically "farm style", all with en suite bathroom/WC and fan, so that each participant can retreat to his or her own privacy. Breakfast is served in the open air with a view of the surrounding farm's own mountain ranges, which are up to 1,700 m high. Fresh fruit, Namibian farm-made antelope biltong and droewors, eggs from the wood fire, coffee, tea, juice and, of course, individual requests from the guests are available.

In the dried-up riverbed, we celebrate the authentic preparation of a leg of lamb under the Namibian starry sky.

After the intense desert experiences of the last few days, we spend two nights at the Grootvlei beach camp near Lambertsbaai , right on the Atlantic Ocean. Here, seafood and fresh fish cooked over an open wood fire are on the menu. After a late breakfast on the third day, we continue south toward Veldrif , enjoying a west-coast lunch at the Bokkomlaan and spending the last evening on a private farm in Stellenbosch with a farewell outdoor cooking workshop.