1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027
From December the Kalahari turns green, water stands in the Etosha pans, and the migrant birds arrive. Springbok and oryx calves are on the ground, the dunes at Sossusvlei sit under real cloud instead of a flat blue sky, and the light in the late afternoon is the reason photographers book this window on purpose. Most days are dry and hot. What people call the rain season here is a handful of spectacular afternoon storms that build, break and clear inside two hours — which is worth reading about before you decide.
The other half of it is the roads. Sesriem, Deadvlei and the Etosha waterholes are busy in July and quiet in January, and you will spend the day passing far fewer vehicles on the gravel. Lodge availability opens up and so do the rates. If you are weighing the two windows against each other, our high season versus green season comparison lays out the trade-offs honestly, including the ones that count against green season.
Cover on us
Our top insurance tier comes at no charge on rentals of fourteen nights or more. Nothing is held on your card, and a gravel-road windscreen or a tyre on the D707 costs you nothing. Normally N$425 a day.
14 nights or more, travelling 1 Dec 2026 to 31 Mar 2027
Get this quoteGreen Season 20
Twenty percent comes off our listed green season daily rate on any vehicle in the fleet, camping or not. The rate you see on the rentals page is the one we discount, so there is nothing to reverse-engineer.
10 nights or more, booked by 31 October 2026
Claim 20% offSeven for six
Pay for six days and take the seventh. It suits the standard Sossusvlei, Swakopmund and Etosha loop, which is a week of driving once you allow a day that is not spent behind the wheel.
7 to 13 night rentals, any green season date
Book seven for sixDrive & stay
Book your lodges with the vehicle and we collect you at Hosea Kutako, take you back at the end, and take ten percent off the lodge nights we book for you. One itinerary, one invoice, one desk in Windhoek.
3 or more lodge nights booked through us
Plan vehicle and lodgesLong road
Three weeks or more puts the four-sleeper camping Hilux at N$1,820 a day, with unlimited kilometres and the full camping kit. It is the rate for people doing Kaokoland, the Caprivi or a full circuit rather than a loop.
22 nights or more, camping Hilux for four
Price the long tripPre-set to 14 nights from 1 December, with zero-excess cover — which this campaign makes free.
14 nights · Green season · 8 – 14 days rate
N$30,660
N$2,190 a day · about €1,640 / $1,720, indicative
Deposit held at handover: N$0
Specials applied: −N$5,950
This total is calculated from our published rates — the same numbers on the rate tables. Send it over and we confirm availability within one working day. Nothing is charged here; bookings are confirmed with a 20% deposit.
All offers apply to travel between 1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027. Offers are not combinable unless we say so in writing on your quote. Rates and availability are confirmed by our Windhoek desk when we build the itinerary — see the published green season rates for the numbers the discounts come off.