Days 1-2: Luanda
Day 1: VIP airport meet-and-greet. Fortaleza de São Miguel, Marginal promenade, dinner on Ilha de Luanda. Day 2: Mausoleum of Agostinho Neto, Iron Palace, National Museum of Slavery, Baixa downtown, Currency Museum. Afternoon pool/leisure. Overnight Luanda (5★).
Day 3: Kissama National Park
Full day game drive: giant sable antelope, elephants, giraffes, zebras. Picnic lunch. Evening return to Luanda. Overnight Luanda.
Days 4-5: Kalandula Falls & Pedras Negras
Day 4: Drive via N’dalatando Botanical Gardens to Kalandula Falls — 105m curtain over 400m-wide basalt cliff. Hike to base. Sunset viewpoint. Overnight Hotel Fazenda Cabuta. Day 5: Pedras Negras black monoliths, Fortress of Pungo Andongo (Queen Nzinga’s stronghold). Drive to Malanje. Overnight Malanje.
Day 6: Fly to Lubango — The Highlands
Morning flight Malanje→Luanda→Lubango. Afternoon: Cristo Rei statue, Lubango markets, the fertile Huíla highlands. Overnight Lubango (4★).
Day 7: Tundavala Fissure & Serra da Leba
Morning: Tundavala Fissure — 1,200m cliff face with views to the Atlantic. Afternoon: Serra da Leba switchback road (11 hairpins, 1,600m descent). Arrive Namibe. Overnight Namibe.
Day 8: Namibe — Mwila Tribe & Namib Desert
Excursion to Kimbo village: meet Mwila women with iconic red-dreadlock hairstyles. Afternoon: Namib Desert — Welwitschia mirabilis (1,500-year-old living fossil), Arco Lagoon. Evening flight to Luanda. Farewell dinner. Overnight Luanda.
Day 9: Departure
Transfer to Luanda Airport.
