Experience a unique blend of wellness and adventure with Marcel Vosloo, founder of Namaste Yoga Safari, and Cat Kabira, an acclaimed energy healer and yoga teacher. Set in Namibia’s tranquil wilderness, this retreat offers an ideal environment for deep healing and transformation. Namibia’s vast, untouched landscapes, profound silence and grounding energy, create the perfect backdrop for reconnecting with yourself and the natural world.

Marcel’s expert guidance through Namibia’s stunning scenery and wildlife invites a sense of awe and grounding, while Cat’s intuitive energy healing, yoga, and meditation sessions help release emotional and energetic blockages. The synergy of energy healing and Namibia’s serene, open spaces amplifies the effects of mindfulness and restoration, offering clarity and balance. Together, Marcel and Cat will guide you through an experience that harmonizes the healing power of nature with inner renewal, leaving you deeply restored and inspired.

Cat Kabira (E-RYT500) is an internationally renowned yoga teacher, energy healer, and trainer with over 22 years of experience. A founding teacher at The Yoga Barn in Bali, Cat has trained thousands of yoga teachers and students worldwide. She created Yoga Energetics and the Kabira Energy School, helping people harness their energy to live fully and thrive. Specializing in trauma healing and empowerment for highly sensitive individuals, Cat blends yoga, meditation, craniosacral therapy, and energy healing. Her "Living Therapy" approach combines ancient practices with modern psychology, inspiring transformation and resilience. Based in Bali, she tours globally, sharing her expertise and passion.

Cat’s known for her lightness, humor, presence, multi-dimensional intelligence, sensitivity, and depth. You’ll get personalized attention in all of our practices. Cat’s gift is being able to read your needs. This is your opportunity to understand your body more and refine your alignment, and you’ll leave the retreat standing taller, moving more fluidly, and embodying yourself on a whole new level. All levels of experience are welcome; with such an intimate group, you’ll learn and receive a lot. Cat’s known to teach fun, engaging, and empowering practices that will transform you physically, mentally, and emotionally. With her extensive training in yoga, Gyrotonic, pilates, dance, Feldenkrais, somatics, and yoga therapy, she offers many possibilities that will empower you to enjoy being in your body even more. Her high-sense awareness makes her sense your energy and offers energetic adjustments and healing as needed. You’ll practice dynamic, inspiring, deeply nurturing, and restorative practices to reach a level of rest and self-healing you didn’t know existed.

Energy Work and Vision Quests with Cat Kabira:

We’ll practice meditation to help you connect to yourself and refine your ability to focus and ground.  You’ll receive energy work in our group energy healing. You’ll also learn self-healing techniques that will be game-changing practices you can take home with you and use daily. We focus on grounding, keeping your energy flow strong, working with individual chakras, and how to respect and master your intuition. You’ll also refine your awareness of your boundaries and what space you need to thrive. Practicing energy work in such a sacred and powerful land will level your senses and experience.

Vision quests are Yoga Nidra+, which helps you drop into the theta state, connect to your subconscious, rewire negative beliefs, and access your own wisdom, power, and self-healing state. This is also a great way to reclaim your creativity and imagination. Students love it because they feel like they're starting as a kid in storytime and then going on a very deep journey where they can safely rewire deep-seated beliefs and transform old pain.

I’m Marcel, the heart and soul behind Namaste Yoga Safari. Since 2016, I’ve been crafting unforgettable yoga holidays in some of Africa’s most breathtaking safari destinations. This isn’t just a business - it’s my passion, my journey, and my way of sharing the magic of Africa with you. A yoga safari is more than just a trip - it’s an experience that invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and immerse yourself in the wild. Imagine sitting quietly with mountain gorillas in the lush forests of Uganda, walking alongside chimpanzees, climbing the towering dunes of Namibia, or watching elephants wander past your safari vehicle. These moments, infused with mindfulness and presence, create a connection that lingers long after the journey ends.

How It All Began: My love for yoga started while sailing and scuba diving across the world. After 15 years of traveling, all roads led me back home to Namibia - to embark on a new adventure: blending my love for nature, movement, and mindful travel. Having worked as a travel consultant, guiding people through Namibia and Southern Africa, I knew I could create something truly special - yoga safaris that offer not just breathtaking landscapes, but deep personal connection and transformation. Even though my roots are in Ashtanga, my years in nature have shaped my teaching into a more mindful, calming practice - one that blends beautifully with the rhythm of the wilderness. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced yogi, my yoga holidays are designed to be welcoming, supportive, and full of adventure. With small groups every trip is personal, intimate, and tailored to create an unforgettable experience.

On arrival at Windhoek International Airport, you will be met and your Namibian adventure begins. Make sure to arrive on an early flight as we will be heading to Sossusvlei round 12pm latest. If you would like to fly in a day earlier to relax after your flight, please let me know and I will recommend a few places, and can even book it for you. 

The drive is about 4 to 5 hours via the Spreetshoogte Pass and the views are not just only WOW from 1800m above sea level, but from here onwards the landscapes are forever changing - your eyes will not believe this and your heart will open up to this natural beauty. Think mountains, high sand dunes and the occasional desert adapted animal. We will stop at Solitaire, a quirky, almost lost little town set in the middle of nowhere. You can perhaps try a slice of the famous Apfelstrudel (Apple Pie) here before we reach our lodge. 

Once checked in, relax at the pool for the rest of the afternoon. Tomorrow morning calls for an early start to visit Sossusvlei and Deadvlei. A visit to Namibia is not complete without experiencing this incredible white salt pan and the red dunes that make it so popular. After all, these monstrous dunes are some of the largest that can be found in the world, reaching heights of 400 meters. We will explore this area and perhaps even climb one of the highest dunes in the world -  if you are up for it. Breathe and simply take in the peacefulness of all that surrounds you.

Afternoon yoga session followed by dinner.

Accommodation: Desert Homestead Lodge

Includes: DBB (Dinner, bed and breakfast) + Sossusvlei excursions

Day 3: Onwards to the Skeleton Coast for some fun activities and of coarse the fresh ocean breeze of the Atlantic Ocean.

Swakopmund with its laid back feel, palm trees, great restaurants and german-colonial architecture, has various activities to choose from. Whether you want something active or more relaxed, or even a combination, this coastline will surprise you with what it has to offer.

Here we will be staying at Desert Breeze Lodge, offering peace, tranquility and the ultimate desert experience. The luxury bungalows with their creative atmosphere and the friendly staff will make your stay one to remember. Breakfast will be at Desert Breeze, lunch and dinner at one of Swakopmund's many cafes’s and restaurants. Yoga sessions will be held either in the desert or on the beach, even both at the same time! Imagine… your toes in the warm desert sand as you breathe in the freshness of the Atlantic Ocean. I bet you won’t ever see a view like this anywhere else in the world.

Day 4: Choose one of the activities below - Today is all about adventure!

Optional Activities: Dune boarding, Quad biking, Camel riding, Horse riding, Ocean Safari with champagne breakfast, Surfing, Kayaking, Fat wheel biking, Cultural tours, Living Desert tour, Cape Cross/Seal tour, Spitzkoppe tour, Scenic flights and Sandwich Harbour 4x4 Tours

Accommodation: Desert Breeze

Includes: BB (Bed and breakfast)

After our morning yoga session we will head along the coast to visit the Zeila wreck and then onwards to Spitzkoppe. The drive will take about 2 hours. We will head out for a hike up the mountain in search of the Bushman engravings. Dinner tonight will be alound the campfire.

Accommodation: Spitzkoppe Cabins

Includes: DBB (Dinner around the campfire, bed and breakfast), hiking up and around Spitzkoppe

Day 6: After our morning yoga session amongst the beautiful peaks of Spitzkoppe, we will head to Etosha National Park for our first afternoon wildlife game drive. 

Accommodation: Etosha Safari Lodge - Day 6

Included: Breakfast & Dinner, PM 

Day 7: Rise early for an exciting adventure through Etosha National Park, driving from the southern gates to the eastern side. The journey, spanning 6-8 hours, will take you on a thrilling exploration, with stops at several waterholes and the iconic salt pan, where you'll witness the park's vibrant wildlife and vast, dramatic landscapes. The wildlife sightings offer over 114 species of mammals and 340 species of birds. Etosha has exceptional wildlife including, Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Wildebeest, Giraffe, Hyena, Zebra, Springbok, Kudu, Gemsbok and Eland. This game park is unlike any other and photographs of animals in front of the pan make this very unique and a special place to visit.

Once at our lodge, relax at the pool, go for a massage or observe graceful antelope coming to drink at the waterhole, offering  a peaceful space for reflection, connection, and renewal in nature's embrace.

Day 8: This morning is about yoga and relaxation - with an afternoon game drive into Etosha National Park. 

Accommodation: Onguma Bush Camp - Day 7 & 8

Included: Breakfast 7 Dinner, 1x Full day game drive with lunch packs, 1xPM Game Drive

Today we journey to the luxurious Habitas Lodge, a sanctuary of wellness and connection nestled in Namibia's stunning landscapes. Upon arrival, unwind in this serene retreat that seamlessly blends with its natural surroundings. Here, you'll enjoy yoga sessions on a deck overlooking the breathtaking expanse, immersing yourself in the tranquility of nature.

Pamper yourself with indulgent spa treatments designed to rejuvenate your body and mind, and take time to explore the lodge's thoughtful spaces, where every detail is crafted to inspire relaxation and harmony. Habitas is more than a destination—it’s an experience of renewal and mindful living.

Accommodation: Habitas

Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Today marks the end of your wellness holiday in Namibia. You will be transferred to the airport in time for your departure flights back home. Not only will it be a memorable drive back to the airport, but an unforgettable trip never to be forgotten...