Budget & Prep Kit · Namibia
What a Namibia trip costs: your budget in 20 minutes
A 15-day self-drive in Namibia comes to about €6,846 for two, or €3,423 per person, including flights, insured 4x4, fuel, nights, parks and meals: that is the pre-filled example in our spreadsheet, at 2026 prices. The €29 kit redoes the sum with your dates, your number of travellers and your style of nights, plus a gear checklist and a day-by-day itinerary template.
The kit's labels are currently in French — figures and formulas are universal. English edition coming.
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1.The NAD/EUR budget spreadsheet
Around twenty realistic lines (flights, 4x4 and insurance, fuel calculated per kilometre, accommodation by category, parks, food, activities, SIM, tips). Live formulas in the Excel version: change “2 travellers, 15 days” to “4 travellers, 18 days” and everything recalculates, in both currencies.
2.The complete gear checklist
Eight categories, from paperwork to pharmacy via camping and photography, with Namibia-specific traps: type D/M plug adapter, 0 °C comfort sleeping bag for the southern winter, one headlamp per person, dust bags for lenses. Tickable, printable.
3.The day-by-day itinerary template
21 rows ready to fill in with the columns that matter: departure and arrival stop, kilometres, driving time, accommodation, category, price, booked or not, activities. Three worked example rows to start on the right foot.
The spreadsheet's example: 15 days for two, at 2026 prices
This is the budget as it opens in the kit, before you change anything: the classic 2,850 km loop, a camping-equipped 4x4, 10 nights camping and 4 in a guesthouse or lodge, 6 park days, 19.5 NAD to €1. Amounts rounded to the euro.
| Line | For two, 15 days |
|---|---|
| Return flights Europe – Windhoek | €1,700 |
| Camping-equipped 4x4 rental | €1,800 |
| Zero-excess insurance + tyres and glass | €450 |
| Fuel (2,850 km at 12 l/100) | €368 |
| Nights: 10 camping, 4 indoors | €1,000 |
| Park entry and vehicle fees | €107 |
| Food and drinks | €660 |
| Three activities (Sandwich Harbour, desert elephants, Waterberg) | €420 |
| SIM, tips, firewood, ice, gas | €160 |
| Contingency (~5%) | €180 |
| Total | ≈ €6,846 · €3,423 per person · €228 per person per day |
Switch to lodges, travel as four or shorten to 10 days: the lines concerned recalculate on their own, in Namibian dollars and in euros.
The kit, an agency or a back-of-envelope sum?
An agency tour
The per-person price covers the organisation, bookings and on-the-ground support: the right choice if you want to delegate. The kit is for people who book themselves, and also for comparing an agency quote with what the same trip would cost on your own.
Budgets read on blogs and forums
Those are the figures of someone else's trip: another year, another length, another exchange rate. Useful for an order of magnitude, not for deciding.
The €29 kit
Your parameters, around twenty lines already at 2026 prices, and formulas that recalculate everything when you change your mind. You then replace each line with your real quotes.
After payment
Payment through Stripe, then an instant .zip download (the link is also emailed): the spreadsheet in Excel (.xlsx, live formulas) and CSV, the gear checklist, the itinerary template and a how-to note. 14-day money-back guarantee.
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€29 — and your budget stops being a source of anxiety
The kit works on its own, or alongside the “Namibia on your own” guide, which explains every trade-off behind the numbers.
Want to understand the figures before filling them in? Read our field note “The real budget of a Namibia safari” — free.
Before you go
Readers' questions
How does the budget spreadsheet work?
You enter three parameters — number of travellers, number of days, EUR/NAD rate — and every line recalculates: 4x4 rental, fuel per kilometre, accommodation by category, parks, food, activities, sundries. Each line shows its total in Namibian dollars and in euros, with the final cost per person.
What formats do the files come in?
The spreadsheet comes in two versions: Excel (.xlsx, with live formulas — works in Excel, LibreOffice, Numbers, Google Sheets) and a pre-calculated CSV for anything else. The checklist and the itinerary template come as Markdown and CSV, readable and printable everywhere. Note: the kit's labels are currently in French — the figures and formulas are universal.
Are the pre-filled prices realistic?
Yes: every line is pre-filled with the 2026 ranges we document (fuel 20-22 NAD/litre, parks ~150 NAD/day, camping €15-30/person, equipped 4x4 €90-160/day…). You then adjust them with your own quotes — that's what it's built for.
Is the kit included in the complete Bundle?
Yes. The €59 Bundle includes the “Namibia on your own” guide (€44) and this kit (€29) — a €14 saving. If you're hesitating, take the Bundle: the guide explains the trade-offs, the kit puts numbers on them.