Silent Steps would like to invite you to join us from 7-16 April 2025 on a challenging 9-day adventure. We will guide you through unchartered territories, which include a 5 day/ 100km hiking experience during which the notorious Death Acre in Angola will be attempted (and conquered) by the hikers on foot, while the drivers will put their 4X4 driving skills to the test in maneuvering this treacherous 50km stretch of coastline along the spectacularly beautiful coast of Angola!

Through a union of excellent planning and guidance by Frans de Witt, our very experienced guide and concession holder and Anette Grobler, extreme hiker and adventurer extraordinaire, Silent Steps will once again return to Angola in April 2025, giving 20 hikers and 10 drivers the opportunity to partake in this challenging yet exhilarating adventure of hiking and/or driving the notorious Death Acre as part of a 9-day excursion into Northern Namibia, Angola and the Namib desert.

The Death Acre (Doodsakker) is located on the coast of Angola between the town of Foz do Cunene and the coastal desert town of Tombua. This route is extremely dangerous because the waves crash against the dune face, making it impossible to pass during high tide and the only way through is hiking or driving through at low tide.

The dates chosen by Silent Steps for the 2025 Death Acre Dash ensures the lowest of tides and optimum weather conditions for the area.

Whilst this route proves to be challenging for drivers of 4X4 vehicles, imagine negotiating this terrain on foot!

Hikers will cover an average of 20km per day, for a total of 5 days, starting at the mouth of the Kunene River, hiking the Death Acre, a stretch that can make or break you, and finishing some 100km further in the Namib desert.