EASTERN KALAHARI CULTURE & WILDLIFE

We will collect your from your Windhoek accommodation at 06.30am. We then drive to a private reserve some 130km from the city to arrive at Okambara Lodge before 9.00 am. After a welcome coffee we leave on a game drive where you have the opportunity of seeing elephant, white rhino, giraffe and a variety of antelope whilst enjoying the breath-taking scenery and landscape of the region. We return for lunch at the lodge. After our activity at Okambara we continue to Gobabis overnight at Uakii Eco-Guesthouse, a guesthouse own & run by a local entrepreneur. Meals: Lunch & Dinner included. Please arrange early breakfast at your pre-tour accommodation at start of day.

After breakfast we start with an educational township tour of Gobabis, we learn more about the migration of rural people to urban towns, hoping to find jobs and the harsh conditions they end up living in. We will then continue to the Batswana settlement while observing the changing environment of the Kalahari along the road. A short stopover will be made in Batswana settlement where a local dancing group will be the host showing us few dancing skills and hearing of great voices of this community. Here, you can witness the life of the Batswana communities. There is the opportunity to experience an exceptional Batswana traditional dance, combining music, drama and their natural dancing rhythm. The village also has local shops, schools and a clinic. After this wonderful experience we continue our journey back toward Gobabis en-route to our Bush Camp where guests will be camping for the night. Please note that the camping is very basic and the camp is a bush camp and will have a long drop toilet and bush shower. On arrival we meet our host family at our bush-camp and after the introduction; we start with the following activities: The San family will also teach the guests to make their own bow and arrow as well as ostrich egg pearls and your own jewelry the old San ways. The activities for afternoon will be singing, dancing, playing games, shoot a bow, throw a spear, lighting a fire, making ropes, snares and if lucky watch the traditional doctor healing a patient. Evening singing, dancing around the camp fire and storytelling at night and then after dinner, guests have the chance to sit together with a hunter/healer at the camp fire. They will tell you traditional stories of the Kalahari San. Lunch at own cost in Gobabis and Breakfast and dinner included

After breakfast guest can go on a morning bush walk with a small clan of the San family who will teach us their hunting skills such as tracking, wind directions, stalking and finding underground water roots. The San family will also teach us about how they gather bush food and other edible plants, where to look for them and how they are used. After that wonderful bush walk cultural experience we will see goodbye to our host to continue our journey back to the capital where guests will be dropped off at their accommodation/International Airport for evening departures. Meals: Breakfast light lunch, ONLY. Expected arrival time in Windhoek will be +/- 15h00 hours.