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Botswana: Animal Tracking with Bushmen

The San people of the Kalahari are the oldest inhabitants of Southern Africa. They have eked out an existence in this vast, dry land for at least 20,000 years, accumulating an incredibly intimate and detailed knowledge of the area and how to live in it. And, although their lifestyle has changed dramatically over recent years, this knowledge is still passed on to younger generations and shared with travelers who seek out the San when they visit

A walk into the desert with the Bushmen, even a short one, is an education we promise you will never forget. You’ll learn how to extract water from tubers hidden deep underground, set traps to catch guinea fowls and read the myriad of footprints in the sand. Spotting wildlife is almost guaranteed – a bushman’s life depends on it.

These people have thousands of years worth of accumulated knowledge that is worth seeking out.