Bushman Tribe & Wildlife – Accommodated Tour

Today around 8:00 your tour guide will pick you up from your accommodation heading to Etosha National Park, Namutoni area, we aim to arrive in the afternoon, take a short time to relax before heading into the park during the cool of the late afternoon for your first game drive. Lunch will in a restaurant en-route.

After your evening meal there are still more chances to see Etosha’s big game at a floodlit waterhole, situated on the boundary of the Resort and easily reachable within a minute or two on foot. The waterhole has been described as one of the “best game viewing opportunities in Southern Africa” and the ideal venue to witness peculiar animal politics. Black rhino, Africa’s tallest elephants, lion and numerous species of antelope are regular visitors during the cool, dry season.

A full day’s game viewing in the famous Etosha National Park. We leave early to enjoy the cool morning air as you game drive your way through Etosha. Along the way visit several waterholes where you will be afforded splendid views of the massive Etosha Pan.

The game viewing is usually excellent and you have the chance to tick off a few new species that are not normally seen on the western side of the park.

After an early morning breakfast, we leave Etosha National Park via the town of Grootfontein to Bushmanland. The San, colloquially also called Bushmen, live in this area. They are the oldest people in Namibia, living in southern Africa for an estimated 20,000 years. The small friendly people traditionally are hunters and gatherers, the women collect fruits, berries and starch-containing onions, while the men go hunting.

The San have a deep understanding of nature and ecology. They are able to distinguish between hundreds of plant species and are known to be excellent trackers. On arrival, the tour guide will meet the local SAN translator for the next day’s departure time and guests will be informed accordingly before or after dinner.

After breakfast, we depart for a full day visit to one of the authentic bushman villages. You will spend this day learning the livelihood of Bushman (SAN) people in their own village. Amidst vegetated, fossil dunes, the Ju/’hoansi! Kung Bushman (sometimes simply called the 'Kung') live, scattered around in small villages.

These are Bushmen of the Kalahari, also known as the San Bushmen. The Bushmen are hunter-gatherers who, for thousands of years, have found their sustenance in the desert with their knowledge and skills. They primarily hunt several species of antelope, but their daily food has always been primarily composed of fruits, berries and roots of the desert. They construct temporary wooden shelters.

After breakfast, we depart heading to Waterberg Plateau. Waterberg means: water fountain, it’s a massive table mountain east of Otjiwarongo in the northern reaches of central Namibia. It is about 50 km long, up to 16 km wide and rises from the plains of the Omaheke, as this part of the Kalahari is known, to a height of up to 200 metres.

This natural barrier often intercepts clouds, causing them to release their moisture. You can opt to join excursions if time permits offered by the lodge to explore the area of this mountain range.

The mountain’s upper layer consists of red sandstone which is porous and absorbs rainwater like a sponge. The base, on the other hand, is an impermeable rock with a slight gradient from west to east. On the south-eastern slope water, therefore, escapes along this layer in the form of several springs - even during the dry season from May until September.