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Memory Lane visits Namibia's Desert Bushmen
by Karen Hoffman

Malawi and Lake Malawi

Ecotourism: Intu Afrika. A rare opportunity to learn from the Bushmen themselves about their hunter-gatherer traditions and the ecosystem of the Kalahari desert awaits travelers to INTU AFRIKA'S Kalahari Game Reserve in Namibia. For thousands of years, Bushmen were an integral part of the ecosystem of the Kalahari. As the area was colonized, the Bushmen were driven out and forced to live outside their traditional hunting areas. No longer able to hunt, the Bushmen were reduced to living on government handouts.
In January, 1996, INTU AFRIKA, under the direction of two South African anthropologists, Michael and Bets Daibar, invited 40 !Kung Bushmen to reestablish a self-sustainable community on the company's Kalahari Game Reserve. These families now are working successfully in a variety of income generating projects such as game guiding, camp site supervision and the making and selling of traditional handicrafts. Although the Bushmen have built a typical !Kung village where visitors come to learn about their traditions, they actually live in the privacy of their own village.

 

Bushmen of Namibia: More photos and stories to come from members who attended
the ATA 21st Annual Congress in Windhoek. We welcome your mail and input.


Kalahari Game Reserve introduces the Bushmen experience in Namibia. Coming soon! Recommended places to stay, visit and shop while in Namibia. (Home)

INTU AFRIKA offers a choice of accommodations, the luxurious Kalahari Game Lodge, and for the more adventurous, the fully equipped !Kung campsite managed by the Bushmen. The beautifully appointed lodge, designed to be in tune with the desert environment, has 8 double rooms and 5 freestanding chalets. The complex contains a full range of facilities including a restaurant, lounge, bar, curio shop, swimming pool and boma.

The highlights of the INTU AFRIKA program are an early morning desert walk, where the Bushmen demonstrate tracking skills and share their desert survival secrets and an afternoon visit to the!kung village. It is here that one witnesses the characteristic playfulness and spontaneity of these traditionally nomadic people.

The magical red dunes of the Kalahari serve as a dramatic setting for the roller coaster-like game drives, evening desert sundowners and sunrise bush breakfast. The night drives are topped-off with a hearty braii (barbecue) served under a star-filled sky. Visitors staying at the !Kung camp have choice of two hiking trails that wind through the rolling red dunes of the Western Kalahari. Both hikes are led by Bushmen who introduce the hikers to the secrets of the desert !Kung camp facilities feature fully equipped tents, "open air" flush toilets, hot showers and basic cooking facilities. INTU AFRIKA, 011-264-61-248741, Fax 011-264-61-226535..


Can Africa really become the future
tourism destination
for African-Americans?
By David J. Saunders

..I I recently attended the Africa Travel Association's 23rd Annual ..International Congress which was held in Arusha, Tanzania ..18-23 May, 1998 and in fact spent a total of three weeks ..traveling in East Africa. During my travels in Tanzania, Kenya .. and Uganda I had the opportunity to hold conversations with ..and make numerous observations of several African Tour ..operators and merchants, who depend on the travel and ..tourism industry to sustain their fragile economies. Through ..the sharing of their many experiences and expectations I began to truly understand the necessity for African-Americans to reach out and connect with our fellow African brothers and sisters. Click for full text of Mr. Saunders' article.

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