Malawi
and Lake
Malawi Bushmen of
Namibia: More photos and stories to come from members who
attended
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 ..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.
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for
full text of
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Memory
Lane visits Namibia's Desert Bushmen
by
Karen Hoffman
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.
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)
tourism destination
for
African-Americans?
By David J.
Saunders
E-Mail: africatravelasso@aol.com
. Tel: (212)
447-1926, Fax: (212) 725-8253
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