Activities:
Soon to come:30km hiking trail.
Guided Bushwalks
Join the staff as they collect various berries and plants for different
uses. A very insightful experience and a chance to gather knowledge on the
offerings of the Kalahari Desert.
Traditional Dancing &
Story Telling
Dancing and story telling
has always played a very important role in the culture of the Bushmen. The community of D'kar are always excited to come out to the Reserve and
share their traditional dancing with you. You are most welcome to join in!
Bushman Experience
For those wishing to delve a little into our traditional life style, we offer the "Bushman Experience" which is the opportunity of living with us in the veld and learning from the masters themselves all the techniques developed long ago to assist us in surving the harsh environment of our homelands.
You can build your own grass hut, track game by reading the messages they leave in the sand, gather your food from the veld, start your own fire with traditional sticks, make jewelry from ostrich eggshell beads, learn to play our games and participate in our traditional dances.
For the hardiest souls, you can do this the true bushman way with no modern facilities, or you can base yourself at the guesthouse or campsite and participate in your choice of cultural activities.
Game Drives
The game Reserve is well
stocked and you may see some of the following species of game and a wide
variety of birds from your own vehicle or using one of the reserve's safari
vehicles:
Eland, Gemsbok, Red
Hartebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Zebra, Giraffe, Impala, Springbok, Kudu,
Ostrich, Steenbok, Duiker, Warthog, Cheetah (migratory), Leopard (migratory),
Caracal, Serval, Black Backed Jackal, Brown Hyena, Ardvark
and numerous smaller species of mammals.
Cultural Experience
A multi-day cultural
experience is available on request where you will participate in learning
past skills and indigenous knowledge from members of the Bushmen community.
For more details on this once in a life time opportunity click
here.
Special Event:
Dance Festival : Once a year Kuru Development Trust Brings together San people from different regions of Southern Africa.
In 2006 we had 22 groups from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, an estimated 400 people participated
in the festival.
Hunting
Dqãe Qare Game reserve was
initially stocked with various species of large mammals nearly ten years
ago. Many of these animals are now aging and it has been decided that
instead of loosing some of these trophy size animals it would be far
preferable to offer these to hunters. In this way the community generates
sizable income from their assets.
Trophy hunting is available
on the reserve and there is a programme underway to launch bow hunting. This
project will incorporate the traditional manufacture of bows and the poison
used by the Bushmen although all hunting would be done with modern compound
bows. This programme will ensure that indigenous knowledge will not be lost.
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