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Activities:
Guided Bushwalks
Join the staff as
they collect various berries and plants for different uses. A very
rewarding experience and a chance to gather knowledge on the riches 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. Practise the techniques developed
long ago to allow us to survive 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 in 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 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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