The technique that fed this country for ten thousand years.
A half‑day with a tracker from a local San community. You will carve a bow, fletch an arrow, learn the silent draw, and shoot at a hide target from twenty paces. The method is unchanged. The conversation that goes with it, equally so. End the morning over fire‑grilled meat on the south stand.
Three hours on foot. Spoor, plant lore, big‑game safety drills, very few people.
Two guides per group of six. A licensed lead and a back‑up trailer. We read fresh sign, sit quietly when we should, and turn back if the wind shifts. Most groups see elephant, kudu, sable, and a half‑dozen smaller mammals on a single morning. Every walk ends with a flask of bush coffee and rusks under a shade tree.
Pole or paddle through Xudum side‑streams.
A mokoro is a dugout. A canoe is a canoe. Both move quietly. You take one or the other from the launch beside Tent 04, push through papyrus into the side streams, and drift until you have to be told to come back. Reed frogs, malachite kingfishers, hippo from a respectful distance. Dawn is colder; dusk is more dramatic. We will pick one for you on arrival.
Sit quietly two metres above an elephant trail.
A timber hide on stilts, downwind of a well‑used elephant track between the channel and the woodland. We get you in before the animals are moving, and we keep you there until they have passed. No talking, no flash, no expectations. The best two hours of your stay, if you can stay still.
Slow walks along the channel with binoculars and tea.
Two soft programmes for guests who want the rhythm of the bush without the adrenaline. A morning birding loop with the camp's logbook, marking sightings and confirming calls. And, during festival week, restorative yoga at the RESET Lounge, led by YOWNN Yoga. Both can be booked together as a half‑day package.
Read the bush,track by track.
Bushmen guides who walked this land long before the road did.
All five experiences run on demand. You can book on arrival at the main deck, or list your preferences with us during the booking enquiry and we will reserve guides and equipment in advance. Group size is capped at six per departure. Children join walking and mokoro at the lead guide's discretion.
During the booking enquiry, tell us which experiences and which time slots. We block out guides and equipment.
Final times are confirmed at check‑in around fire and a wind reading. Weather has the last word.
Settle the experience tab on departure. Card or Pula cash. The Connect Trust levy is itemised on the invoice.