1-SAN PEOPLE



Described as the 'Louvre of the Desert', the magical Tsodilo Hills in Botswana’s Kalahari are home to one of the largest concentrations of Bushman rock art in the world. The area, visited by few, is respected by the San people of the Kalahari as a place of worship by ancestral spirits. Over 4,500 paintings have been found. This place is best avoided when it’s too hot (i.e October/December) and best out of the rains as it is effectively a walking camping trip.


2-TUAREG PEOPLE


These nomadic people are the Sahara’s main inhabitants and have been travelling the desert in their camel caravans for over 2000 years. Their lands once spread out across most of central north Africa and they protected it fiercely from invasion, but their way of life is now in decline. Travelling with them offers a total emersion into the regal grace and silence of their desert traditions.



3-THE WANO TRIBE




The Wano people are situated in the basin of the river Mamberamo, an area of outstanding bio-diversity including amazing animals, such as the tree-kangaroo and cassowaries (huge flightless birds). This area was until recently strictly no-go, labeled as unchartered and prohibited territory. Among the only remaining cultures producing stone axes by hand, the Wano are responsible for the ‘stone age culture’ label attached to the inhabitants of the area. As well as employing traditional methods of tool-making, local fashions remain uncontested with women dressing in grass skirts and men donning only the traditional koteka. The Wano men carry massive bow and arrows, which are used to hunt the large river crocodiles. Treks to these remote people cover some of the most unexplored land in the world.