Namibia: Hunter-Gatherer Expedition Launched with the San Bushmen
Expedition company Secret Compass has launched a unique hunter-gather style expedition to Namibia's Kalahari desert.
London, United Kingdom, February 25, 2015 --(PR.com)-- A hunter-gatherer expedition with Namibia’s San Bushmen has been unveiled by Secret Compass, whose first intrepid team will enter the Kalahari this September.
“Minimalist and immersive in style, our team will learn how to use traditional San knives and axes, before testing their new bush craft skills on an extended foraging expedition in the remote Kalahari desert,” said Tom Bodkin of Secret Compass.
San bushmen expedition highlights:
• Join the San bushmen’s minimalist way of life
• Forage for food and resources with hunter-gatherers
• Make and use traditional bush craft tools
• Learn about natural healing and bush botany
• Support Nanofasa Conservation Trust’s eco-tourism initiatives
Bodkin explained, “Equipped only with tools, water and their own initiative, the team will join the San on a hunter-gathering expedition, tracking wildlife, locating nuts and berries and learning to survive in the wilderness.
“Despite exploring an area notorious for large game, the team will be protected by the San bushmen’s intuitive ability to read the land, the animals and fresh tracks.”
The expedition is run with the Nanofasa Conservation Trust, which promotes sustainable tourism growth as an incentive to conserve the natural resources upon which the San culture depends.
Nanofasa’s CEO, Aleksandra Ørbeck-Nilssen, said, “The little things matter in the bush in Africa. Nature teaches us to see the big in the small. The trick is to travel back to the modern world, seeing small treasures in the big cities.”
With its military background, Secret Compass is renowned for offering adventurous expeditions to regions eschewed by many for their remoteness or inaccessibility.
Former team member Kellie Sommerville (Afghanistan 2014) said, “There is definitely a reason Secret Compass calls them ‘expeditions’ not ‘tours.’ You couldn’t feel further from being a tourist, theirs are such genuine experiences.”
In 2015, Secret Compass will also send exploratory expeditions into Panama, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Madagascar, Armenia, Burma, Iran, Sinai, Siberia, Ethiopia and Kyrgyzstan.
For more information visit the Namibia: Barefoot with the Bushmen expedition page on our website, secretcompass.com.
For further press information, please contact Kerry O’Neill.
Notes to Editors
Secret Compass Expeditions
Secret Compass is a pioneering expedition company creating world-first experiences for teams of like-minded adventurers. Through group and bespoke adventures, Secret Compass helps each team member achieve the extraordinary in the world’s wildest places. Founded by ex-British Army Parachute Regiment officers, its expeditions reach the planet’s most remote regions in the spirit of exploration’s earliest pioneers.
www.secretcompass.com
press@secretcompass.com
Press enquiries: 0207 096 8428
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www.twitter.com/Secret_Compass
Secret Compass TV and Film
Secret Compass provides expert pre-production and in-country location management services to the TV and film industries. Clients to date include the BBC, National Geographic, Animal Planet and Channel 4, in countries from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan, South Sudan to Siberia. www.secretcompasstv.com.
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“Minimalist and immersive in style, our team will learn how to use traditional San knives and axes, before testing their new bush craft skills on an extended foraging expedition in the remote Kalahari desert,” said Tom Bodkin of Secret Compass.
San bushmen expedition highlights:
• Join the San bushmen’s minimalist way of life
• Forage for food and resources with hunter-gatherers
• Make and use traditional bush craft tools
• Learn about natural healing and bush botany
• Support Nanofasa Conservation Trust’s eco-tourism initiatives
Bodkin explained, “Equipped only with tools, water and their own initiative, the team will join the San on a hunter-gathering expedition, tracking wildlife, locating nuts and berries and learning to survive in the wilderness.
“Despite exploring an area notorious for large game, the team will be protected by the San bushmen’s intuitive ability to read the land, the animals and fresh tracks.”
The expedition is run with the Nanofasa Conservation Trust, which promotes sustainable tourism growth as an incentive to conserve the natural resources upon which the San culture depends.
Nanofasa’s CEO, Aleksandra Ørbeck-Nilssen, said, “The little things matter in the bush in Africa. Nature teaches us to see the big in the small. The trick is to travel back to the modern world, seeing small treasures in the big cities.”
With its military background, Secret Compass is renowned for offering adventurous expeditions to regions eschewed by many for their remoteness or inaccessibility.
Former team member Kellie Sommerville (Afghanistan 2014) said, “There is definitely a reason Secret Compass calls them ‘expeditions’ not ‘tours.’ You couldn’t feel further from being a tourist, theirs are such genuine experiences.”
In 2015, Secret Compass will also send exploratory expeditions into Panama, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Madagascar, Armenia, Burma, Iran, Sinai, Siberia, Ethiopia and Kyrgyzstan.
For more information visit the Namibia: Barefoot with the Bushmen expedition page on our website, secretcompass.com.
For further press information, please contact Kerry O’Neill.
Notes to Editors
Secret Compass Expeditions
Secret Compass is a pioneering expedition company creating world-first experiences for teams of like-minded adventurers. Through group and bespoke adventures, Secret Compass helps each team member achieve the extraordinary in the world’s wildest places. Founded by ex-British Army Parachute Regiment officers, its expeditions reach the planet’s most remote regions in the spirit of exploration’s earliest pioneers.
www.secretcompass.com
press@secretcompass.com
Press enquiries: 0207 096 8428
www.facebook.com/secretcompass
www.twitter.com/Secret_Compass
Secret Compass TV and Film
Secret Compass provides expert pre-production and in-country location management services to the TV and film industries. Clients to date include the BBC, National Geographic, Animal Planet and Channel 4, in countries from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan, South Sudan to Siberia. www.secretcompasstv.com.
www.twitter.com/SecretcompassTV
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