Uncharted Africa Safari Bushmen Initiation Ritual Safari

March 25, 2011 on 5:20 pm | In Adventure Travel, Africa, Namibia | Comments Off

Uncharted Africa Safari Company and its co-founder, Ralph Bousfield, one Africa’s best-known safari guides, will be offering their Bushmen Initiation Safari. Between April and September 2011, guests will have the opportunity to witness and participate in a fascinating and rapidly disappearing Bushmen ritual carried out just as it has been for nearly 30,000 years. Guests on this adventure of a lifetime will spend eight nights with the Bushmen, with the option of extending their stay to include Jack’s Camp and the enigmatic Tsodilo Hills, a place of deep spiritual and religious importance for the local people.

Bousfield and Uncharted Africa Safari guests will accompany the Juhoasi people as the young men in the tribe attempt to make the transition to manhood, demonstrating their survival skills and animal tracking abilities. This journey takes place in a ruggedly wild area where there are no roads, just elephant paths and game trails to follow. Bousfield promises there will be “a huge amount of camaraderie, lots of laughs, but most of all, no one knows what will happen.”

Bousfield’s passion for the bush started at an early age, having learned from his legendary father, Jack Bousfield, an African pioneer who grew up on safari, worked with some of the best hunters and trackers, and survived six airplane crashes. The Bushmen Initiation Safari is available for $1,430 per person per night for a minimum of eight nights, extended trip options not included. This safari is available for groups of six to eight guests at a minimum of eight nights.

Founded in 1993 by Catherine Raphaely and Ralph Bousfield, Uncharted Africa was launched in the spirit of Ralph Bousfield’s father and pioneering African adventurer Jack Bousfield and is dedicated to Jack Bousfield’s vision of bringing travelers to the otherworldly Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in Botswana. For more information, visit www.unchartedafrica.com

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