Safaris- Bushcraft Course

Bushcraft 


Develop and refine the very skills that shaped the human race under the tutelage of tribal elders. 

Walk in the 65'000ac Galana Wildlife Conservancy. An unfenced wilderness area bordering Tsavo East National Park. Wander from point to point learning about the land and how to interact with it, learn to track and identify it's wildlife.
The Watha are a hunter-gatherer culture who until recently specialised in hunting elephant with a bow.
They have extensive and inherent cultural knowledge of all game behaviour in the area (Galana, Kenya), which is currently home to four of the big five game animals (Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Elephant). 
They are famous for their skills in tracking and approaching wild animals on foot. 

What's involved?

Guests will camp in huts, hammocks set up or made by your own hand or even Watha style on the ground upon a hand woven mat or grass thatched bed next to the fire out in the open.
Each day you will will learn skills from a syllabus based on traditional Watha bushcraft that will include:
  • Approaching big game on foot (stalking)
  • Animal behaviour especially dangerous game. (This module combines modern understanding and traditional Watha Knowledge).
  • Useful plant identification (food, materials, tinder, fire-sticks)
  • Making fire from friction
  • Making string and lashings
  • Tracking
  • Wildlife identification and behaviour
  • Bow making
  • Shelter building 
  • Traps
There will also be an emphasis on navigation skills.

The areas and knowledge explored will be dependent on the length of your stay. Please contact us for further details using the button below.

Extras
​For a fuller experience the itinerary can be tailored to include beach days and excursions to an elephant orphanage.
​With sufficient prior notice we will film an edit your trip into your very own documentary.