For those looking for a more adventurous experience complementing our Pafuri Camp in the Makuleke Concession of the Kruger National Park, the Pafuri Wilderness Trails have been launched. With its rugged and varied topography, and enormous botanical and habitat diversity the 24 000-hectare concession lends itself perfectly to walking safaris, adding an overwhelming element of remoteness. Led by an experienced and knowledgeable guide and tracker, there is the opportunity of discovering little known freshwater springs, Stone Age sites, enormous baobab trees and even San rock art. Encounters with both large and small game - from the four-toed elephant shrew and the Sharpe's grysbok to large dry-season elephant concentrations, multiple buffalo herds and a small but growing resident white rhino population - are a feature of these trails. As a Mecca for birders, searches for Pel's Fishing Owl, Grey-headed Parrot, Racket-tailed Rollers and other specials are also an important part of the three-night trails.

AT A GLANCE

• 20 Twin bed tents with en-suite bathrooms
• 6 Tents are Family tents and take 4 guests
• Maximum of 8 guests
• Large Swimming Pool
• Power from generator and 220 volt power inverted from a battery bank
• Constant 220 volt power to rooms for battery charging, razors etc.
• Potable water to the camp comes from strong boreholes
• Overhead fans have 24-hour power

Accommodation: - Accommodation is in comfortable en suite thatched tents, and meals are cooked on the open fire accompanied by the evocative night sounds of the bush. Trails take a maximum of 8 people and are sold on a set departure basis. For the duration of 2006, anyone booking a walking trail will be able to book consecutive nights at Pafuri Camp at the same nightly rate as for the trail.

Activities: -Activities in the Makuleke / Pafuri area are extremely varied and interesting. Game drives in open 4x4 vehicles, night drives, walks, hides (including some that will cater for sleep-outs) are all part of the range of activities that are on offer. One of the most important aspects of this area is its palaeo-anthropological history, with its plethora of evidence of early human ancestors stretching back some 2 million years ago, through the Stone Age and into the Iron Age about 400 years ago when the Thulamela dynasty ruled in this area. This dynasty built incredible structures that are not dissimilar to that found in the Great Zimbabwe. Throughout the concession, there is evidence of its human inhabitants, in the form of rock paintings and artefacts - under many a baobab are Stone Age hand tools, such as hand axes, to be found.