The Kalahari, South Africa

The area in the dry southern Kalahari, bordered by Botswana and Namibia, is where you will find a traditional group of the ‡Khomani San - a people who, until recently, were thought to have vanished from our Earth.This once wide open space has become demarcated by fences and country borders, yet these first people of the Kalahari still live a hunter-gatherer existence. The sparse, arid sand dunes are dotted with shrubs and sporadic grasses, which the San have been using to sustain themselves for millennia. Their knowledge and respect for the land is unsurpassed, and thanks to the newest UNESCO site, will be preserved for many future generations.