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Kamberg

Bushman Paintings in the Kamberg area.

Game Pass Shelter

Game Pass Shelter

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Game Pass Shelter is in the Kamberg area. Most of the paintings in the shelter are complex polychrome images and the first ones you’ll see as you enter are imposing therianthropic figures (mythological creatures that are part human, part animal) clad in long black karosses. The most frequently depicted animal is the e ...
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San Rock Art Interpretation Centre

San Rock Art Interpretation Centre

, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

One of Kamberg's highlights is the San Rock Art Interpretation Centre which runs spectacular DVD presentations on rock art. Trained guides are available to take visitors to Game pass Shelter (3 hours walk), to see rock art painting which have been described as the Rosetta Stone of ancient Rock Art. Contact: Hospitalit ...
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Waterfall Shelter

Waterfall Shelter

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Waterfall Shelter is in the Kamberg area. Interpretation by Celeste Rossouw: Several individuals are painted in bending forward postures and some women are depicted, sitting and clapping. These images link with the trance dance when shamans dance in a circle for days, without eating or sleeping. After enduring days of ...
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