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Varnish Shelter (Bushmans River Rock #2)

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Rock Art
Region
Southern Drakensberg
Area
Garden Castle
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Bushman Paintings
Varnish Shelter (Bushmans River Rock #2)

Quick facts

Altitude (m)
1926

Varnish Shelter (Bushmans River Rock #2) is located in the Garden Castle region.

Interpretation by Tim Forssman & Lee gutteridge (2012: 124) “Both the San /Xam in Western Cape and the Kalahari Bushmen (!Kung, Nharo and Khwe) believed the eland was the most powerful animal of all and is thus closely linked with n/om. This spiritual power or potency was harnessed by shamans in order to enter the spirit world where they would perform various tasks including healing, protecting the community or controlling the rain. The eland is a very powerful creature and central to many Bushman beliefs. The eland is associated with the medicine dance and both boys’ (first hunt) and girls’ (female puberty) transition rites.

Rock art custodians

NAME COMPANY CONTACT NUMBER
Stuart McLean Birds and Beyond 827426981
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Glenn McLean Birds and Beyond 726 929 906
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Charles Major Major Adventures 820 613 241
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Steve Smith Major Adventures 727 154 716
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Murray Cairns Sani Pass Adventures 727 034 586
Mduduzi Zuma Private 072 496 7635 (Mdu)
072 900 7742 (his wife)
Russell Suchet Sani Lodge 033 7020330/083 9873071
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Dane Engelbrecht Sani Lodge 072 935 0962
Matthew Chaplin Sani Lodge 763 977 243
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Paul Roth High Horizons 763 950 119
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Christeen Grant Private 824 179 162
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Phillip Grant Private 824 179 163
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Matthew Wiggill Drakensberg Adventures 825958444
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Peter Muil Drakensberg Gardens Hotel 337 011 355
Manager Bushmans Nek Hotel 337 011 460
Manager Sani Pass Hotel 337 021 320
Chris Wheeler Albizia Tours 337 021 837
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Sandile Mzolo Thaba Tours 084 3492665/072 2965 903
Ray Watt Manager of Thaba Tours 083 3535 958/033 7012 333
Tsebo Molefe Private 824 096 404
Warren Busani  Dlamini Major Adventures 076 8790625/033 7011 628
Mbongeni Nzimande Private 724 438 864
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Isaac Nkhosinathi Private (cater for Snowhill only) 793 490 225

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Varnish Shelter (Bushmans River Rock #2)

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