Tsodilo Hills
Enquire NowRising from the flat Kalahari, the Tsodilo Hills are the only hills for thousands of kilometres in Botswana, long held sacred by the San people. This UNESCO World Heritage site holds over 2,000 rock paintings created across more than 60,000 years of human history, including unexplained images of whales despite the coast lying far away in Namibia. Visitors explore the trails with a required guide, and many find the experience deeply moving. The hills are best visited alongside the Okavango Delta and Caprivi Strip, about six hours from Maun.
Visitors on safari will discover Botswana is primarily a flat country. The four Tsodilo Hills are the only hills for thousands of kilometers in the Kalahari Desert. It seems inevitable that these hills would be a place of sprituality for local people.
Today, the Tsodillo Hills are a UNESCO World Heritage site for the rock art paintings found in the hills. Travel writer Lawrence can der Post’s called Tsodilo a great fortress of living bushman culture, a Louvre of the desert filled with treasure. The hills have been frequented by humans for over 60,000 years. The hills are sacred to the San people and there are over 2000 rock paintings scattered thrughout the hills.
Visitors must take guides with them when they take to the trauks ans search out the rock paintings. Many people feel the spirituality about the place. They are moved by the ancient depictions of animals, including images of whales which is unusual as the coast is thousands of kilometers away in Namibia.