NACHIKUFU CAVE

This cavernous complex (12°13.939'S, 31°08.693'E) shelters magnificent San rock paintings. The drawings are quite simple, black in color, and represent geometric patterns, human silhouettes and animals (elephants, antelopes). Excavations in the 1940s established that the site had been occupied intermittently for about 15,000 years. Indeed, all the elements necessary for survival were present: water from the nearby river, a cave for shelter, wood for fire and plenty of game.