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Foraging in Tswapong Forest near Palapye

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Location
Central
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Duration
6 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Discover Tswapong Forest's diverse flavors on an immersive foraging tour. Learn from local hosts, savor traditional cuisine, and explore fascinating wildlife after dark. Dive into history too.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

The Tswapong Hills of Botswana have been a cultural melting pot for nearly 2000 years. San, Venda, Pedi, Ndebele, Birwa and Ngwato peoples have all left their mark in the local cuisine and culture. 


The virgin forest of the Hills has long been a source of wild vegetables, fruits and edible insects for the local people.

With the help of your local hosts you will learn how to collect and prepare some of the forest produce and get to taste the best of the traditional cuisine.


Our multimedia presentation over dinner covers the geology, prehistory, history, agriculture and wildlife of the Tswapong Hills. We hope it will encourage you to extend your stay and explore the hidden facets of this fascinating area.


The farm is also home to a good selection of the local nocturnal wildlife. Many animals are quite tame. The farm walking tracks are yours to explore after dinner if you wish. A favorite with children: the seemingly dull African bush really comes alive after sundown.


Sample Menu

STARTER
Exotic Foods from the Forest
Will vary with the seasons. Tasting plates of melons, mophane worms, mosata fruits, serowa tubers, kalahari truffles and other forest produce.
MAIN
Tshidzimba with delele and thepe
A traditional Venda dish of beans, ground nuts (ditlhoo), peanuts and samp, served with traditional African vegetables grown on the farm.
DESSERT
Wild fruits of the forest
Wild fruits indigenous to the area, served with icecream or yoghurt

What You Get

An interactive multimedia presentation over dinner
Torches if you wish to explore the farm by night
Dinner
A buffet dinner of 100% authentic Batswapong dishes

Good To Know

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

A foraging expedition on foot on the farm and into the Tswapong Hills, a proposed UNESCO World Heritage Area. Then come back to the farm to participate in the preparation of some authentic local dishes, including several to tempt truly adventurous palates. Tastings of a range of local beverages and the honey from the local stingless wild bees. A three-course buffet dinner, served under the stars.  Enjoy an interactive multimedia presentation on the natural and human history of the Tswapong area as you eat.  If you wish, explore the farm by night after dinner. There is a frog listening post by the dam; and sightings of porcupines, ducklings, African hedgehogs and rock monitors are common. Torches provided.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

C599+4G Palapye, Serowe Central District, Botswana, BW

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Signage to segaigai Farm begins on the North South Connector Pipeline Road at 22.5793 S, 027.1398 E. After our big sign the route is marked with white "S" markers all the way to the farm. The meeting point is the reception office just inside the farm gate.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Please note that the time is in Central Africa Time.
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
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