WALKING WITH THE BUSHMEN "HADZABE" IN TANZANIA

The Hadza

They grow no food, raise no livestock, and live without rules or calendars. They are living a hunter-gatherer existence that is little changed from 10,000 years ago. What do
they know that we've forgotten?

Hadzabe man, Lake Eyasi region, Tanzania

This Hadzabe man is wearing a baboon headdress. Baboons are commonly hunted by the Hadzabe

Temporary shelter built by the Hadzabe, Lake Eyasi, Tanzania

The Hadzabe living in the Lake Eyasi region in Northern Tanzania are hunter-gatherers. Their shelters are temporary structures since they move seasonally.

Hadzabe Women, Lake Eyasi, Tanzania
 Hadzabe women are responsible for building shelters, gathering food, cooking, and raising their children.

Hunting with the Hadzabe, Lake Eyasi, Tanzania

Cultural safaris with the Hadzabe will often include a participatory hunt. A truly unique experience for most of us.

Hadzabe hunting a monkey

The Hadzabe regularly hunt for monkeys with bow and arrows. They are usually accompanied by hunting dogs.

Hadzabe hunter with his kill, Lake Eyasi, Tanzania

Hadzabe cooking lunch, fresh kill, Lake Eyasi, Tanzania 

Roast monkey being prepared by Hadzabe hunters who share the meat with the rest of the tribe

It is almost impossible to spend time with traditional hunter gatherer tribes and not affect the way they live. In Northern Tanzania, the Hadzabe, one of the last and most remote of the Bushmen tribes, still lives in the dry woodlands of remote Lake Eyasi. They live today as they have lived for thousands of years; hunting for game with bows and arrows made from giraffe tendons, gathering honey from the beautiful African baobab trees, and digging for roots and tubers from deep within the arid ground of the acacia bush land.