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The Bushmen of the Kalahari Part 1

Survival expert Les Stroud journeys around the globe to unearth the secrets of how remote Indigenous tribes have lived in the wild for thousands of years. Les travels to places such as Madagascar and the Kalahari Desert to learn new survival skills from the few remaining Indigenous tribes around the world. Increasingly under threat, the traditional way of life for these tribes is changing quickly.

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The Bushmen of the Kalahari Part 1

Season 1 Episode 103 | 26m 46s | CC

Les travels for two days to reach the San Kalahari tribe and is accepted into the tribe itself. Follow him as he learns the delicate and deadly art of making poison arrows for hunting, tracking porcupine, hiking the great sand dunes of the Kalahari and gathering honey from desert bees.

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