Tsodilo Hills

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Tsodilo Hills are located in the Kalahari Desert at a distance of fifty kilometers from the western borders of the Desert. The village of Sepupa is placed at the foothills of the Tsodilo Hills in Botswana with the Panhandle flowing nearby. The four majestic Tsodilo Hills are known popularly as “The Male” with the largest of the Tsodilo Hills, reaching a height of four hundred and ten meters. There is a surrounding smaller hill, which also has a popular name of “The Female”. The latter however is spread over a large area, which is three times of “The Male”. The nearby hill which is forty meters tall is referred to as “The Child”.

The Tsodilo Hills are of enormous social significance for the native San people residing there since the past thousands of years. The natives are of the belief that the caverns in The Female hill are the dwelling places of their gods, while the Tsodilo Hills in Botswana serve as the resting places of the spirits of those who are deceased. The most pious and holy region however is the topmost peak of The Male hill, since it is from this place that the first spirit did kneel in order to pray right after creating this world.

Archaeologists opine that the Tsodilo Hills of Botswana are inhabited by humans since 100,000 years an there are paintings all over the rocks of the hills.