The Mbunza workshop offers pottery, weaving, blacksmithing, basketry, jewellery and other skills according to the maker and materials available.
Focusing on one process creates room for questions and stories that disappear in a fast demonstration.
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Kavango River at Rundu experience
Make with Mbunza artisans
Choose pottery, weaving or metalwork and learn the technique beside a Mbunza maker while stories place the object in Kavango life.
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The experience
Learn one Kavango craft with the person who practices it
Journeys
Journeys along the Kavango
Experience FAQ
Make with Mbunza artisans
Q01Can we choose the craft in advance?
Yes, but I confirm the requested material and maker before the journey because not every option is available every day.
Q02Will we finish an object?
That depends on the chosen technique and session length; the purpose is learning the process, not guaranteeing a souvenir.
Plan with Alex
Plan the Mbunza workshop
Cross Deadvlei at dawn, follow desert wildlife tracks near Swakopmund and wait beside an Etosha waterhole as elephants emerge through the dust.
We will begin with your dates, your pace and the image that brought Namibia into your mind. From there, I will draw the journey that belongs to you.
I want Namibia's defining moments at their best: Deadvlei before the heat, the living desert while tracks are still sharp, Etosha as elephants approach the water. Around them, we make time for the guides, makers and conservationists who turn a beautiful road into a journey you understand.
Alex
Journey designer