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On the outskirts of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa, is a community-based public rock art project, the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre, your gateway to Wildebeest Kuil's fascinating rock art. Displays at the Centre and its 25-minute film will introduce you to the site. Tourists and school groups enjoy the shop with arts and crafts made by local !Xun and Khwe San craftworkers and the San tour guides are also in charge of the Centre.
From the Visitors' Centre you embark on an 800 m walk-way that weaves up and over the hill via a number of information boards. There are more than 400 engravings spread over the small, sacred hill. Audio commentary is available.
Most of the art (engravings and paintings) at the Wildebeest Kuil was made by Later Stone Age people, ancestors of the historical San. Much earlier traces of a human presence here are in the form of hand axes several hundred thousand years old.
The Centre is open from Tuesday to Friday (08:30 to 17:00), but opens at 11:00 on Saturdays and Sundays. Special school and tour visits could be scheduled outside normal opening hours, by prior arrangement.
Visits to other engraving sites such as Driekopseiland and Nooitgedacht can be arranged on request.
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