A bivouac traditionally refers to a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without protection from enemy fire or such a site where a camp may be built. It is also commonly used to describe a variety of improvised camp sites such as those used in scouting and mountain climbing. It may often refer to sleeping in the open with a bivouac sack, but it may also refer to a shelter constructed of natural materials like a structure of branches to form a frame, which is then covered with leaves, ferns and similar for waterproofing and duff (also known as leaflitter) for insulation. The spelling Bivack is German.
Bivack lies in the Central Limpopo Valley, close to Mapungubwe National Park - today a world heritage site, it is where South Africa's earliest civilization lived and prospered more than a thousand years ago. They left behind a legacy of golden artefacts, pottery and ornaments that tell the story of our area's past. Bivack forms part of the Lost Kingdoms Route.