AfrikaBurn 2026
Welcome Home, Burner
Dust, dreams, and radical self-reliance. The companion app for AfrikaBurn in the Tankwa Karoo -- offline maps, art installations, theme camps, events, and everything you need when there is no signal.
Location unlock
Map and project information for the current year are hidden until you arrive at the event. Once the app detects you are near the Tankwa Karoo, all content unlocks automatically -- no action needed on your part.
How it works
1. Download before you go
Install the app while you still have signal. All event data is bundled -- no internet needed at the Burn.
2. Explore the Binnekring
Browse art, theme camps, events, mutant vehicles, and performances. Search, filter, and find what speaks to you.
3. Navigate the dust
Use the offline map to find your way. Mark your camp, locate art, and never get lost in the Tankwa.
See it in action
Welcome home -- discover art, camps, and events
Offline map with camps, art, and services
Browse all registered projects
Full details with Show on Map
Getting there -- travel times and GPS
Built for the Tankwa
Offline maps
Full map of the Binnekring with theme camps, artworks, toilets, and services. Works without signal.
All projects in your pocket
Art installations, performances, events, theme camps, mutant vehicles, and mobile art. Searchable and filterable.
Works offline
No internet required. All event data is bundled in the app. Download once, use all week in the desert.
Mark your camp
Long-press the map to drop a pin at your camp. Always find your way back through the dust.
Family friendly filter
Filter theme camps and events to show only child-friendly options. Plan safe adventures for the whole family.
Directions and GPS
Travel times from Cape Town, Ceres, and Calvinia. GPS coordinates and offline route guidance.
Through The Prism
The 2026 theme invites you to explore identity, perception, and presence through the metaphor of light refraction. Like a prism bending light, our identities are multifaceted -- not a single story but many intersecting aspects. Drawing from the African principle "Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu" (a person is a person through other people), we are defined through relationship and community.
Getting there
From Cape Town
~3 hours
Via the N1 and R355
From Ceres
~2 hours
Fill up fuel before leaving
From Calvinia
~1 hour
Nearest town to the event