S 32° 19' 36" / E 19° 44' 37" Tankwa Karoo · 2026

Welcome home, burner.

Dust, dreams, and radical self-reliance. The companion app for AfrikaBurn in the Tankwa Karoo — offline maps, art, camps, events, and everything you need when there is no signal.

v 2026.1 · iOS 15+ · Android 8+ · 42 MB
Countdown · AfrikaBurn 2026

The playa wakes on 27 April 2026.

Tankwa Karoo · Northern Cape · South Africa
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§ 01 — Features

Built for the dust.

Download it with signal, trust it without. Every feature is engineered for a week in the desert — where the phone towers end and the art begins.

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Offline maps of the whole Binnekring.

Camps, artworks, toilets, ice, medics — all bundled. Works with no signal, no data, no drama.

02

Every registered project in your pocket.

Art, performances, theme camps, mutant vehicles — searchable, filterable, browsable on the couch or in the dust.

03

Mark your camp.

Long-press anywhere to drop a pin. Find your way home through the dust.

04

Family-friendly filter.

Toggle on to only show child-safe camps and events. Plan adventures for the whole crew.

05

GPS + travel times.

Directions from Cape Town, Ceres and Calvinia, with fuel-stop intel and offline route guidance.

06

Unlocks when you arrive.

Map and project info stay hidden until the app detects the Tankwa — then everything opens, automatically. No action needed. It's a small ritual: sign into the desert, and the guide appears.

S 32° 19' 36"
E 19° 44' 37"
● UNLOCK RADIUS 20KM
§ 02 — Inside the app

Find your people. Find your way.

Swipe through the core flows — discover projects, follow the map, and dive into a full write-up for anything that catches your eye.

9:41TANKWA · OFFLINE
Welcome home, burner.
All Art Camps Events Vehicles
Through The Prism
Art · Centre Camp
Dust Palace Saloon
Theme Camp · K8
Sunrise Sound Bath
Event · Thu 05:40
The Clan of Light
Mutant Vehicle · Roaming
MAPBINNEKRING
Offline map.
● ART · ● CAMPS 0.8 KM · NE
PROJECTART
Through The Prism.
Centre Camp · Art installation
ArtistBhungane Collective
Bearing6 o'clock · 120m
Burn timeSat 22:00
Child safeYes
Show on map
Three taps deep

Browse. Locate. Arrive.

The whole app is tuned for gloved hands, dusty screens and dying batteries. Big targets, fast loads, zero chatter.

  • 01 Discover what's out there
  • 02 Navigate the Binnekring
  • 03 Drop in for the full story
§ 02.5 — Real screens

See it in action.

Actual screenshots from the app — what you'll have in your pocket when the dust rolls in.

Home screen with event categories

Welcome home — discover art, camps, and events

Offline map of the event area

Offline map with camps, art, and services

Browsable list of theme camps and art projects

Browse all registered projects

Project detail view with description and location

Full details with Show on Map

Directions screen with GPS coordinates and travel times

Getting there — travel times and GPS

§ 03 — Binnekring, interactive

Try the map.

A taste of what you'll have in the dust. Click anywhere to drop your camp pin — long-press in the real app does the same thing.

AfrikaBurn 2026 map — Binnekring, theme camps, art and services
Drag to pan · scroll to zoom
AfrikaBurn 2026 · Official event map
§ 04 — FAQ

Things you'll want to know.

If we missed something, the support page is a quick reach.

No. Everything is bundled — maps, projects, events, directions — before you leave home. At the Tankwa the app runs entirely offline.
We gate the map and project info behind geofencing so it stays a true companion to being there — not a substitute. Arrive within ~20 km of the event and it all opens automatically.
No. It's an unofficial companion made by a burner who wanted better offline tooling. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by AfrikaBurn.
No more than any map app. GPS is only active when you're actively using the map; with airplane mode + app open, a single charge lasts most of a day.
Toggle the family-friendly filter and the listings collapse down to camps and events flagged as child-appropriate by the creators.
Yes. Free on both stores. No ads, no tracking, no accounts. A gift economy runs on gifts.