The Guides guide to guiding

Be prepared to Guide even better

• This talk is a tribute to the guides of Africa, prepared to,  past, present and future the lessons I have learnt over the years will be of benefit to you and that they will assist in giving the most important person to our industry, the tourist, a better safari experience
• Without the tourist there would be very few national parks and safari companies.
• You and I would be employed in another profession.
• It is the tourists who come to us with their desires and expectations. Do we fulfil them?
• I have broken many rules in the ‘principles of guiding’, something of which I am not at all proud
• I trust that you will be able to learn from my mistakes and avoid having to follow the same path
• Guiding is much like politics and religion
• There are basic principles, but many varied opinions and different viewpoints.
• enjoy this privileged profession as much as I have trust that you will reap the great rewards that it has to offer, in particular those of a closer understanding and connection with wildlife and nature, as well as peace of mind

• Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be close to nature, green is my color
• It has indeed been a privilege to be a guide in Africa – Malawi, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda
• I sincerely hope that those of us who are involved in this profession appreciate how fortunate we are to be paid to experience and share with our fellow men

• To those of you who have dreamed and fantasized about becoming a guide, to show and share the unlimited wonders that our great continent has to offer, I can assure you, it is all possible.
• You need only the desire to work with people for many hours of your waking day, a positive attitude, an inquiring mind and a genuine love and appreciation for all things wild.