Guides For Guides 

Membership in the Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa (IPTGSA) is a professional designation to strive for with hard work and dedication. Professional status is not just handed to a certain few , but earned by any tourist guide that has made guiding his/her profession

Definition of Professional: "Person formally certified by a registered professional body of belonging to a specific profession by having completed a required course of studies and/or practice. And whose competence can usually be measured  against an established set of standards."