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."

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AGM 2026  online link 10:00-11:00 on 9 June 2026 
Video call link: TBC AGM 2026 
Tuesday, June 9
Time zone: Africa/Johannesburg
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/gdp-ncro-ggg