The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa
What Tourist Guides Do
Who We Are
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Education
Membership to the Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa (IPTGSA) is a professional designation to strive to 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
Ba-Phalaborwa is of Northern-Sotho origin, meaning, "better than the south - Phala= better ,borwa = south . This refers to the refugees' flight from Swazi and Zulu enemies
I qualified as a guide with Gauteng as my first province in the beginning of 2010. Just in time to participate as a guide in the FIFA Soccer World Cup, I enjoyed in the hard work and fun during this period. For the next 18 months I did not have the opportunity to guide as much as I wanted to as I was still full time employed. I worked as administrator for a training provider in the tourism industry and during this time also obtained SAQA qualifications as a developer of learning material, facilitator and assessor.
Once I decided "this is it", I was fortunate to be given opportunities by various tour operators to work for them and since mid 2011 I've been working full time as a freelance guide.
