The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa
What Tourist Guides Do
Who We Are
Career path development- CPD
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
Renamed Griquatown in 1813 by Reverend John Campbell (1766– 1840) after the Griquas. It was Campbell who also changed the name from Basterd- Hottentotten to Griquas to incorporate both the 'Basters' and the Korannna tribes who were living there.
Previous Name: Klaarwater, when it was founded as a mission station by the London Missionary Society, because of the clear water there.
With a background in corporate sales and marketing, education, fine arts, entrepreneurial and hospitality related experience, I took a giant leap and decided to join the tourism industry and qualify as a tourist guide.
Apart from tours, I have worked with various stakeholders to establish a Tourism Footprint for a local township in Pretoria and am currently working on a project to create a new cultural tourism experience in the North West province.
