The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa
Storytelling for Tourist Guides CTN
“Places are merely a GPS coordinate until YOU bring them to life through storytelling”
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Click Register to apply for IPTGSA membership
What you need to register.
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Be registered tourist guide with one of the provinces
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Have valid First aid certificate.
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Have proof of at least 5 years as active tourist guide
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May apply for Aspirant membership if you have less than 5 year experience
When you start the registration process, have the following ready for upload.
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Passport type picture (max 800KB)
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Image of your ID (max 1MB)
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Image of front of Registration card
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Image of back if Registration card
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image of SAQA qualification
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Copy of CV
Proceed by clicking the green Register button, most detail is to be completed online and with above uploads.
Your profile will be activated and you will be able to check up on the Status of your application by going to "My Account".
Talks at Maropeng GP
Have you heard about the Magaliesberg vulture restaurants? Or about Dwarsvlei, a farm north of Krugersdorp that was the site of a “forgotten” battle during the South African War (Anglo-Boer War)?
We’ve got a treat for you at Maropeng during the Magalies Rocks the Cradle festival: a series of public talks by three celebrated experts.
The African Bird Fair GP
BirdLife South Africa is pleased to announce that The African Bird Fair will take place on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September 2017 at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort.
iSimangaliso : Re-development KZN
Theme: Restoration and Re-development of the Park (Land consolidation, infrastructure, economic benefits, invasive alien control, siyaqubeka deal, game reintroduction, estuarine rehabilitation, tourism
Flight for birders course CTN
DATES: 15 and 16 October 2017
VENUE: Auditorium, NG Church, Stellenbosch West, 3 Alexander Street, Stellenbosch.
COSTS: R 550-00 that include the course notes & certificate endorsed by BirdLife South Africa.
Kindly note that gift vouchers for attendance of the course are now also available: an ideal gift for friends and family members interested in nature in general and birds in particular.
Cape Town Roadshow
The IPTGSA had its first in a series of roadshows in Cape town held on the 5 July 2017 at Ramasibi Guesthouse. There were 20 people in attendance and varied questions were entertained clarifying what the Institute stands for.
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Why The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of South Africa?
Professional bodies have been a major feature of life since early in the 18th century. They emerged as trades and professions became more and more specialised, skilled and knowledgeable. They are a major feature of modernised, progressive societies.
Panel Interviews 11 May 2017
On Thursday 11 May the panel interviews took place at Open in Maboneng and the committee would like to welcome the following Tourist Guides as full members of IPTGSA
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IPTGSA collaborative office space
Tourist guides are always on the run and spread all over Africa , as we know its difficult to get a group of guides together ,never mind having a proper office.The IPTGSA is organised and run by working tourist guides for working tourist guides have signed up with OPEN collaborative workspaces to have a more permanent home and office space.
Registration Open for membership of IPTGSA
Good day to all
It is with a cheer in my voice that I pen this email to all of you as inaugural members of Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa (IPTGSA)
The process was started nearly three years ago with a group of like minded guides in Benoni
We can now successfully say that the official launch will take place on the 22 June 2017.
All procedures and policies are now in place, and you as visionary to invest in the establishment of the IPTGSA now has the opportunity to be the first to apply to get recognition from the IPTGSA