The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa
West coast Educational
Contact Alistair Reizenberg 079 222 4473
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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".
Featured Member
National Guide
English, Afrikaans
CURRICULUM VITAE
Colin Campbell Christie GP 0965
“National Wild Life and Cultural Guide.
Specialising in tours for Physically Challenged Persons.
Languages spoken: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Swazi.
Professional Summary
Experience:
10 Years guiding experience throughout South Africa, Swaziland and Botswana.
25 years experience in the handling and care for Physically Challenged persons.
Extensive knowledge of South Africa’s many ethnic groups and neighbouring countries due to business life operating in most of South Africa’s rural areas.
Holder of a professional driver’s licence and undertaken advanced driving courses.
Strengths:
Self motivated, reliable, confident and committed to professional standards.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal. Excellent cross cultural communicator.
Able to interact at all levels.
Good organizational abilities. Able to work independently and under pressure with limited direction and constantly changing priorities.
Lived my live in the rural areas, hence interest and experience in nature, culture and wildlife. At ease in both corporate and rural environments where my skills in dealing with people on many levels has been utilised.
Career History:
2000 – TO DATE:
National Tour Guide. (South Africa and Swaziland)
• Undertaking Driver/guide tours for various Travel Agents throughout South Africa with groups from United Kingdom, USA, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Scandinavian countries.
• Tours comprised mix of wild life and cultural experiences with visits to rural homesteads and meeting people in their natural environment,
• Involved in support for rural inhabitants by introducing home stays in various rural areas where guests spend one or two nights at the individual homes. These visits have enabled our guests to get a deeper understanding of Africa and some of the hardships experienced by our rural peoples.
• Specialised in tours for physically challenged persons, especially “Make a Wish” or “Wish for a Dream” children and family from Holland and Belgium. These tours at times very traumatic but well worth the efforts one has to put into them.
• Day tours within the Gauteng region.
Ancient Temples Field trip
Thousands of rock paintings and large and small enigmatic stone structures litter the veld of South Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to the Limpopo. Who and why painted and built them?
New Committee members AGM 2018
New Committee members voted in at AGM 2018
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Storytelling for Tourist Guides CTN
It is designed to be practical and hands-on and you will leave the workshop armed with powerful tools and techniques which you can apply to your guiding immediately. The key objectives are as follows:
AGM 2018
All members and interested parties are invited to the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa on the 21 June 2018 in Sandton.
The Journey of Giants
Dr Ian Whyte will be our guest speaker on the night and will be discussing "the history of the elephant population in the Kruger National Park"
Genadendal & Greyton educational!
CONFIRMED: 23rd May 2018 is our first outing/educational to Genadendal(Village Tour), 2 hour hike through Greyton Nature Reserve.
Addo Guide registration
All guides (individuals or staff members of organisations who bring guests into the park on guided game drives) will have to write an examination based on the above manuscript in order to qualify for accreditation to act as a nature/field/tourism guide.
Venomous Snake capture and Handling
Book for our next VENOMOUS SNAKE CAPTURE & HANDLING COURSE at 09h00, CROSSFIT NELSPRUIT
The Visionary Animal:
Origins Centre invites to a talk by Renaud Ego titled The Visionary Animal: An Insight into San Rock Art