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Safari Guide of the Year 2024: Meet the Finalists
Safari Guide of the Year is just around the corner and we’re proud to announce and introduce you all to 2024’s top five! The event may be a competition to select Southern Africa’s guide of the year, but it stands for much more than just bragging rights. Envisioned by safari [...]
Strong like a Wounded Buffalo
I remember my first call to Brian, I was on my bed as I did not have a chair available, I was working in a newly built lodge. My employer at the time, gave me the details of a guide/trainer and an assessor they knew of from their Tanzanian days. [...]
FGASA Trails Guide Protocols 2024
In line with FGASA’s five-yearly review of the Trails Guide & ARH Protocols and while working with the FGASA SKS (DG) committee, the Trails Guide Protocols have been reviewed to make the Trails Guide career journey more accessible. We anticipate that these changes will be accepted with a positive mindset. [...]
URGENT: Sign the Petition to Extend ALL SETA Legacy Qualifications and Skills Programmes
The Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA), along with all other tourism industry stakeholders, businesses, training institutions, professional bodies, and most importantly guides, is in firm support of the extension to the SETA Legacy Qualifications and Skills Programmes expiry, set for June 30 2024. We hereby appeal to the [...]
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