Footsteps in Africa - Key Staff
Tourism is a line of work where knowing the company is very important, equally important is knowing a little about the people in that company; their skills, qualifications and experiences.
We at Footsteps in Africa believe in building relationships with the trade.
The following is a short profile on each of the key Footsteps in Africa staff.
Anthony Cavill-Taylor - Managing Director
Peter Sandenbergh - Owner - Lodges of Botswana and Delta Air
Rihann van Wyk - Sales and Marketing, South Africa
Tara Hinds – Senior Reservations
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Anthony Cavill -Taylor
Managing Director
Anthony was born and raised in the small farming community of Tzaneen in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Growing up so close to the Kruger National Park nurtured a passion for wildlife and sowed the seeds for a career in tourism. He studied law at the University of Pretoria but decided to rather pursue a career guided by his passion.
Anthony has been involved in many aspects of tourism in Southern Africa during the past 16 years - tour guiding, owning and managing a luxury guesthouse, tour operating, camp management in Botswana, product management, sales and marketing. These experiences have set the perfect foundation for Footsteps in Africa.
He is married to Elize, who is also involved in tourism. They are parents to their twins, Isla and Aiden, and younger daughter, Charli. The Cavill-Taylor family lives in Hoedspruit, South Africa.
Anthony has ensured that Footsteps in Africa continues to grow whilst remaining dedicated to its mission statement.
Peter Sandenbergh - Owner - Lodges of Botswana and Delta Air
Peter Sandenbergh grew up in South Africa, but has spent his adult life in Botswana. As a child he spent a great deal of time in the bush, principally
at Mala Mala, then a game farm owned by his godfather, Urban 'Peter' Campbell. His own father, Col JAB Sandenbergh, had succeeded Lt-Col James Stevenson-Hamilton as warden of the Kruger National Park in 1946. When Mala Mala was sold and became a commercial concern the family began to holiday in the Okavango.
Sandenbergh was smitten and moved to Maun at the age of 22.
After living there for several years a chance conversation with the late Lothar Swaboda resulted in him spending every last cent of his savings to
buy Delta Camp, on the edge of Chief's Island. The following year, 1984, he conceived and built Oddballs' to cater to the many people who wanted to
visit the Okavango but could not afford the prices charged by the luxury lodges. In 1986 he started Delta Air, an air charter company, with one
aircraft which he has gradually built up to the current fleet of eight.
Sandenbergh has always run a low-impact operation, using local people as guides and wherever possible in his operations. Traditional wooden mokoro,
the dug-out canoes of the swamp, solar power, the eschewing of generators, and activities based entirely on walking and mokoro are all hallmarks of his
operation. Interaction with the locals, including visits to the local village, Sedibana, are encouraged.
Buildings are designed and built to blend in with, rather than impose upon, their surroundings, and their open-plan nature fosters a feeling of being in, rather than adjacent to, the natural world.
Rihann van Wyk - Sales and Marketing South Africa
Rihann van Wyk started his career in tourism by studying Nature Management, followed up by working at numerous private game lodges.
During the early part of 2007, Anthony offered Rihann a position at Footsteps in Africa.
Being involved with Footsteps in Africa from its very inception has provided Rihann with unique skills and insights to the tourism market.
As Footsteps in Africa expanded and required the full time services of a dedicated Southern Africa sales and marketing manager, it was obvious that Rihann would take over this role and in so doing lighten the load from Anthony.
Rihann's firsthand knowledge of the lodge industry has proved to be very valuable with the expansion of Footsteps in Africa.
When not travelling the length and breadth of South Africa or internationally, Rihann enjoys the comforts of home. Rihann is based in Johannesburg and Hoedspruit.
Tara Hinds – Senior Reservations
Tara was born and raised just outside of London in the UK. As a child family holidays were to South Africa, where she developed a childhood dream to become a ranger in the Kruger National Park.
After finishing studies in the UK, she went into the tourism industry working in a hotel reservations department within a large hotel chain.
In 2005 Tara made the move to South Africa to pursue her dream and studied Field Guide and Lodge Management for a year with the International Hotel School. This was followed by working within the guiding industry and later lodge management.
Tara joined the Footsteps in Africa team at the beginning of 2009 and is based permanently in Hoedspruit.
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