Guide profile:
Johann offers you service excellence and business professionalism,unequal in the tourism and international business arenas.Charismatic,passionate and having the ability to provide tourists with the experience of a life time,his cultural and historical perspective on South Africa is unbiased and excellent.Johann speaks Afrikaans and English fluently including Sepedi(Northern Sotho).He understands Dutch and Flemish very well as to answer questions etc.He has a working knowledge of French,Spanish and German.Johann disposes over a combined experience of 28years in tourism and international business.Johann assists in organising guided tours throughout South Africa,including specialized iternational events study tours.As part of his career with two major chambers of commerce and industry,he organised business tours to 26 countries around the globe,acting as tour leader and business facilitator.He is a member of the Tshwane (Pretoria) Tourism Association,The Gauteng Tourguides Association as well as a member of both the Dendrological Society of South Africa and the Mountain Club of South Africa.Johann conducts his business in association with Compitours:website:www.compitours.co.za
Tour guide services/sample itinerary:
*Pretoria city and surrounds,including historical,cultural and natural attractions such as the 220,000 years old Tswaing Meteorite Crater.*Cultural villages,national heritage sites,museums and game reserves/parks,including the NEW Dinokeng game reserve where most of the BIG5 can now be viewed,approximately a half an hours drive from Pretoria.*Cullinan diamond mine,where the largest diamond in the world 3106 carats was found.Mine tours,where you go down approximately 700meters underground to view and experience the working of a diamond mine.Sterkfontein caves and the Cradle of Humankind,which is a world heritage site to witness the discovery of hominins and prehistoric annimals,believed to be between 2,6 and 3,3 million years old.*Johannesburg,City of Gold including Soweto and other townships to witness the Freedom Struggle and the life history of Nelson Mandela.Tours to the Kruger National Park and other marvellous sites in our adjacent provinces can be arranged or included.Nothing is impossible!!!
Transportation by tour guide:
Yes, transportation can be arranged upon request.Johann is in possession of a legal professional public permit,which allows him also to drive tourists to their destinations in South Africa.
Tour guide interests:
*Emphasis on cultural,natural,business and historical tours.*Business,student,incentive and convention groups including senior citizens.Historical and political perspective,including perspectives on geology,annimal life,anthropology,botany and paleonthology.We can organise,plan,execute ANY tour including adventure tours in our desert areas in the Northern Cape Province within the borders of South Africa at ANY time!!!We can also assist with visas for study,work and permanent residence etc.