Meet the Uyaphi.com Team
...Your African Safari Specialists....
The Uyaphi.com team values your interest in our African Safari travel company. The professional service and hassle-free booking experience our clients have come to expect, would not possible without our team players, who, through their passion for the African continent and travel, ensure that perfect safari getaway.
Our travel consultants are hand picked, not only on their ability to serve the interests of the business with their extensive travel knowledge, but more importantly to meet the needs of travelling clients with enthusiasm and sincerity from the very first enquiry.
James Bester
Key Role: Director / Founder / Webmaster
Born: Johannesburg
Travel: South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, UK, Scotland, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, Australia
Area of expertise:
World Wide Web, Internet Travel
Favourite African Destination:
Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia)
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My Camera
Verity Bester
Key Role: Operations & Sales Director/Founder
Born: Horsham, Australia
Travel: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Swaziland, UK, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, USA, Australia
Area of expertise:
Sales and Travel
Favourite African Destination:
Zululand & Rovos Rail
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My camera - always have to capture the place, the people, the moment...
Nicolas Edwards
Key Role: Financial Director
Born: France
Travel: Most of southern and eastern African, UK, all of western and central europe, North America. On my wish list: south America and India
Area of expertise:
Finance and Market Trends
Favourite African Destination:
Victoria Falls and Prince's Grant, KZN
Favourite Travel Accessories:
Garlic supplement (anti-malarial,) Swiss army penknife, dinner jacket
Xavier Bester
Key Role: Uyaphi.com office mascot
Born: 01st December 2004
Travel: Cape Town, Durban, Colesberg, Australia
Area of expertise:
Office Entertainment and aspiring artist
Favourite African Destination:
Toys R Us & the park (any park will do)
Favourite Travel Accessory:
Teddy Bester
Nicky Searle
Key Role: Sales Consultant
Born: Cape Town, South Africa
Travel: South Africa, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia
Area of expertise:
Southern & Eastern Africa
Favourite African Destination:
The Lower Zambezi, Zambia
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My Ipod and camera
Nerissa Lategan
Key Role: Sales Consultant
Born: Cape Town, South Africa
Travel: South Africa, Namibia, Garden Route, Botswana
Area of expertise:
Sales
Favourite African Destination:
Knysna
Favourite Travel Accessory:
Any cd's/music for a road trip is a must have
Charl Grobler
Key Role: Sales Consultant
Born: Cape Town, South Africa
Travel: South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Zanzibar (Tanzania), Kenya, Uganda, Mauritius, Other: England, Scotland, Germany, Austria, Netherlands
Area of expertise:
Namibia, South Africa
Favourite African Destination:
Uganda
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My 4x4
Suzaan Nel
Key Role: Sales Consultant
Born: George, South Africa
Travel: Western Cape, Mpumalanga, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Namibia, England Scotland, Poland, Botswana
Area of expertise:
Sales
Favourite African Destination:
Garden Route.
Favourite Travel Accessory:
Camera, friends, family, good music and money
Yvonne Bianca Zulu-Sibanda
Key Role: Sales Consultant
Born: Hwange, Zimbabwe
Travel: Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Reunion Island, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town
Area of expertise:
Zimbabwe
Favourite African Destination:
Hwange National Park
Favourite Travel Accessory:
Friends, Family, Viceroy, Money
Ryan George Charles
Key Role: Sales Consultant
Born: London, United Kingdom
Travel: Jamaica, Singapore, Malaysia Club Med, Thailand, Indonesia, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Turkey, Qatar, Cyprus, UAE, UK and Ireland
Area of expertise:
Sales and more sales
Favourite African Destination:
Any Golf course in South Africa and the Garden Route
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My Golf clubs and video cam
Lindsay Martin
Key Role: Sales Consultant
Born: Maryland, USA
Travel: Most of the US (including Hawaii and Alaska), Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tahitian & Cook Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Croatia, South Africa, Most of the Caribbean and Mexico, Japan, Canada, Israel
Area of expertise:
International Travel and Customer Relations
Favourite African Destination:
Boulders Beach, Cape Town (I love the beach and penguins!)
Favourite Travel Accessory:
A Book (it means I have time to read) and My Camera
Desire Avis
Key Role: Sales Consultant
Born: Born in Pretoria, but moved around South Africa my whole life.....Army brat :)
Travel: I have travelled to Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and throughout certain parts of South Africa (i.e. East and Western Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Timbavati/Kruger, Johannesburg)
Area of expertise:
Anywhere you want to go....I'll make it happen
Favourite African Destination:
Tanzania (not that I have ever been there, but love it none the less)
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My sarong (kikoy) - dont leave home without it :)
Key Role: Web Development
Born: Cape Town, South Africa
Travel: South Africa (Port Elizabeth, Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, North West), Mozambique
Area of expertise:
Web Development
Favourite African Destination:
Cape Town
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My flip flops
Sue (Magoo) Maude
Key Role: Keeping the Taxman at bay, Communications
Born: Springs (gold mining town)
Travel: Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, India, Europe all over, New York, Cuba, St. Maarten, Costa Rica, Jersey (Channel Islands)
Area of expertise:
Numbers, Words & all things natural
Favourite Destination:
Caribbean
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My neck pillow
Sally Bester
Key Role: Data Capturer
Born: Scotland
Travel: America, Canada, Greenland, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mauritius, Namibia, Spain and Germany
Area of expertise:
Bookkeeping
Favourite Destination:
London
Favourite Travel Accessory:
Money
Ntombizanele Makenyane
Key Role: Tea Lady, Office keeping
Born: Adelaide (Eastern Cape)
Travel: Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhuige
Area of expertise:
Tea, Coffee, Orlando Pirates Soccer Club
Favourite African Destination:
Adelaide (Eastern Cape)
Favourite Travel Accessory:
My kids
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