I am a hands-on pro with over 35 years of experience and a passion for excellence. I work with an outstanding team of colleagues to offer our customers a personal, prompt and professional travel planning experience. For me, it’s all about doing business with whole families, seamlessly handling everything with a tight efficiency, yet casual informality. I have traveled all over the world including six trips to Africa and share our team’s love of the continent and of safari travel – but I leave the daily running of the ATD division to my dedicated adventure staff.

I’m a career travel professional, in the business as an agent and manager almost 30 years and have been with ATD (and parent company Wayland Travel) for more than half of that time. Through a lifetime of travel (more than 40 countries including 25 trips to Africa), I have developed a passion for exploring the world, especially the remote and wild corners of it. Exotic, active, “adventure” travel is my specialty. I’m told my face lights up when I talk about Africa and that doesn’t surprise me because I love nothing more than sharing my passion for the continent. I love to hike and bike and snorkel and dive and try every activity that comes my way (almost… no bungee jumping!) Trying it all out before I send my clients is critical. It’s a tough job but someone has to do it.

Africa is lions, elephants and leopards. It is stunning sunsets and magnificent waterfalls and quiet waterways. It is lively music and wonderful wine – it is magic! Safari travel has always been a way of life for me; I grew up in South Africa and every year we’d go on a safari, long before they were fashionable! I’ve never stopped loving the bush. In just the last decade I have travelled to Botswana, South Africa. Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia, as well as Egypt and Morocco. I have planned trips up the Nile, into the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and safaris in the Okavango Delta of Botswana, to Tanzania’s famous Serengeti and to the rain forests of Uganda. It’s wonderful to be able to disconnect and reconnect with nature. Let me send you on an African safari to experience the sights and sounds of the bush.