The Sikiliza Difference
We are a small team of dedicated staff who are passionate about the African continent and ready to make you feel at home with our personalized service which includes communication that extends to Skype as well as WhatsApp phone calls for efficient correspondence.
Understanding that every person is different, it is our core mission is to develop tailor made tourism that suits every individual’s needs, be it a romantic get away under starry skies, a family vacation or solo trips for adventure seekers. Your passion is our priority, and we work hard to ensure that all your expectations are met whether your trip is for photographic, historic or personal reasons.
With 25 years of experience, we can guarantee you an experience with memories that will last you a lifetime.
We also have 24-hour service 7 days a week for clients during your safari adventures to make sure that your stay is as comfortable and accommodating as possible.
Our work reaches past the grassy plains of the African Safari and into pressing issues affecting our community. Having realized that we have a responsibility to the people around us, we support projects such as:
ZAMCON: Zambezi Conservation Unit
A Non-Profit conservation unit working in the Zambezi Valley in an area of around 200 square kilometers with 60 kilometers of river frontage along the Zambezi River.
ZamCon is based at Chimutsi Dam in the Zambezi Valley. From there they conduct, in conjunction with National Parks, foot patrols, river patrols and air patrols with drones. They are involved heavily with animal rescue, biodiversity monitoring and general conservation.
They also take part in community projects such as chili blocks as a deterrent to wildlife entering crops, bees as a source of income and education at schools on general conservation and the importance of wildlife.
Facebook: ZamCon - Zambezi Conservation Unit
MASSIVE MIRACLES:
A preschool in Hatclife, Harare that aims to provide quality education to young children in the area. This initiative is vital for early childhood development and sets the foundation for future learning.
We promote many establishments that support the “Pack for a Purpose” project. The objective of this project is to help you by specifying the real needs of the local communities.
How it works? If your itinerary includes a stay in establishment participating in the program, simply go to https://www.packforapurpose.org and find your accommodation. By selecting it, you will find out which project (s) it supports, and you will have a precise idea of what you need to bring that is really useful.
Set aside some space in your luggage to donate supplies needed for community projects.
You will make a positive impact.
Meet the Team
The beautiful stories that my parents told me about Africa have always inspired me. They had both lived on the African continent and the stories of mystery and wonder they told kept me waiting to one day set foot in Africa. I was not born in Africa, rather in Latin America – Peru to be exact and I lived in different parts of the world. I learnt about the magic the world had to offer during my days in Mexico and Brazil, and the difficulties of life and education in today’s society from Belgium. I had these brilliant images in my head of what Africa would be like, and in 1984 I finally discovered what it was. It was in the Congo that I met my future husband, and together, having found the true essence of the African Continent, we began to introduce Southern and Eastern Africa to our adventure guest from a safari company in South Africa. And then in 1996 we found ourselves in Zimbabwe – the warm and vibrant culture of the country welcomed us and it soon became home. I began to experience Africa in so many different ways, and soon, along with my husband, Bernard, we decided to create our own tourism company and give to everyone the experiences that I had gained over the years of living on the continent.
In 1999 our dream came true. Sikiliza was born.
Lin Goncalvess
TRAVEL DESIGNER
Raised and educated in Zimbabwe with enormous passion for the wildlife, the flora, the outdoors, the diverse geography and the people of this country. Not a day goes by that I don’t awake in the morning light to the sound of birdsong and take anything for granted here…I live it, I breathe it, I LOVE it! Keen amateur photographer, an eternal art student, I want to share it with my clients and have them enjoy it all as much as I do!
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Mlandeli Ndlela
TRAVEL DESIGNER
Mlandeli Ndlela meaning “follow the way. Responsible travel is the way and therefore my passion is conservation of our fragile African environment which is the flora and fauna surrounding us. “Living life one day at a time” is the name of the game and yes Gin & Tonic tastes best in the Africa bush during a sundowner.
Carla Rocher
JUNIOR TRAVEL DESIGNER
I have a passion in travel and a heart of service. I derive inner joy creating memories and experiences for my clients through my love for travel. Helping people to experience the vast wilderness, birding, cultures and adventure in Africa is what I live for.
Rutendo Chekenyere
TRAVEL DESIGNER
“Travel it leaves you speechless and turns you into a storyteller”
This has been true in all the adventures I have been on, the breathtaking views left me a storyteller.I was born and raised on this magnificent continent, and I knew that the only way I could tell its story was to help others travel to Africa and experience all it has to offer. A trip to Africa never leaves you it stays with you forever, especially those sunsets.
Vicky Hunter
BOOKEEPER
As I have been blessed to grow up close to nature in the bush and have the diversity and beauty of Zimbabwe on hand, I am essentially a bush person, so the warm smiles of the people and awesome close encounters with wild animals make me appreciate being alive and restore my soul.
Meet the guides/ tour leaders
Laurent
GUIDE
Arrived in Zimbabwe in 1994, he never left. His passion for Zimbabwe and Southern Africa was immediate. He graduated as a National Parks Guide in 1997.
His passions: The history of Zimbabwe, Wildlife, Ornithology, Crafts.
He will make you discover the wonders of Zimbabwe and pass on his knowledge on flora and fauna.
Bernard
GUIDE
He has spent his entire life in Africa including nearly 30 years as a professional guide in Southern and East Africa.
His passions: Fauna, Ornithology, Flora, Astronomy, …. and of course the Bush.
He will guide you in discovering the Africa you do not know: the song of birds, the traces of animals, the markings of territories, … you will learn a ton of small anecdotes quite astonishing and very interesting.
Isabelle
TOUR LEADER
Atlases and maps have always fascinated me, since the beginning of my childhood. My forst explorations of them were in the Far East, but it is in Africa where I have put my backpack! In 20 years I have discovered the many faces of this continent: Morocco, Cameroon, Congo, the DRC, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea and finally wonderful Southern Africa - the beauty of the landscapes, the richness of the fauna and the kindness of the people will never cease to amaze me.
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