Alfred & Florence Kagiso

Florence grew up in a farming family in the Okavango Delta and has been a guide at Chobe Game Lodge for 17 years. When she joined in 2004, she was the first female guide at the camp – she now mentors a team of 17 women. Her work was recognised in National Geographic Traveller’s recent Reader Awards 2021, where she won The Innovator award.

Things to do

• Chobe Game Lodge: where Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton
• From a glass-crushing plant to a biogas-fuelled kitchen – eco-tour at Chobe Game Lodge
• From baboon encounters to elephant crossings – a day on safari at Chobe Game Lodge

Expertise

• Botswana
  • Chobe National Park
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  • Makgadikgadi Pans
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  • Moremi Game Reserve
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  • Okavango Delta