FARAI CHIGWADA

I was born in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Cape Town, the Mother City. But, growing up my family and I travelled through several African countries and finally settled in Kariba, Zimbabwe. This is definitely where I caught the guiding bug!

After my guides training I started out as a canoe guide where I spent many years. I then made my way back down to South Africa where I worked as a rafting guide, in both South Africa and Namibia. I’m always after a new challenge and so after a number of years as a rafting guide and found my way into the group safari industry. I began working as a cook for an overland company slowing increasing my knowledge and skill till I was finally made a tour leader and made my way to Sunway, small group travel.

As a tour leader I could combine all my skills and passions. I love working with people, cooking and teaching about wildlife, environment and our African cultures. I love working at Sunway because the groups are small and I can really get to know our clients. This is important to me as I love sharing what Africa has to offer and learning from our clients at the same time.

My hobbies are music, cooking and I love reading to my children. I can’t wait to meet you!

NAMIBIA & BOTSWANA DESERT & DELTA:

When I was researching tours, having a company that could cater for Brendan’s dietary requirements (vegetarian and with strictly no cross contamination with cooking utensils etc) some companies came back to me saying that it would just be too hard to cater for him. Even when you told me that this company could cater for this, we were both still really nervous that dishes may get contaminated with meat (so he took lots of museli bars in case) and that they food for him would just be plain and boring. We were both really impressed with how our guides, particularly Farai the main cook, made sure he had great vegetarian food to eat. Lauren Smith.

SOUTH AFRICA RAINBOW ROUTE & CAPE TO VICTORIA FALLS:

On the 14 th July 2018, my wife and I commenced tour SA a 17 then CV a 21 from Johannesburg . We were treated to a magnificent experience. The first tour had just four participants whilst the second had a full load of twelve. I am writing to express our admiration for our two guides , Phumi and Farai . Your company is blest to have two guides that not only made us enjoy our trip so much, but kept us safe, fully entertained, well fed, and on top of that their shared knowledge about the wildlife and local environment was extraordinary. No request was ever too much for them , and both guides went out of their way to enhance our safaris. During the course of the journey , Denise and I were treated to many in - depth discussions about the daily lives of the people , the difficulties they face, the cultural issues that exist in all the countries we visited. Their intelligence and empathy was a credit to them and we respected their thoughtful ideas that widened our views and made us curious to know more. The effort spent to make game drives successful was awesome . We spent many hours appreciating the habits of the animals and the vast knowledge the two guides imparted about animal behaviour expanded our knowledge and awareness of wildlife and the issues round their continued survival in the future. 
Sunway is fortunate to have such dedicated guides , they are a real asset to your company. Thank you for making our two expeditions unforgettable. 
Best wishes, Marke and Denise.

SOUTH AFRICA RAIBOW ROUTE:" Farai did a perfect job”Alexander Worner, Germany

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