Meet the Focus Travel team
The planners, guides, and coordinators who run your trip on the ground.
Our team
We are a small team based in Victoria Falls, and every one of us is a professional guide. Whoever answers your enquiry, plans your itinerary or drives you to the Falls knows the routes and the ground first-hand. Between us we guide in English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Ndebele and Shona.
Nhlanhla "Lucky" Mate
Director
15-year veteran of mobile safaris and customised itineraries across Southern Africa. Born in Bulawayo, based in Victoria Falls. Speaks English, Ndebele, Shona. Lucky personally guides a number of trips each year, and reviews every custom itinerary before it goes out.
Trust Mate
Operations Manager
Trust keeps the operation running day to day, making sure the guides, vehicles and bookings behind your trip line up. A professional guide like the rest of the team, Trust knows first-hand what each tour needs to run on time.
Ashli Khabo
Language Guide (De/Es/Fr/Pt)
Ashli guides in German, Spanish, French and Portuguese as well as English, so you can take your tour of the Falls and the parks in your own language, with someone who knows the ground.
Pamana Ngwenya
Tours consultant
Pamana helps you choose the right tours and puts your itinerary together. As a professional guide, Pamana can tell you honestly what each activity is like, how long it takes and which ones fit together in a day.
Thabiso Mate
Driver guide
Thabiso drives and guides our transfers and day trips, so the time on the road between your hotel, the Falls and beyond comes with a professional guide's commentary on the places you pass.
Innocent Makata
Driver guide
Innocent is one of our driver guides on transfers and day trips. With a professional guide at the wheel, the journey becomes part of the tour rather than just the way to get there.
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