I have spent quite a lot of time visiting, working and living in South Africa. During this time I have worked with people from many African countries and cultural backgrounds including Mozambican, Afrikaans, Malawi, Namibian, Zulu, Tswana and Xhosa peoples.
I have worked mostly with men and male youth in Africa, although much of my trauma counselling and psychotherapy training was with both boys and girls (7 years old - 18 years old) in a village orphanage back in 2003-2004. I worked on an organic farm as an organic farm development consultant for almost two years with a work force of 28 people, representing about eight different language and cultural groups.
My continued connection with Africa is with my Spirit of Africa Journeys.
The next 21 day journey is in August/September 2025
The dates are Wednesday 27th August - Tuesday 16th September
I have worked mostly with men and male youth in Africa, although much of my trauma counselling and psychotherapy training was with both boys and girls (7 years old - 18 years old) in a village orphanage back in 2003-2004. I worked on an organic farm as an organic farm development consultant for almost two years with a work force of 28 people, representing about eight different language and cultural groups.
My continued connection with Africa is with my Spirit of Africa Journeys.
The next 21 day journey is in August/September 2025
The dates are Wednesday 27th August - Tuesday 16th September
Above is a sketch of where we will be travelling to.
We begin our journey together with a morning walk and then lunch in the Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa, before setting of on an adventure to several sacred sites for a few days with my good friend Dean Liprini, who has been walking the land and researching ancient sites for over 30 years ... You will also have some time to explore the city and what it has to offer.
From there we fly to Johannesburg for a couple of days - and get a special treat of visiting Botshabelo - a caring village and home to many children ...
We then fly to Namibia and stay on the banks of the Zambezi River. - where you will see lots of hippos, crocodiles, and many other water creatures. From here we visit Chobe National park in Botswana - the home of 100.000 elephants!, and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. During this time we also visit cultural villages and meet traditional peoples.
Then it's a flight back to South Africa to Kwa-Zulu Natal to be treated to a 3 day - 3 night walking safari in the Umfolozi Wilderness Park, with my good friend and co-facilitator, respected Zulu man - Sicelo.
Here we get the opportunity to get up close to Africa's Big 5, and sleep out under the stars!
We begin our journey together with a morning walk and then lunch in the Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa, before setting of on an adventure to several sacred sites for a few days with my good friend Dean Liprini, who has been walking the land and researching ancient sites for over 30 years ... You will also have some time to explore the city and what it has to offer.
From there we fly to Johannesburg for a couple of days - and get a special treat of visiting Botshabelo - a caring village and home to many children ...
We then fly to Namibia and stay on the banks of the Zambezi River. - where you will see lots of hippos, crocodiles, and many other water creatures. From here we visit Chobe National park in Botswana - the home of 100.000 elephants!, and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. During this time we also visit cultural villages and meet traditional peoples.
Then it's a flight back to South Africa to Kwa-Zulu Natal to be treated to a 3 day - 3 night walking safari in the Umfolozi Wilderness Park, with my good friend and co-facilitator, respected Zulu man - Sicelo.
Here we get the opportunity to get up close to Africa's Big 5, and sleep out under the stars!
We then fly back to Cape Town to complete our journey. You can stay a while longer, prepare to head home, or move on to your next destination ... the choice is yours.
You can check out a couple of 'Spirit of Africa Journey' videos here:
Here is a video from the journey that we did in 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngz-FRX9954
A short video from the 21 day Spirit of Africa Journey in 2015.
With Sicelo in the wilderness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSlvDS8TwfM&t=15s
As this is a 'spiritual' journey, the mix of people has to be right so that we create a harmonious energy. This means I have a conversation with everyone interested to make sure they are a good fit for this journey.
Please contact me to have that conversation. I'll share costs with you and can answer any questions you have.
There are only 6 more places for this journey and a few are being discussed right now, so please do not wait until it's too late ... contact me today.
This is a drug and alcohol free journey (with an occasional beer or wine perhaps to relax in the evenings).
Here is a video from the journey that we did in 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngz-FRX9954
A short video from the 21 day Spirit of Africa Journey in 2015.
With Sicelo in the wilderness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSlvDS8TwfM&t=15s
As this is a 'spiritual' journey, the mix of people has to be right so that we create a harmonious energy. This means I have a conversation with everyone interested to make sure they are a good fit for this journey.
Please contact me to have that conversation. I'll share costs with you and can answer any questions you have.
There are only 6 more places for this journey and a few are being discussed right now, so please do not wait until it's too late ... contact me today.
This is a drug and alcohol free journey (with an occasional beer or wine perhaps to relax in the evenings).