Our Team

Angelica earned her BCom in Tourism Management with honours from the University of Pretoria, beginning her career as a travel consultant at C4 Photo Safaris, where she discovered a deep love for photography and conservation.

She has since enhanced her expertise in ecology by studying with FGASA (NQF 2) and completing specialized courses in species conservation and habitat management through Wildlife Act.

Angelica has travelled extensively in Africa, gaining experience in South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania, and Kenya. In November 2020, she was recognized as a “Girls Who Click” Ambassador, the sole African representative, supporting diversity in the field of professional nature photography.

Since 2017, her dedication to helping others connect with nature led her to volunteer in environmental education at the Northern Tuli Game Reserve. There, she taught photography to over 100 local children, some of whom have now taken up roles within the reserve.

With a team of directors and advisors, Angelica co-founded the Bana ba Bobirwa programme in 2024, which aims to inspire children from local communities to pursue their potential, fostering community engagement in conservation and tourism.

Originally raised in Mopipi village, central Botswana, Emmah travelled to Gaborone to start her tertiary education path with a Degree in Hospitality Management. After university, she worked as a Business Academy lecturer, a role which included providing training on leadership and governance. At the same time, she also completed a further Diploma in Purchasing and Supply Management.

With these qualifications she was able to obtain employment as an Admin/host, growing into an Assistant Manager position for a strain of lodges in the Okavango Delta. In 2017 Emmah was offered a job at Dopotta Game Reserve within the Northern Tuli Game Reserve as the Reserve and operational manager. Dopotta Game Reserve also prided itself in supporting the local community and this allowed her to extend her skills to a new area and continue to make a difference within the industry as she filled a part-time role as the Community Liaison Officer for the Tuli Conservation Trust. In 2024 she was offered a job at one of the big safari companies in Botswana (Kwando Safaris )as an Assistant General Manager Oversee daily operations, ensuring smooth and efficient functioning of 6 camps.

Through the years Emmah has gained valuable experience dealing with both staff members and the community and dealing with communities got her closer to the schools unrooted her love to teach kids about wildlife conservation. Emmah offers excellent management skills throughout a variety of departments that exist in the industry, excelling at staff management, logistics and daily operational management of organizations.

With over 20 years working in African travel, conservation and wildlife, I have always looked at giving back to the areas we visit. I have used the platform of planning and hosting safaris across Africa to help drive conservation minded safaris- whether these are cultural or conservation minded. I firmly believe that conservation assistance has the best results with on-ground application. Direct contact conservation is the key to unlocking results.

Often it is educating guests on the conservation challenges in Africa and how they can help. Whilst other times it is more direct, such as raising funds via image sales for conservation organisations or building in conservation donations for certain safaris. For many of our safaris, 3% of revenue is donated directly to conservation organisations.

Other approaches are focussing our tourism efforts on specific areas- such as Mashatu- which is 50% of our business. These dollars that tourists bring pays for the protection of the land. To help give back to younger generations, we also use our Photo hides on Mashatu as tutoring spaces for educating children (BbB) and NGOS (wild Shots outreach) about conservation and photography.

Stuart Quinn is the owner of Tuli Wilderness which is located in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve. He is an excellent field guide and tracker with a wealth of experience and knowledge. He has lived and guided trails in the Tuli area for over 20 years. Stuart has been a nature guide since 1992 and has logged over 3000 encounters on foot with the Big 5. He has been actively involved in the darting, collaring and relocation of 60+ high profile species including rhino, leopard, lion, wild dog, elephant, buffalo, hyaena and cheetah.

Stuart has a lifelong passion for all things related to nature and one of his greatest enjoyments is imparting his knowledge to others. He is an all-round naturalist and finds the smallest insect as fascinating as the largest tree. His passion and his infectious laugh is highly contagious and guests always walk away with a deeper understanding of African wildlife and conservation as well as memories and experiences which they will never forget.

Tanya McKenzie, was born in Johannesburg, but spent much of her time growing up on her family farm in Botswana, which they acquired in 1968. Her father, Ted Steyn, instilled a deep passion for the African wilderness in Tanya. He was the founder of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve in Botswana, which now a successful and thriving game reserve.

After studying archaeology at Stellenbosch and Pretoria Universities, Tanya lived in The Northern Tuli Game Reserve with her late husband, Dr Andrew McKenzie, who was a wildlife veterinarian. She worked for Mashatu Game Reserve in administration whilst assisting Andrew with his research on Black-Backed Jackal. He completed his doctorate in ecology and later they published “The Capture and Care Manual”.

Tanya then moved to Pretoria in 1990 and worked in the accounts departments of Waterkloof Garden Centre, Streef en Wen Motors, Wildlife Decision Support Services and WildNet Africa, whilst raising her two sons. She worked as a volunteer for Lifeline Pretoria and as support for Maretlwane Bush School in the Magaliesburg.

When her sons moved on to Pretoria Boys High School in 2004, she managed the company Ilve SA Range Cookers in Sandton until 2009.

Tanya then moved to Durban and worked in finance and administration at Mashatu Game Reserve, with her husband, David Evans, until 2020. During this time, she founded the Children in the Wilderness programme in the Bobirwa district of Botswana, alongside the Northern Tuli Game Reserve and was the coordinator for the programme from 2009. The programme focussed on educating rural children in wildlife conservation and leadership skills. Tanya is a trustee of the Tuli Conservation Trust and she has served on the executive committee of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve since 1995. Along with other Notugre Exco members, Tanya is a Botswana delegate on the conservation and community committee of the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area, and she has more recently become a trustee of the Nature’s Valley Trust.

Tanya is a very keen mountain biker, nature and bird lover and she enjoys travelling to wild places. She and her husband, David Evans, have moved to Nature’s Valley permanently, where she hopes to continue playing a role in wildlife and environmental conservation and children’s education.

Charlotte Jonsson laid the foundation for her career in education at Stellenbosch University,
where she graduated Cum Laude. Her journey into the world of teaching and environmental
education, however, began long before university. Charlotte spent her childhood on a farm in
Nottingham Road, KwaZulu-Natal, where she developed a deep appreciation for the outdoors,
wildlife, and the natural world. This early connection with nature continues to inspire her work
today. Charlotte is currently a Foundation Phase teacher in Johannesburg.

Her passion for teaching has been evident from a young age. While in high school, Charlotte
actively took on leadership roles that reflected her commitment to education and community
service. In Grade 11, she was appointed Head of Community Outreach for her boarding house,
and in her final year, she served as Deputy Head of SMILE, a program dedicated to uplifting
young learners. These experiences reinforced her dedication to working with children and
making a difference in their lives.

Charlotte’s love for education and conservation deepened even further in 2018 when she began
volunteering with children in Botswana. This experience gave her the opportunity to combine
her passion for teaching with her love for nature, working directly with young learners to foster
environmental awareness and responsibility.
Today, Charlotte plays a vital role as the curriculum developer for Bana ba Bobirwa. She is
responsible for designing and creating Eco-Warrior Club workbooks for schools as well as camp
workbooks, ensuring that children have engaging and educational materials that inspire them to
care for their environment. Beyond curriculum development, Charlotte also leads the teacher
training sessions, equipping educators with the skills and knowledge to deliver impactful
environmental education.