Troy Smith
Originally from Australia and having worked in the bush in both Kenya and South Africa, Troy now heads up the team and is based in our Cape Town office. With vast experience across the continent – everything from a ‘close encounter’ with a hippo while in a mokoro in the Delta, to exhilarating walking safaris…
Lucy Blunt
Scottish-born Lucy has lived in South Africa for almost fifteen years. Her passion for the African bush and relationship-building skills was an obvious combination to lead her into the African travel and tourism industry. Crafting bespoke trips for TrueAfrica’s clients, she always listens to their every need ensuring memorable trips for everyone. Her favourite safari…
Agatha Farrell
Born and raised at the foot of a mountain in an interesting, charming and historic little town of Somerset East in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, deep in the heart of the Karoo, has naturally instilled a deep love for the bush, mountains and being surrounded by nature. A true spark was ignited when given a book…
Rebecca Axcell
Having grown up in sleepy, rural Lincolnshire (in the UK), Rebecca became a ‘nomad’ before it was fashionable, but realised she had been born on the wrong continent after her first trip to Tanzania. Eventually the lure of Africa was too much and Rebecca left her marketing and branding career behind to live in the…
Joshua Mbulwana-Barnard
Josh is the newest member of the TrueAfrica team, having joined in early 2025. Whilst TrueAfrica is Josh’s first foray into the safari industry he has taken to it like a duck to water! A passion for, and curiosity of, Africa’s varying cultures and traditions is important to Josh and through his many visit’s to…
Kim Petersen
Kim was born and raised in the beautiful “Mother City” – Cape Town and has been working throughout the African tourism industry for 15+ years. During this time Kim has been able to explore much of Southern Africa as well as Tanzania and has some amazing stories of her time in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro…
Clare Vigus
Having worked in the safari industry for more than 15 years, Clare is very much an expert with the logistics and operational aspects of an exceptional safari. Based in our Cape Town office, Clare manages the finer points of putting a safari together – double and triple-checking that all the airlines connect with the transfers etc…
Marleen Haverkamp
Marleen was based in Cape Town for almost 5 years, working for an East African safari operator. She travelled extensively through East and Southern Africa; from luxury lodges in the Serengeti and Maasai Mara to basic canoeing adventures on the Zambezi river and camping on top of a Landrover from South Africa to Zimbabwe, Malawi,…