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Tracey started her career in the tourism industry straight from
school in England and worked for a retail travel agency in the
Midlands before moving to London at the tender age of 18. After
a short stint as a nanny, she started to miss the travel
industry and got a job with Cunard Crusader World Travel, a
business house agency servicing the Trafalgar House Group of
Companies, comprising of around 120 different companies. In 1983
she joined South African Airways, where she grew her passion
for, and knowledge of, South Africa. After 8 years with the
airline and 33 visits, both on business & vacation, she decided
it was time to emigrate and was offered a job as Reservations
Manager with the prestigious country hotel, Cybele Forest Lodge,
between White River and Hazyview. After meeting & marrying in
Greg in 1992, they started Indaba Safaris and soon gained an
excellent reputation in the industry for their professionalism,
knowledge and service.
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Greg started his career in the conservation side of tourism with
National Parks in what was then South West Africa, now Namibia.
During his time with them he worked in Keetmanshoop, Swakopmund
and Naukluft. In 1987 he left Namibia to return to South Africa
and spent a couple of years running overland tours throughout
Southern Africa on a freelance basis before joining Sabi Sabi
Game Reserve in 1989. In 1991 he went to Casa do Sol Hotel in
Hazyview to run their small reserve and operate tours & safaris
for the hotels’ guests. A few months after moving to Hazyview he
met Tracey and they were married 6 months later. His dream had
always been to run his own tours & safaris operation so in
August 1992 he left Casa do Sol and they started Indaba Safaris
with just one minibus & one guide. Greg! The rest, as they say,
is history!
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Tracey Meaker
Greg Meaker