About Us

Company Profile

At SW Africa Destination Management, all of us are fortunate enough to have the privilege of experiencing first hand what this wonderful country and continent has to offer on a continuous basis. As a result, we feel obliged to go out of our way to ensure that every one of our clients also gets to experience that magic feeling! We do this in a unique way that only an owner-run and managed company, such as ours, can do.

Our mission is to provide every client with prompt, accurate, creative and relevant travel advice in a personalised and unique manner. In so doing, we strive to ensure that our clients return home having had the ultimate, unforgettable journey in spectacular surroundings, and all this at a price that they felt comfortable with.

Equipping us in our efforts to accomplish our mission, we are able to draw on years of experience in the travel industry, longstanding relationships with all suppliers, extensive destination knowledge and a burning passion for Africa, its people, animals and landscapes.

So whether your clients are individual travellers or a group with a special interest, hobby or sport, or a company looking for a unique and unforgettable destination for an incentive trip or conference, allow us to help you realise your clients' African dream by sharing ours.

Our Team

Henk Graaff - Managing Director / E-Mail

Peter Faber - Office Manager / E-Mail

Tanisha Padayachee - Senior Consultant / E-Mail

Stanley Shongwe - Senior Consultant / E-Mail

Märie Nanzen   -  Consultant / E-Mail

Susanna Ahlqvist - Consultant / E-Mail

SW Africa is a proud member of TravelSmartCrew

TravelSmartCrew is a consortium of 17 medium-sized, owner-run and managed incoming tour operators, who focus on different market segments of the world tourism market to Southern Africa.

TravelSmartCrew ensures that even though we are a relatively small company that offers personalised service, we can compete favourably with bigger companies, and we achieve that in the following ways:

• Building preferred supplier relationships in order to ensure volume growth to both suppliers and tour operators
• Combining buying power to achieve competitive rates with suppliers

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SW Africa is a proud member of IAGTO

IAGTO was set up in 1997 as a representative body for a number of the world's leading golf tour operatorsIn summary, IAGTO’s role is to support the golf tourism industry achieve its goal of providing endless enjoyment to millions of golfers every year in all corners of the globe. 

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SW Africa is a proud member of SAGTA

The South African Golf Tourism Association (SAGTA) is as an independent professional membership organization. SAGTA is a non-profit organization which is fully endorsed by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO). SAGTA’s mission is to promote golf tourism in South Africa, and in doing so, generate sustainable growth in golf tourism to SA, incremental revenue to the country’s tourism industry and to SAGTA’s members from the national and international golf market. 

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SW Africa is proudly part of Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa

"SW AFRICA actively promote suppliers that are committed to responsible and sustainable tourism" 

Fair Trade in Tourism awards the use of special label to qualifying businesses as a way of signifying their commitment to Fair Trade criteria including fair wages and working conditions, fair purchasing, fair operations, equitable distribution of benefits and respect for human rights, culture and environment.