ABOUT NOMADIC

OUR TEAM

NOMADIC DESTINATIONS

Debra Bouwer - Company Owner and Tour Consultant

Debra started Nomadic Adventures after 11 years of Lecturing Sociology at University, when she first climbed Kilimanjaro and discovered that this is "her bliss". With a "passion for the peaks," discovering new and exciting destinations, Debra has travelled extensively. Having travelled through every destination, her treks to date include six Kilimanjaro summits, Mt Meru, Inca Trail, two Everest Advanced Base Treks, Everest Base Camp and Island Peak

Maggie Raymakers - Tour and In House Travel 

Maggie joined Nomadic Adventures after spending 17 years of working as a Travel Agent, seeking to expand her knowledge of grass routes tour planning and coordination. From Kenya 

to Miami, Maggie has travelled the world. She is fluent in Portuguese and apart from tours, handles all in-house flight bookings.

Dr Johan Bouwer - Medical Consultant

Dr Bouwer has been in Medical Practice for the last 36 years, after qualifying with MBChB (Pret) and then MFGP (Rhod). He is the one that screens all of the pre-climb medical questionnaires that our clients complete.

Adrian Wilkins - Nomadic Overland Division

As tenacious as they come, Adrian has spent many years travelling the length and breadth of Africa. With qualifications from Horticulture to Administration under his belt, Adrian is the operator for the Nomadic Overland Adventures division, running tours across South Africa.

Tengi Jambu Sherpa

Tenzing is one of our most experienced, knowledgeable Himalayan guides. He also is our top mountain bike guide, holding a personal record for cycling 3200km in 54 days!

Comment from client" a true man among men".

Nawang Gyalzen Sherpa

Nawang has spent many years guiding people through the Himalaya's. He feels most at home when wielding  an ice axe and fixing rope lines on high col treks

Comment from client" a most gentle, caring and cautious guide".

Thile Sherpa

Thile is one of our older guides, who has trekked in  Nepal and Tibet for the last 16 years, from the Dhaulagiri to Everest.

Comment from client" fantastic guide, looked after us very well".

Gilbert Baguma

Gilbert has been working as a guide in Uganda and Rwanda for 9 years. Prior to that, he studied Mechanical Engineering at Technikon. He has also done several mountain treks in Uganda.

Comment from client" one of the most accommodating men I have ever met".

Mark Kato

Mark is one of our interpreter guides. Having studied Sports Sciences at University in Cuba, mark is proficient in Spanish

Comment from client" speaks better Spanish that me:)".

Juma Omari

Kilimanjaro mountain guide for the last 14 years and porter for several years before that. He is our top mountain guide, small in stature - big in spirit.

Comment from client" small in stature but strong, jovial and most of all, no nonsense approach".

Colman Themba

Colman is the organisation man on the mountain and has together with Juma, led a team of 24 people to summit to break the word record for the most blind climbers to summit Kilimanjaro

Comment from client" I need to hire him for my office - he is brilliant".

Charles Mangoha

Charles is an old hand at guiding clients up Kilimanjaro and is one of the happiest guides you will meet. Adopting a slow pace, we think he invented the term, pole pole.

Comment from client" quiet, slow, but always happy and motivating"

Patrick Gathogo

Patrick has been a guide on Mt Kenya for longer than most of us have been trekking and knows every aspect of the mountain. 

Comment from client" a wonderful, considerate guide . He made me feel like I was the only person to have ever made it to the top".

Pasan - Cook

Pasan is quite comfortable whipping up a storm in a tent in below freezing conditions in the Himalayas.

Comment from client" makes a mean chocolate cake!"

Ankhami - Cook

One of our best rates cooks in the Himalayas, Ankhami will join on a cross Himalayan cycle or on the mountains.

Comment from client" what he produced in that tent I battle to make in my own kitchen!".

Jonny - Cook

Kilimanjaro cook, he is one of the most amiable and friendly cooks we know. 

Comment from client "Jonny does this amazing thing with mashed potato and boiled egg. I want the recipe."

And the important, support staff, Yaks, Yak Handlers, Assistants and Porters without whom, our gear and equipment would never make it from A to B