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Who & What
We are where you want to go, we are your eyes and ears on the ground.
Our extended network in East and Southern Africa translates into our ability to provide you the best value possible, as well as the best service to you before, during and after your travels.
Our passion is custom designing your travel, creating personalised, seamless and stress-free itineraries with every detail in mind. There is nothing routine about what we do, each trip is handled with the same care and respect. .
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Your experts
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Ute Sonnenberg
Ute Sonnenberg is a professional in Africa travel and environmental photography
with background in economics and psychology,
creator of team alignment experiences and intuition training,
based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
“Helping people design their dream Africa holiday and guiding guests
on wildlife photography experiences and edVenture Retreats
is a wonderful task and it is my passion.”
Recommended by National Geographic Traveler.
Joel Lipton is a Los Angeles based photographer, cinematographer and director.
His award winning imagery includes advertising, entertainment, celebrity, and food.
The convergence of stills and motion has arrived and you can usually find Joel moving between both mediums, also when shooting personal work. Having been a guest lecturer at UCLA Extension Classes as well as the Art Institute of California, in Hollywood, Joel is always ready to share his insights about the industry, as well as his technical knowledge of the latest hardware and software for the stills and motion picture industry.
Partial Client List: Universal Home Entertainment, E! Entertainment Television, Dreamworks Pictures, Discovery Channel, TLC, Warner Bros. TV, Full Tilt Poker, Carl’s Jr., Subway Restaurants, Montage Resorts, Microsoft, PBS
more information available here
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Peter Tomsu
Besides an international career in the internet industry and a PhD in Technical Science of the Technical University of Vienna (Austria), he is a specialist with exquisite knowledge of camera systems including Leica (rangefinder and SLR), Nikon, Canon, Hasselblad, Phase One for medium format and mirrorless camera systems.
His photographic emphasis focuses on wildlife, landscape and nature as well as portraits and event photography. Peter’s passion for photography reflects in his artistic ambition to create magnificent and inspiring images of the world around us.
From his home base Vienna, he travels the world on photographic adventures.more information available here
Gertrud Sörries is a Nuremberg (Germany) based keen photographer and experienced Africa traveller with a professional background on executive level.
She has a wealth of knowledge about photographic Africa travel, especially Namibia.
Her extended travels brought her to the most diverse countries in the world,
yet her love is Africa and she travelled east and southern Africa extensively.
Gertrud assists our German guests in planning their photographic safari adventures.
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Anne Marie Jonas
Anne Marie Jonas had been a customer service professional for decades at Australia's national carrier Qantas and brings a wealth of experience to our team.
Anne Marie, based in Sydney (Australia) is our guest relations specialist for Australia and New Zealand, accommodating questions and requests from guests based in this region.
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Meet the Team
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Company Details & Giving
Roho Ya Chui B.V.
KvK no. 30235401
VAT no. NL8189.37.403.B01
Roho Ya Chui Travel, Photography & Training (PTY) Ltd.
reg. no. 2009/020684/07
Trading as Roho Ya Chui “soul of leopard” ®
Member of SATSA, Southern Africa Tourism Services Association, membership no. 2053
view & download fine print Roho Ya Chui B.V. and Roho Ya Chui (PTY) Ltd.
we are represented on safaribookings
personal data privacy policy view here
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Each Booking Gives Light
With every booking a Luci inflatable solar light goes directly to someone living without access to electricity through our non-profit partners.
The Give Luci Program
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Wildlife Art for Conservation
Artist Emily Lamb's Instagram Campaign
"Daily Sketch for Wildlife"
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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Meet the newest member of the family, Roho, the elephant orphan we adopted through the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Read his story here.
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Kinamba Community Project
The project provides educational opportunities for the people of the Kamutwa communities in the Kinamba area of Kigali, Rwanda. We are sponsoring the education of a child trough primary and secondary school.
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Zazamalala Foundation Madagascar
The foundation has the goal to restore and protect sustainable, resilient, biodiverse and multifunctional dry forest ecosystems in western Madagascar that are safe havens for wildlife and improve livelihoods. We support the project with the purchase of land and the reforestation of that land.
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Emmission Offest
To reduce the carbon footprint of tourism we contribute to offsetting the emission of our guests flights to Africa with high-impact carbon credits from Gold Standard-certified projects. Gold Standard Climate+ Projects also support local communities.
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