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PROMISE N. HLONGWANGANE AND TRUMAN B. NDLOVU, THANDA SAFARI

Ambassadors for culture,
wildlife, and nature.

On arrival at Thanda Safari Private Game Reserve, you are always given a warm
welcome and friendly smile. Here, the focus is on ensuring that guests have the
absolute best experience of their lives. The aim is to bring them as close to nature
and the animals as possible. Guests also benefit from the expertise and knowledge
that Promise N. Hlongwangane and Truman B. Ndlovu are so passionate about sharing.

Truman has been the general manager at Thanda “We are somewhat unique in that we are the only
Safari for many years, and his wife, Promise, is ones living here with our children. And since the five
hospitality team leader and responsible for the of us spend so much time here, it has really become
staff who take care of the guests, ensuring them an our home,” says Promise about how they have
exceptional experience during their stay at Thanda. successfully built a home at their workplace.
They met at work 13 years ago and have three child-
ren. Their situation is unique, as they spend so much They stay at their other home during school holi-
time working on-site at Thanda. They have their days and weekends. They want to keep it so that the
own house, which is a 1.5-hour drive away, but they children have a place to live in the future when they
have also made a home at Thanda. They live there get older. Right now, the kids are still quite young
with their children 80–90 percent of the time. and attend school. They enjoy school and happily
take the 45-minute bus ride to get there.