FIVE STAR GUIDES
MEET YOUR GUIDES
At Five Star Guides, we only use fully qualified guides who are also experienced professionals in their own fields. Most of our guides have worked professionally in their relative specialisations in excess of twenty years and some even longer.
So when you visit South Africa with a Five Star Guide, you’re going to be guided by a connoisseur, steeped in the historical and contemporaneous understanding of their fields.
Click on anyone of the thumbnails below to meet our guides: you’re also welcome to email any questions you may have for them directly.
David Bristow
The Story Teller
South Africa’s most experienced travel writer, and former editor of 'Getaway' travel magazine. David's love of life and the world around him has made him the pre-eminent story teller of the Cape.
Fiona MacDonald
Wonder Woman of Wine
Former editor of 'WINE' magazine, highly-regarded international wine judge and regular taster and writer for the respected annual Platter’s South African Wine Guide.
Dominic Chadbon
The Fynbos Guy
Registered as a mountain hiking guide and nature guide, Dominic specializes in hiking & nature tours to Table Mountain and Cape Point.
Kate Crane Briggs
Art Extraordinaire
With over twenty years' experience in the art and heritage fields in the UK and South Africa, Kate Crane Briggs is our passionate art professional leading unique, behind-the-scenes art tours in Cape Town.
Chris Hannival
Fun, Facts and Folklore
Chris is a mine of information on the history and current politics of South Africa and offers a very different view from the conventional colonial and European perspective.