The beautiful stories that my parents told me about Africa have always inspired me. They had both lived on the African continent and the stories of mystery and wonder they told kept me waiting to one day set foot in Africa. I was not born in Africa, rather in Latin America – Peru to be exact and I lived in different parts of the world. I learnt about the magic the world had to offer during my days in Mexico and Brazil, and the difficulties of life and education in today’s society from Belgium. I had these brilliant images in my head of what Africa would be like, and in 1984 I finally discovered what it was. It was in the Congo that I met my future husband, and together, having found the true essence of the African Continent, we began to introduce Southern and Eastern Africa to our adventure guest from a safari company in South Africa. And then in 1996 we found ourselves in Zimbabwe – the warm and vibrant culture of the country welcomed us and it soon became home. I began to experience Africa in so many different ways, and soon, along with my husband, Bernard, we decided to create our own tourism company and give to everyone the experiences that I had gained over the years of living on the continent.

In 1999 our dream came true. Sikiliza was born.