Veteran travel advisor Barb Wright took her own group to South Africa and Victoria Falls, and came home with hard-won insights that no brochure could ever teach.
At a Glance
Standing atop Table Mountain 3,500 feet above Cape Town and later observing baboons at Victoria Falls Lodge in Zimbabwe provides irreplaceable firsthand knowledge that reshapes how travel advisors build itineraries. These immersive moments—watching the city dissolve into ocean, wildlife at your feet—cannot be conveyed through guides alone and deepen professional expertise.
There is a particular kind of knowledge that only comes from standing somewhere yourself. Standing 3,500 feet above Cape Town on the flat, ancient summit of Table Mountain, watching the city dissolve into the ocean below. Then, days later, sitting on a private deck at Victoria Falls Lodge in Zimbabwe, coffee in hand, as a troop of baboons wanders over to drink from the plunge pool at your feet. These are not experiences that transfer through a destination guide. They are the kind of moments that reshape a professional. For Barb Wright, a seasoned travel advisor who planned and led her own group trip across South Africa and Zimbabwe with African Travel, they represent both the pinnacle of her career and the foundation of a sharper, wiser way of building itineraries for the clients who trust her.
