Background: We have been conducting tours to the fossil sites in the Sterkfontein Valley since 1997. We work intimately with the palaeo-anthropologists running these sites, and each tour conducted gives a percentage to research. Our guides are comprised of palaeo-anthropologists actively involved in the field. All our tours can be fully-tailored to the requirements of each group, whether it be an individual or a large conference group. Please e-mail us for our costs or any questions you might have.

Palaeo-Tours has conducted tours for a number of safari companies/travel agents as well as government institutions. These include Passage to Africa, Wilderness Safaris, Abercrombie and Kent, Welcome Tours, Rennies Travel, SATOUR, Gauteng Tourism Authority and DACEL. We have been featured in Getaway Magazine and been filmed by E! - Wild ON as well as Star TV. Palaeo-Tours also appears in a number of guidebooks to southern Africa such as The Rough Guide and Frommers.

Directors: Dr. Colin Menter and Marianne Robertson

Colin Menter: He obtained a BA in Anthropology at the University of Arizona, and a PhD in Palaeo-anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has worked extensively in southern Africa at field excavations, including the famous fossil sites such as Makapansgat, Taung, Kromdraai and Gladysvale. Currently he is the Deputy Director at Drimolen, which is one of the newest and most remarkable hominid sites being excavated in Africa. Due to his comprehensive experience at excavations in South Africa, he is uniquely qualified to conduct tours to the famous fossil sites such as Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Drimolen and Kromdraai. Colin has been conducting tours since 1997 to not only support his research, but also to provide funding for further investigations into other cave sites in South Africa. As he has been working in the field of Palaeo-anthropology for several years, he is intimately familiar with the fossils and fossil sites of South Africa and as such is able to provide a unique insight into the famous fossil sites of the Sterkfontein Valley World Heritage Sites. He has also been involved as an expert guide to train local guides in Palaeo-anthropology.

Marianne Robertson: Marianne obtained her BA from the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 1989. Although majoring in English and Art History, she also completed courses in S.A. Archaeology and Anthropology. She is a registered SATOUR regional tourist guide and as such may provide information to visitors about the Gauteng region of South Africa. She recently developed and taught a guiding course for the College of Tourism Training (CTT). This course was designed specifically for disadvantaged South Africans, 14 of whom qualified as tourist guides. For the past 8 years, she has been an independent aviation facilitator, organising air charters for incoming tour and business groups into Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. To obtain more details of her aviation services, contact her on e-mail: avfactor@mweb.co.za

Address: Palaeo-Tours
PO Box 256
River Club, 2149
Johannesburg, South Africa

Tel/Fax: +27 11 726-8788
e-mail: palaeotours@mweb.co.za

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