ABOUT FORMOSA TRAILS

Formosa Trails is a division of Umbulelo Africa (Pty) Ltd which operates hiking trails and training of guides and other hospitality services along the Garden Route and Tsitsikamma areas in Southern Africa.

Umbulelo Africa is a newly formed local BEE-compliant company with opportunities for local participation, to provide training and employment for local guides and hospitality staff, to educate youth and uplift local communities in Tourism Areas in Southern Africa and to embrace the Sense of Purpose and SANParks Conservation = Tourism = People philosophy.

The Umbulelo Africa Mission and Objectives are:

To provide Tourism Operators within the broader Bitou / Tsitsikamma Area with a guide service for walking trails and hospitality support services.
To provide a conduit for trained / qualified guides living in these areas to find internships and employment with operators.
To introduce and create a specialized guide and hospitality program for local community participation
To approach local Tourism Operators and venues to use Umbulelo Guides and services e.g. SAN Parks, Lodges, Wine Farms and Restaurants.

Umbulelo Africa operates in the SAN Parks Tsitsikamma, Natures Valley Parks and other private properties to conduct the following Formosa Trails guided programs.

Guiding and Hosting of the various hiking Trails, Coastal Caminos and other activities along the Formosa Bay Coastline and through SAN Parks properties.
To introduce a local “Ad Hoc” guiding Program with Umbulelo Guides to manage and maintain trails on SAN Parks and other properties, and to create income opportunities for the Guides, by offering a Guiding service to ad hoc hikers wishing to use existing trails in the Nature’s Valley / Groot River / De Vasselot / Kalanderkloof areas.