Our team

Baobab Crew

Our Drivers and Tour Leaders hail from East and Southern Africa and in some cases have been part of our team for over 10 years. All are passionate about their roles and dedicated to showing you the best of the African continent. Our Tour Leaders all have guiding qualifications and current first aid certificates. Our drivers are experienced bush mechanics and at Baobab Adventure we allocate an expedition vehicle to a driver long term so that the vehicle becomes the driver's responsibility over several years. Besides taking great pride in their vehicles, our crew are passionate about showing clients their countries and continent as well as sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm about local food, customs, drinks and stories. All our crew speak excellent English as well as a variety of local languages.

George Revill - Operations Director

George started his working life as a vehicle mechanic before moving into the Aerospace Engineering sector including spells in event management and survival and safety equipment. George completed his first Africa expedition in 2003 and went on to drive and lead expeditions across Africa, The Middle East and Central Asia including an exploratory Cairo to Cape Town and Tunis to Beijing routes. He is now responsible for operations and vehicle logistics, maintenance and trip planning.  

Joy Moyo - Southern Africa Operations Manager

After finishing her Professional Guide's license in 1998, Joy moved to Victoria Falls and joined one of the rafting companies as a trainee rafting guide on the Zambezi River after which she moved on to tourism property management. An enthusiast in all sections of the tourism industry, she moved on from the accommodation sector and joined one of the big adventure companies and was responsible for their overland department and this is the time she fell in love with all things overlanding. After 6 years she moved to a smaller, more personal company and took over first the overland department and then the whole sales and marketing portfolio. A passionate mother to her two, she treats everyone like family. Her solid communication with both crew and clients and her ability to make the impossible happen on a very regular basis makes her an essential part of our operations team.

Chris Wrede - Director

After backpacking and working around Southern and East Africa, in 1987 Chris cycled from Morocco via Algeria, Niger, Mali, Senegal to Gambia where he met a lost Zimbabwean with a 32 foot yacht and they sailed across the Atlantic to Brazil. Chris then spent the next 18 months circumnavigating South America on his bike. Having met so many weird and wonderful overland expeditions during his own travels Chris was hooked and in 1993 started his career in overlanding. 

Jackie Woon - Responsible Travel & Sustainability

Jackie first travelled to Africa in 1989, on a seven month trans Africa expedition. She developed a deep love for the continent, and overlanding, and became a Tour Leader for a small tour operator.

After several years on the road Jackie returned to the UK and managed Sales and Operations for another African overland operator. Then, in 1997 Jackie and Chris, along with another close friend set up their own Overland Adventure company, gradually building up to operating in 4 different continents. This company was sold in 2017.

Jackie has always run her travel career alongside a career in Social Work and has a deep interest and commitment to sustainable travel.