
Yvonne Hilgendorf
Treasurer & Founder member
Yvonne has worked for different hotels & tour companies in Uganda as Director of Sales & Business Development Manager and helped them to develop into most efficient teams and very successful businesses. As a German native having lived and worked in Uganda for the last 12 years and her wealth of experience, she can proudly be called Senior Travel Consultant.
Yvonne holds a Diploma in Tourism Geography, Economics andPsychology of University of Trier, Germany. She lived and worked in communities in Ruboni, Ruwenzori Mountains, Bigodi Wetlands, Kibale Nationalpark and Bushara Island, Lake Bunyonyi in order to research for her thesis and published a book resulting from this, with the title “Community-based Tourism als Form des nachhaltigen Tourismus in Uganda” in Germany.
Now it is time to make her dream come true of having her own Tour company and travel consultancy based in Uganda and dealing with travel arrangements within the whole of East Africa. Through 12 years’ experience in the tourism industry of Uganda and many travels to other East African Countries he is very familiar with Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. Her dream is to bring the beautiful and colorful but authentic side of Africa close to her clients from all over the world