JULNIC - Key Persons


Jan le Roux

After spending 18 months in the UK, Jan joined the Julnic family in August 2005. He is a huge history lover, a passionate amateur photographer, and a huge cricket fan. Clients love his kind nature, knowledge, passion for history, wildlife and mountains, and thoroughly enjoy accompanying him on transfers. Jan is really the "engine" that keeps everything of Julnic together. From reservations, quotes, infrastructure and staff planning and logistics to spending a lot of time on the road doing transfers, ensuring clients are receiving the best quality experience.

Julius le Roux

The hand-picked team is led by Julius, also known as "Jules" or "Juju" who comes from an extensive corporate administration, financial, marketing and sales background. He worked primarily in the banking and mining sectors from 1978 to 2001. With a passion for travel, pleasing people and service standards, Julnic Tours was born in January 2002. Julius' bubbly personality, attention to detail, and above average service standards are well known in the industry, and liked by all. His "big picture" attitude, flexibility and willingness to explore new horizons in the travel industry have led to many success stories and satisfied travelers, operators and pco's.

Themba Thethwayo

Passionately known as "Colgate" by fellow guides, service providers and clients, Themba started his Tour guiding career in 2005 and joined the Julnic family in July 2019. He offers exceptional experiences, is highly knowledgeable and extremely passionate about offering clients the best possible experience. He is well experienced in guiding on FIT's, small and large groups in Kwazulu-Natal and elsewhere in South Africa. His wide range of expertise includes Birding, Culture, KZN Battlefields and Wildlife. An added bonus is that he speaks German and is loved by the German clients he's dealt with.