About Roydin – The Story Behind RJ Tours

A Childhood Dream. A Love for Oudtshoorn. A Journey into Tourism.


Every journey starts with a moment.
For Roydin, that moment happened when he was just 13 years old.

While playing with his friends in his community in Oudtshoorn, he noticed tourists visiting his hometown. He watched them exploring the streets and experiencing a place that he had grown up knowing as home.
He didn’t know it then, but that simple moment planted a seed.

One day, he wanted to be part of tourism.

One day, he wanted to show people the Oudtshoorn he knew and loved.
Years passed, and Roydin’s journey took him through the world of conservation and nature.
He started working on a farm as a general worker, where he discovered a deep love and respect for nature and learned the importance of conservation. Through hard work and determination, he became a qualified nature guide.

His journey continued to Cango Wildlife Ranch, where he spent two years as an animal handler, before moving to Buffelsdrift Game Lodge, where he worked for four years as a nature guide.

Every experience taught him something new.
  • About nature.
  • About people.
  • About tourism.
  • And about the importance of sharing the stories of the places we call home.
Then Came 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the tourism industry and gave Roydin time to reflect on his own journey.

He asked himself:

  • “What can I do to make a difference?”
  • “What value can I bring to tourism in Oudtshoorn?”
  • “How can I inspire my community?”
  • And then he remembered the 13-year-old boy.
  • The boy who had been playing with his friends.
  • The boy who had watched tourists arriving in his community.
  • The boy who had once dreamed of being part of tourism.
  • That memory became his inspiration.
  • Roydin made the brave decision to leave his job as a nature guide and follow the dream that had been planted in him many years before.
RJ Tours Was Born.

RJ Tours is more than a tourism business. – It is a story of coming home.

It is Roydin’s way of sharing the place he loves with people from South Africa and around the world.
Through heritage walks, cycling tours, community experiences and nature adventures, RJ Tours invites visitors to discover Oudtshoorn through local eyes – its history, its people, its culture, its heritage and its incredible natural surroundings.
Roydin believes tourism should do more than bring visitors to a destination.

  • Tourism should create connections.
  • Tourism should create opportunities.
  • Tourism should preserve our stories.
  • And tourism should give something back to the communities that make a destination special.

His dream is to add value to tourism in Oudtshoorn and Garden Route while inspiring others in his community to see the possibilities around them.Because sometimes, a dream begins with something very small.For Roydin, it began with a 13-year-old boy watching tourists in his community.Today, he is the one welcoming them.“I didn’t forget the boy I was at 13. RJ Tours is my way of turning that childhood dream into something that can make a difference in my community.“

Today, he is the one welcoming them. – “I didn’t forget the boy I was at 13. RJ Tours is my way of turning that childhood dream into something that can make a difference in my community.”

  • Come and experience Oudtshoorn with us.
  • Come hear our stories.
  • Come walk our streets.
  • Come discover our heritage.
  • Come experience our home.

RJ Tours – Experience Oudtshoorn Through Local Eyes.