About Gordy
The person behind every trip.
You tell me your trip once, and from the first reply to the last evening I look after it myself.
GUIDING AND HOSTING
I am Gordon Rankin.
I am Gordy. I run trips in Tirol and in Africa, and I still put every one of them together myself. Some I guide in person, some I hand to a friend who knows the ground better than I do, and I will always tell you which.
When you call, it is me picking up, in Tirol or in Africa.
Gordy
Gordon Rankin · St. Johann in Tirol and Cape Town
My winters are spent on the snow above St. Johann, and when the season turns I go back south, as I have for thirty years, to Cape Town and my favourite road of all, down the Garden Route.
Go With Gordy
Planned around what you want.
I spent most of my career guiding for other companies, in South Africa and here in Tirol. Go With Gordy is the first time the name on the trip is mine.
- Based
- St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
- Languages
- English, and enough German for Tirol
- Seasons
- December to March in Tirol. May to October in southern Africa.
- Destinations
- The Austrian Alps, from Kitzbühel to Zell am See. South Africa, from Kruger and KwaZulu-Natal to Cape Town and the Garden Route. Safari in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Fishing in Mozambique, the Seychelles and Zambia.
After the trip
Two guests put it better than I could.
“The Garden Route was stunning with epic coastal hikes, incredible ocean views, and plenty of local wine, gin, and seafood along the way. Every part of the trip felt thoughtfully put together, from the wildlife to the food to the winding coastal roads. We’ll be back for more with Gordy!”
David & Sam Schupp
The Garden Route, Western Cape, 2026
Safari, skiing, fishing, diving, rugby, and Cape Town down to Knysna.
If one of those sounds like your kind of trip, write to me. It lands with me and nobody else.