Profile on Kangura Dikoma, Guide at Xugana Island Lodge

Guide: Kangura Dikoma
(Dikoma means papyrus in the Setswana language)
Goes by: Coca

Date of Birth: Feb. 12, 1979
Home village: Etsha 6

Desert & Delta Safaris guide since: 2007

Favorite animal or bird: Leopard because of “the beautiful colors, and he’s not easy to find. You have to struggle.”

Favorite reference book or tool: “Beat about the Bush: Mammals” by Trevor Carnaby and his Canon 8 X 40 binoculars

Favorite food: chicken
Special talent: reading

A hope for his lifetime: “To study more about guiding so that I know more about the bush, the environment and what’s around us.”

Most memorable experience at Xugana: He was mock charged by elephants and lions. “I won’t forget. I have seen miracles on that day.”


Best thing about Xugana: “Walking safari. To me it’s better than a game drive because you can study small things that you cannot manage from a car.”

What makes Botswana special: “The environment, together with the wilderness. (In Botswana) you feel like you’re safe, and you feel like you’re at home.”