FLOATING ON GENTLE ZEPHYRS OVER THE VAST CONTINENT OF AFRICA
bill Harrop is a vivid personality in South Africa’s travel industry – quick to liven up a meeting with a witticism or quirky comment. Frivolities aside, he’s never been afraid to dream large, and is today synonymous with having introduced commercial hot air ballooning to the country some 34 years ago.
If we flash back to 1972, we’d find the Englandborn Harrop working in Bermuda as a hotel management trainee-cum troubadour. By day he’s learning the art of providing customer service to tourists, and by night he’s strumming his guitar in bars and clubs. One of
