Kruger, Botswana, the gorillas in Uganda. Luxury lodges or a mobile camp, early starts either way.
Africa when the light is right.
Austria when the powder falls.
GUIDING AND HOSTING
You travel with Gordy.
I am Gordy. Most of last winter on the snow, above St. Johann, Kitzbühel, Saalbach and Zell am See. Then south, the way I have gone for thirty years: safari, fishing off the Mozambique coast, diving, rugby, and the run I love most, Cape Town down the Garden Route to Knysna. Whichever one you pick, you deal with me the whole way.
When you call, it is me picking up, in Tirol or in Africa.
Gordy
Gordon Rankin · St. Johann in Tirol and Cape Town
More about meMozambique, September / October 2026
In September I am back on the blue water off Vilanculos. Come and take a rod.
We just came off that water: two boats, two of the best local skippers in the region, fresh fish and sashimi with every meal. The marlin and the sailfish hit our baits all week and never stuck, which is why I am not waiting long to go back. Tell me you want in and I will keep you posted as the dates firm up.
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WHERE TO NEXT
Pick the trip, I plan it.
Snow in Tirol, safari and blue water in Africa, and that one big game you would not miss. Open the one you want and tell me roughly when, the dates can wait.
Kitzbühel, St. Johann, Saalbach, Zell am See. On the snow with me and my team all winter.
My annual runs: Mozambique, the Seychelles, Zambia. Big bill fish early, a slow deck after.
My signature run, Cape Town to Knysna. Cut to your wishes, with a safari on the end if you want one.
That big game, and your team on the field. Tickets, transfers, and everything I build around it.
Blow bubbles with me, anywhere warm. Resorts or a liveaboard, small groups either way.
Our Trips
Wilder Kaiser, Tirol
JanuaryDeep winter
Cold air and empty pistes before nine, then a long lunch on the mountain.
Cape Town
MarchLate summer
Table Mountain in the morning, the winelands in the afternoon.
Kruger, Lowveld
JuneSouthern winter
Dry season, thin bush, animals at the water. The best month I know.
Mozambique coast
SeptemberEarly spring
Blue water, big bill fish, and nothing on the calendar after two.
47° 15' 35" N, 11° 20' 39" E
Innsbruck, Austria
33° 58' 17" S, 18° 36' 13" E
Cape Town, South Africa
From one home to the other
Two homes, one guide. Winter in Tirol from December, then the dry season in the Lowveld from May. I plan both ends and I am on the ground for most of it.
Flying time
11:00 HRS
Distance
9,060 KM / 5,630 MI
Seasons
Dec–Mar · May–Oct
AFTER THE TRIP
People who still call me.
Example“A week of skiing with Gordy, and he was out on the snow with us every day. He knew the runs and he knew which hut to stop at.”
Sarah & Tom
Skiing in St. Johann, 2025
Example“Six mornings in the Kruger. Nothing about it felt like a tour, just first light, the right place, and a man who knew when to stop talking.”
The Weber Family
Safari in the Kruger, 2025
Example“We flew into Cape Town with no plan and drove out with a route we still talk about. Somewhere in the middle he had us at a braai with his friends.”
Anna & Michael
Cape Town and the Garden Route, 2024
- Example
“Fish on the line before nine, then a lunch on the deck that ran until four. He booked the boat, he came out with us, and he still checks in.”
Peter & Ines
Fishing off Mozambique, 2025
“I live in Tirol, so I do not need a guide here. I went up with Gordy anyway, and it was a better day than the one I would have planned.”
Fabio Zimmermann
On the mountain in Tirol
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