ABOUT US

Eco Africa Digital is an award-winning marketing agency that harnesses the power of a good story, AI insights and digital paid ads know-how to deliver continuous improvement in direct bookings and ROI.

Eco Africa Digital is a boutique tourism marketing and strategy agency dedicated to helping African travel brands grow direct bookings in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Founded in 2013, our work is rooted in a deep understanding of the tourism industry, combined with a passion for conservation, storytelling, and meaningful travel experiences. We believe that when tourism businesses thrive, Africa’s wild places are protected — and that marketing, done well, plays a vital role in that ecosystem.

Over the past decade, we have partnered with both established and niche tourism brands, reaching audiences from local travellers to global markets. Our continued growth and impact have been recognised through multiple industry awards, including wins at the Africa Tourism Leadership Awards and recognition at WTM Africa and the International Travel & Tourism Film Awards — a reflection of both our results and our commitment to innovation in tourism marketing.

Today, we operate as a strategy-led partner to our clients, guiding their marketing direction while collaborating with a network of specialist performance teams. This allows us to combine high-level thinking with world-class execution across paid media, smart video content, and AI-driven optimisation.

Our approach focuses on future-proofing tourism brands — ensuring they are not only visible, but discoverable, competitive, and bookable in a fast-changing digital landscape shaped by algorithms and artificial intelligence. We are deeply committed to continuous learning, innovation, and upskilling, ensuring our clients remain at the forefront of this evolving space.

We work closely with a select group of clients who are serious about growth, brand elevation, and long-term impact — bringing clarity, structure, and measurable results to their marketing.

At the heart of everything we do is a simple belief: great marketing should not only drive revenue, but tell the stories that keep Africa wild.

Our Team

Meet your team leads

Lizanne du Plessis
Chief Executive Officer

Lizanne du Plessis is the Founder and CEO of Eco Africa Digital, a boutique tourism marketing and strategy agency helping African travel brands grow direct bookings in an AI-driven world. With over a decade of experience, she has built the agency into an award-winning partner known for strategy-led marketing, strong results, and future-focused thinking. Lizanne works closely with specialist teams to deliver high-impact campaigns and regularly shares her insights through workshops and speaking engagements to empower the tourism industry.

Robyn de Villiers
Client Success Lead

Robyn is a key part of the Eco Africa Digital team, combining a deep love for nature, conservation, and travel with a sharp understanding of consumer behaviour. With a background in Consumer Science, she brings insight-driven thinking to every project, helping shape strategies and content that truly connect with audiences. Known for her creativity, efficiency, and strong execution, Robyn plays a central role in delivering high-quality work across client accounts while supporting the agency’s focus on meaningful, results-driven tourism marketing.

Helen Lee
Marketing Operations Manager

Helen is an experienced marketing manager with a passion for brand building, clear marketing planning and purposeful execution. With international experience across tourism, hospitality, wine, restaurant and non‑profit sectors, she has led marketing initiatives across South Africa, the UK and Australia. Helen brings a considered, hands‑on approach to turning strategy into action — shaping digital campaigns through strong planning, content creation and seamless delivery.
Inspired by storytelling, design and meaningful travel, she is especially drawn to African safaris and luxury adventure experiences, making her a natural fit for crafting campaigns that connect people, build brands and deliver measurable results.

Monique Smit
Chartered Accountant

Monique Smit is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with over 14 years of experience serving diverse clients across industries. At Eco Africa Digital, she leads our Finance Department with precision, transparency, and integrity, ensuring the agency’s financial health supports long-term growth and innovation.

Known for her direct, honest approach and strategic insight, Monique brings clarity where there’s complexity. She embodies the values of ethics, expertise, and service, creating a strong foundation that allows our creative and data-driven work to thrive.

Lizanne du Plessis
Chief Executive Officer

Lizanne du Plessis is the Founder and CEO of Eco Africa Digital, a boutique tourism marketing and strategy agency helping African travel brands grow direct bookings in an AI-driven world. With over a decade of experience, she has built the agency into an award-winning partner known for strategy-led marketing, strong results, and future-focused thinking. Lizanne works closely with specialist teams to deliver high-impact campaigns and regularly shares her insights through workshops and speaking engagements to empower the tourism industry.

Robyn de Villiers
Client Success Lead

Robyn is a key part of the Eco Africa Digital team, combining a deep love for nature, conservation, and travel with a sharp understanding of consumer behaviour. With a background in Consumer Science, she brings insight-driven thinking to every project, helping shape strategies and content that truly connect with audiences. Known for her creativity, efficiency, and strong execution, Robyn plays a central role in delivering high-quality work across client accounts while supporting the agency’s focus on meaningful, results-driven tourism marketing.

Helen Lee
Marketing Operations Manager

Helen is an experienced marketing manager with a passion for brand building, clear marketing planning and purposeful execution. With international experience across tourism, hospitality, wine, restaurant and non‑profit sectors, she has led marketing initiatives across South Africa, the UK and Australia. Helen brings a considered, hands‑on approach to turning strategy into action — shaping digital campaigns through strong planning, content creation and seamless delivery.
Inspired by storytelling, design and meaningful travel, she is especially drawn to African safaris and luxury adventure experiences, making her a natural fit for crafting campaigns that connect people, build brands and deliver measurable results.

Monique Smit
Chartered Accountant

Monique Smit is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with over 14 years of experience serving diverse clients across industries. At Eco Africa Digital, she leads our Finance Department with precision, transparency, and integrity, ensuring the agency’s financial health supports long-term growth and innovation.

Known for her direct, honest approach and strategic insight, Monique brings clarity where there’s complexity. She embodies the values of ethics, expertise, and service, creating a strong foundation that allows our creative and data-driven work to thrive.

Lizanne du Plessis
Chief Executive Officer

Lizanne du Plessis is the Founder and CEO of Eco Africa Digital, a boutique tourism marketing and strategy agency helping African travel brands grow direct bookings in an AI-driven world. With over a decade of experience, she has built the agency into an award-winning partner known for strategy-led marketing, strong results, and future-focused thinking. Lizanne works closely with specialist teams to deliver high-impact campaigns and regularly shares her insights through workshops and speaking engagements to empower the tourism industry.

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Robyn de Villiers
Client Success Lead

Robyn is a key part of the Eco Africa Digital team, combining a deep love for nature, conservation, and travel with a sharp understanding of consumer behaviour. With a background in Consumer Science, she brings insight-driven thinking to every project, helping shape strategies and content that truly connect with audiences. Known for her creativity, efficiency, and strong execution, Robyn plays a central role in delivering high-quality work across client accounts while supporting the agency’s focus on meaningful, results-driven tourism marketing.

Helen Lee
Marketing Operations Manager

Helen is an experienced marketing manager with a passion for brand building, clear marketing planning and purposeful execution. With international experience across tourism, hospitality, wine, restaurant and non‑profit sectors, she has led marketing initiatives across South Africa, the UK and Australia. Helen brings a considered, hands‑on approach to turning strategy into action — shaping digital campaigns through strong planning, content creation and seamless delivery.
Inspired by storytelling, design and meaningful travel, she is especially drawn to African safaris and luxury adventure experiences, making her a natural fit for crafting campaigns that connect people, build brands and deliver measurable results.

Monique Smit
Chartered Accountant

Monique Smit is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with over 14 years of experience serving diverse clients across industries. At Eco Africa Digital, she leads our Finance Department with precision, transparency, and integrity, ensuring the agency’s financial health supports long-term growth and innovation.

Known for her direct, honest approach and strategic insight, Monique brings clarity where there’s complexity. She embodies the values of ethics, expertise, and service, creating a strong foundation that allows our creative and data-driven work to thrive.

Client Reviews

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Eco Africa Digital has had a very positive impact on our direct marketing performance within just a few months of taking over our digital account. We’ve been particularly pleased with the noticeable increase in direct enquiries and overall online visibility, especially during our lower shoulder season. Robyn and the wider team have been proactive, professional, and strategic in their approach, and it has been a pleasure working with them. We value the partnership and would confidently recommend Eco Africa Digital to other tourism businesses looking to strengthen their digital presence.

Brenda McCann

Umngazi Hotel and Spa

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It has been a pleasure working with the expertise and professional care of Eco Africa Digital. As a specialist destination known better internationally than locally, it was pertinent to reach the equivalent local audience. The team provided us with a bespoke approach, resulting in immediate ROI beyond our expectations.

Gabby Vurgarellis - Marketing Manager

Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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We have seen lots of success with increasing occupancy in our accommodation - thank you Eco Africa!

Dorothy Jekill - Co-Owner

The Salene Boutique Hotel and Venue, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Eco Africa Digital has been a trusted digital partner to Magaliesberg Canopy Tour for nearly four years. Today, their efforts support a significant portion of our revenue, and we believe that’s a reflection of the strong working relationship and shared understanding we’ve built over time.

Conrad Mtshali - Co-owner

Magaliesberg Canopy Tours, South Africa

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Eco Africa Digital is among the leading regional digital marketing agencies in the tourism sector that pays attention to sustainability and ethical issues related to communicating tourism.

Judy Kepher Gona - CEO

Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda, Kenya

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Thank you for another year of wonderful team effort. I am very proud of how we all managed to keep bookings coming, with the email campaign, vouchers, blogs and all the great social media posts. Our work as a team has really paid off.

Joey Phillips - Co-Owner

Sneeuberg Nature Reserve, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa

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Lizanne, owner of Eco Africa Digital, presented at the Tourism Marketing Conference in Cape Town. I found her presentation on Digital Marketing for Tourism - From Brand Story to Direct Bookings hugely beneficial and we will be implementing some of her suggestions as part of our marketing strategy going forward. I would highly recommend Lizanne for any digital marketing needs!

Janine Pienaar - Marketing Manager

AfriCamps Boutique Glamping, South Africa

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Like many, we found social media marketing to be fairly overwhelming, not ever sure about the best strategies and tools to use. Eco Africa Digital has taken this worry off our shoulders and succeeded in raising our online presence. We are grateful to have a company we can trust to look after our businesses best interests online. Thank you to Lizanne and her team.

Oliver Fox - Co-owner

Foxes Safari Camps, Tanzania

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We've partnered with Lizanne and her team on numerous tourism marketing projects, particularly pairing Springnest website with their online advertising and social media campaigns. It has always been a pleasure to collaborate with Eco Africa Digital; a professional team who are committed to continuous growth and improvement.

Peter Fabricius - Co-owner

Springnest, South Africa

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