Margie Woo worked for over 11 years at the Calgary Zoo as an educator, gaining skills that have been recognized with three White Hat Awards nominations for Best Visitor Service: Tour/Intepreter Guide. Her interest for wildlife goes beyond the “big and charismatic”. She has a great appreciation for everything – the big and the small, and the beautiful and the not-so-beautiful. Seeing a dung beetle rolling a ball of dung is one of Margie’s favourite memories!

Margie began hosting Calgary Zoo “Zoofaris” in 2007 and since that time she has hosted multiple groups into Peru, Ecuador, Kenya, and Tanzania. Margie’s out-going, warm, and friendly nature has made her friends wherever she has gone and returning to these places now almost feels like going home. On her last trip to Kenya, the chief of a Samburu village even invited Margie to stay - and become another of his wives (all in good fun of course)!  

"Margie was absolutely a wonderful host. She was always upbeat and making sure everyone was happy and enjoying themselves. I would certainly travel with Margie again... and I truly appreciated all of her efforts". Ecuador Civilized Adventure, July 2011.