Our Guides
Our safari guides are well-trained professional who leads visitors on a safari tour, providing information about the local environment, wildlife, and culture. In Tanzania, safari guides are required to be licensed by the Tanzania National Parks Authority and must undergo extensive training and testing to obtain their license.
Our guides have in-depth knowledge of the local flora and fauna, as well as the cultural practices and history of the area. They also have excellent communication skills and be able to engage visitors of all ages and backgrounds.
Director/ Safari Guide
Jacob Kereiya
Jacob is an expert tour guide with over 15 years experience. After having worked as a guide for top tier safari companies in Tanzania such as Kibo Guide safari, Sokwe asilia,Nomad Tanzania, and Wayo Africa.
Safari Guide
Solomon Akyoo
Also known as ‘Daniel’, was born and raised in Ngarenanyuki at the base Mount Meru bordering Arusha National Park to the south. Following his grandfather footprints as a tour guide and his father as a forest reserve officer, he grew loving nature including feeding random birds flying to their home when he was a kid.
Daniel studied full course of tour guiding aiming on mammals, trees and flowers and Marine parks. After several training on animal’s behavior, Daniel understands animals extensively. Apart from his comprehensive knowledge in flora and fauna, he is great in leadership and customer service. His special interest is on birds as he found colorful birds very beautiful.
Since 2010 he has lead multiple safaris in Tanzania and beyond borders. Daniel is very good in private game drives taking his clients away from crowds and common routes something that makes him quite unique.
Safari Guide
Adam Nkinde
Adam was born in Arusha, a city located in Northern Tanzania. His passion for African wildlife began at an early age back in secondary school where he was involved with environmental conservation clubs. He then graduated with a Diploma in Wildlife Management from the College of African Wildlife and became certified as a Wilderness First Aid Responder with CPR training. Adam has extensive training and is extremely knowledgeable in customer care.
Safari Guide
Moses Kereiya
Moses was born on the slope of Mount Meru overlooking today’s safari hub of Arusha. His early years were spent alternating between elementary school and tending cattle on his parents’ farm bordering Arusha National Park. In fact, his first encounters with wildlife were separating the elephants and buffalo from the family cattle herd. Moses went to the school of design at Leguruki College where he studied tourist lodge architecture and wilderness camp furniture design. During his extensive training and construction periods at the various remote lodges and camps, he became an ardent observer of animal behavior and a passionate bird-watcher.
This time in the wilderness helped define Moses’ destiny as a tourist guide. After furthering his guide training by attending various wildlife colleges in Arusha, Moses is delighted to be in the position to share his wildlife knowledge and experience with safari enthusiasts.
Safari Guide
Lucas
Lucas was born and grown up in Tanzania, Arusha region. His family generation came from Kilimanjaro region (Chagga Tribe) over 100 years ago and settled along the slope of Mount Meru in the middle of the meru tribe 30km North East from Arusha town.
Lucas took his primary and secondary studies at his small village, and later on moved to Arusha town for his high school and college education.
His guiding dream and aspiration started when he was young through his grandfather who was coffee peasant. He grows up with him at nice old house and quiet compound over 10 years (since his Primary and Secondary school). They were cultivating bananas, vegetables, flower gardens, fruits and coffee. This green environment was a home to so many species of birds and animals. His grandfather loved them, feeds and protecting them from anything that would harm or kill them. It is his grandfather’s love for nature and environment that influenced Lucas to take step and learn something about nature and wildlife. It is from that point where he decided to further his studies and went to Arusha College of Tourism and Professional Tour guiding skills (PROTS). Thereafter he has been working with several Safari Companies as Safari Guide in Tanzania Parks, Cultural tours, Mountain Climbing/hiking, walking safaris and city tours. Lucas became the best Wildlife Guide and leading people into the nature. Lucas has been using his professionalism to provide an authentic Safari experience. He loves what he is doing and he is proudly and ready to share with you. You’re most welcome to explore Tanzania and travel with Lucas to make unforgettable Safari experience and learning more.
Safari Guide
Tumsifu Ayo
Tumsifu Ayo, but he preferred to be called “Thom” have been among the best safari guides in the Tanzanian Northern Circuit Parks. With a passion for Wildlife after his secondary education, Thom went to Avocet Institute of Training College for a Tour Guide course. To further his studies, he also joined the College of African Wildlife Management (MWEKA). After completing his studies, he started offering his excellent service, partnering with high-quality safari companies. For over ten years in the tourism industry, Thom has always taken great pleasure in meeting and interacting with people from different cultures and countries and is driven to provide superior service with his reward of seeing guests go away satisfied. Thom loves more of mammals, birds, and Ecology and he is ready to share his knowledge with you. You are welcome.
Safari Guide
SIMON C. SIMON
Jambo!
Simon, the big Cat lover, loves more male Lions. For the love of animals, he went to Prots Institute College in Arusha for tour guides and wildlife courses. In 2019 he joined the Mazingira Safaris guide team which was the first step to living his dream. Simon has always been one of the incredible safari Guides in Tanzanian Northern Circuit parks. He is dedicated to learning new things, exploring new possibilities, introducing new ideas to the company, and working hard.
Simon has always been using his experience, excellent knowledge, and skills in his career which give him positive feedback from many of his clients and the thing which has always made him happy and very proud.
Simon welcomes you to Tanzania for the best wildlife safaris, cultural experiences, and many more that Tanzania offers. Karibuni!
Safari Guide
Leonard Eddie Mbelle
Leonard was born and raised in the Arusha region which is the Centre for Tourism here in Tanzania. Seeing a lot of safari vehicles with tourists inspired his passion for wildlife. Chasing his dreams after secondary level education, Leonard went to the College of African Wildlife Management –(Mweka) and graduated with an ordinary-level diploma in wildlife management. Later he sharpened his career with a level one Field Guide Association of Southern Africa (FGASA) when worked as a resident guide in the Southern circuit. With all the knowledge and experiences gained, Leonard has become one of the potential and best safari guides for both the Northern circuit and Southern circuit Parks. Leonard has always been happy in meeting and interact with people from around the world who come to Tanzania. He shares his knowledge and experiences with his guests and makes them get the best of the safari with unforgettable moments.
EMANUEL AYO
Hello (Jambo) I save as a professional safari guide in Tanzania, I am a Tanzanian by birth and a native of the northern part of the country. I was born and raised in Arusha at Sura village which is on the foot of Mount Meru to the south. This village is bordered by a plantations forest among others owned by Tanzania Forest Service Agent (TFS). I was born into a small family of parents whose daily’s occupation is subsistence agriculture and who have invested in both arable and livestock keeping. My name is Emanuel many today know me as AYO which is my family name, I joined my parents in their life brand.
The plantations forest management in my village practices deforestation and reforestation whereby every deforestation season my parents get a plot to put down cones before TFS introduced the new plantations in the area which present mainly pine, Cyprus, and Eucalyptus trees, the forest lies about 1400 msl and 2300 msl, thereafter mountain forest which involves plenty of indigenous tree species like Fiscus, Vernonia, crotons, candle bush, pigeon wood, Bamboo, and many more which is an excellent habitant to so many mammal’s species like cape Buffalo, Baboons, velvet and blue / skies Monkeys, Bush bucks, etc.
All these including conservation officers from TFS in the area all the time played a role for I developed a great awareness of nature conservation and passion of which after my primary education at Sura primary school in the year 2000 I joined Nkwaranga Secondary School then ended up joining a public auto mechanics garage in the year 2004 and 2005 in Arusha town whereby such chance to come downtown exposed me to Tourism of what a well-preserved nature would offer the chance for tours apart from environmental conservation, Forestry, and periodic farming plots.
This happened because I saved in an auto mechanics garage for safari vehicles so I also had a chance to meet safari guides who brought safari vans for service, from this point, the nature conservation and passion I had over natural animates and inanimate had created in me, switched to influence which drove huge hunger for tourism study starting with year 2006 – 2008 when I joined Arusha international language instruction services (AILS)for the guiding course which involved modules in Mammalogy, Tourism geography, herpetology, ornithology and Botany, and later French language which took me whole year 2009 to its fluent speaking.
Over several hiking as a porter on Kilimanjaro and Meru mountains, I was able to finance important skill training to who I had dedicated myself to be like leadership, customer care, driving, and first IDs skills when by the year 2010 I was ready to do it and up to now I have done it for over 10 good years.
I am accredited and licensed as a professional safari guide in Tanzania, over years of sturdy work I have come to realize that I am an excellent fit for my position as I am connected with all environmental sources for whom I have become today why? because today I guide in all wildlife and cultural protected categories governmental and privately owned blocks in which I am always close to arrays I grew up mentally meeting locals, jungle, and wild animals.
I would like to take this green light moment to welcome you to Tanzania where over all Tanzania remain a peaceful and authentic world destination I bring to you Tanzania as a continental block and Zanzibar island coming up for adventure safaris and beach excursions
You should not miss landing on this blessed terrain of the oldest hominids like
Australopithecus, forensics, africanus, robustious, and Boise with allies habilis and erectus which historically descended from the Artesian period to the middle Pleistocene for the appearance of home sapiens, all in archeological sites found in the Ngorongoro district and multiple land use for man and wildlife together in harmony, without forgetting to set on your feet in the great Serengeti with an area of 14763 km3 and Kilimanjaro the snow caped and free-standing mountain in Africa.
Safari Guide
David Raston
David Raston was born and raised in Arusha, origin Kilimanjaro.
Grew up as one of the best students in Biology, Chemistry, and Geography in secondary schools, and finally specialized in Wildlife Management at one of the universities in Tanzania for his Bachelor’s. Joined tourism in 2011. Based on the northern circuit of tourism. He is best in mammalogy, physiological anatomy, animal behavior, and ecology in general. One of the best interpretative guides. Proudly Tanzanian, and happy to invite you to enjoy a nature safari with him. Prepared to enlighten you about wildlife and answer your questions about nature.
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