After I finished my secondary school, I joined a teaching college where I was selected by the government to study for two years. After finishing, I then kept up my desire to work with wildlife and joined the Mount Meru guiding college in Arusha. At college, I got the opportunity to learn about both wildlife and customer care through courses like guiding ethics, hospitality management, animal behavior, habitats, plants, birds, physical geography, and all the national parks in Tanzania. While at the college, I also got my driving license. After completing my studies, I started out working as walking guide at Momela Lodge to gain experience. After that, my career as a driver guide started up properly.
Arusha is a big hub of safari/tour guiding companies because it is so close to a lot of the most famous attractions in Tanzania. However, I chose to work with Easy Travel and have been working with them for 19 years. Easy Travel, to me, is a company that truly cares about their staff’s welfare and want to do as much as they can to help the people they work with. They also see themselves as ambassadors for Tanzania to international clients, so they put in the extra effort to make every trip something memorable.
My favorite part about being a guide is being surrounded by the nature of Tanzania. I really enjoy our country’s nature and I take extra effort to preserve it by adhering to all the sustainability regulations of each park. I also help my clients to understand and practice them for the betterment of future generations here. However, sometimes being a guide can be challenging. Animal movement is so wide and varied in these big parks, so sometimes it can be difficult to find certain animals that clients are very excited to see.
People describe me as a co-operative guy who is always keen to help out. I have been married to my wife for 27 years now and we are blessed with three children – two sons and one beautiful daughter. My first son is 27, my daughter is 24, and my youngest son is 20. I live with my family at Usa River, Arumeru district in Arusha.
My favorite national park is Tarangire National Park. Tarangire has a very interesting ecosystem with a beautiful landscape. It is this landscape that provides a perfect sanctuary for both birds and land animals. Tarangire also has a huge elephant population that contributes heavily to the spread of diverse plant species in the park, since elephants have a poor digestive system that results in heavy plant germination.
I love all wild animals that live in Tanzania for different reasons. I think the one that stands out amongst all of them would be the cheetah. Cheetahs are incredible – they’re the fastest land animals in the world and can run up to 112 kilometers per hour! They also have an incredibly successful hunt rate at 85-90% success compared to under 50% that the other big cats have.
My favorite food is makande with beans. This is a traditional food made up of half-grained maize cooked with beans. It is a very easy dish to cook, can be eaten at any meal, and does not use a lot of fuel or require a lot of effort to make.
I always like to find tasks to keep me busy – I don’t like staying idle after work. I have tried cultivating a garden recently and I also work with my community to help clean up our neighborhood on Saturdays.
It may be stereotypical, but I like safari channels. Nature and wildlife television helps me out in my career as I can learn even more through watching TV in my off-time. It’s also interesting because I can learn about places and animals that are off the beaten path, making my clients’ trips better.
My favorite band is Juata Band. They are a local band from Dar Es Salaam. They write and perform music that is about our culture and traditions, and I respect them a lot.
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