My history as a guide goes back to 2008 when I was in secondary school. I first realized that I wanted to become a guide after I met a few clients who were doing a walking tour and passed through my village with a local guide. I was motivated by the way that this guide was explaining everything about our village from our way of life, to the landscape, to the wildlife around us. From there I started to learn about birds, animal behavior, and trees through books that my parents bought for me after I asked them.

After finishing school in 2011, I joined the Wildlife College in Arusha where I studied an intensive wildlife course. Among the many things I learned from the college, I learned about animal behaviors and their life cycles, the birds of East Africa, landforms, customer care, and hospitality management.  In 2012 I took a driving course for four months and got my driver’s license, meaning I could become a driver guide. From there I did my practical training in several national parks in the northern circuit of Tanzania including both Tarangire and Serengeti to gain some experience. Thereafter, in 2015, I started my first job as a driver guide. 

My favorite thing about being a tour guide is being able to share my knowledge with my clients. This makes me feel especially proud when clients listen to me and when I can answer each of their questions. Through interacting with clients, I expand my knowledge of the rest of the world and I get to know the culture of people from other countries.

The most challenging part of being a guide is to make sure I fulfil my client’s needs. Every client has a different requirement when it comes to seeing something at our National Parks. Because the parks are not fenced, all wildlife is given natural movement throughout the land. Sometimes a particular animal will have left the park or will be very difficult to see. I do everything I can to make sure that my clients are happy and satisfied.

One aspect of sustainable tourism is to take good care of clients and assure that their needs are met. Easy Travel is doing even more than this by providing their guides with the best safari vehicles which includes comfort in the vehicle, maintenance, and service of the vehicle after every trip and not subcontracting out to other tour operators. The Easy Travel staff are also well organized when communicating with their clients and have great teamwork.

Many people describe me as a cooperative guy. I have good relationships with my relatives and people in the community and I am always ready to help other people. I love doing social activities within the community. I have a beautiful and happy family which I started when I got married to my wife, Esther, over a decade ago.  We are blessed to have two kids aged 11 and 10. We enjoy our life a lot and are always supportive of each other. We all live in Ngaramtoni district in Arusha region.