After secondary school, I went to Nairobi College and took a tour guiding course for three years. In college, I learnt about animal identification, behaviors, habitats, birds, plants, historical sites, and East African culture. We were also trained in the ethics of tour guiding, first aid, customer care, hospitality management, and Spanish. Once I finished college, I joined Kilimanjaro driving school and secured a license for myself within two months.
I worked as a freelance guide at first to build up my experience before applying to bigger tour companies. After this, I was officially hired by Easy Travel in 2013 and have been happily working with them ever since! I really enjoy being able to work with a company like Easy Travel – they prioritize their employees and genuinely want to give all their guests incredible experiences and are willing to put in the extra work to do so. They also give back to the community in Tanzania as much as they can.
In my career so far, I think my favorite thing has been to meet people from all over the world and learn about them and their culture. While I love being able to give them knowledge about my own country, culture, and experiences, I truly get a thrill to learn about other places and people too. Being a driver can be challenging though – the roads through the national parks can be slippery and wet in the rainy months because we want to keep the parks as natural as possible for animal life to flourish. It’s not uncommon for a car to become stuck sometimes when it is rainy, which is why we are trained in mechanics and car servicing so we can get moving again!
People tend to describe me as a charismatic guy – what can I say? I like to have fun! I have a beautiful wife who I married in 2016 and we are blessed to have two children. I really love my wife – she encourages me to work hard, and she always helps me achieve my goals. We live in the Moshono district in Arusha.
I think that Tarangire National Park is my favorite because of the landscape: it has many beautiful hills, swaps, and baobab trees that are simply iconic. Going on game drives in the dry season in Tarangire is also appealing because there is a high concentration of animals including the African elephant and some big predatory species like lions and leopards. The bird population in Tarangire is always incredible too.
I like to watch football, play golf, and listen to music. I’m a big fan of the football teams Manchester United in England and Simba Sport Club in Tanzania.
I like to eat a dish made with banana and meat that is called machalari in Chagga, my tribal language. It is a traditional food that we eat from a young age in my culture, and I have always loved it.
I like to watch football, play golf, and listen to music. I’m a big fan of the football teams Manchester United in England and Simba Sport Club in Tanzania
My favorite thing to watch on television is the National Geographic channel. It really helps me understand the nature that is part of my job as a driver guide, but also exposes me to different habitats and animals in different parts of the world. Through this channel, I get to learn about all the other incredible natural sights in the world.
My favorite singer is a guy from Tandale A.K.A Simba, officially known as Diamond Platnumz. He is a hardworking guy from Tanzania who started from nothing and now is very successful. His story encourages me to work hard and believe that I can be very successful too.
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