We firmly believe that it is possible, in fact – ESSENTIAL, that tourism is sustainable, ethical and responsible if we are to challenge the current environmental and social issues facing the world. We know that people want to travel and to have new experiences, but we want to challenge the idea of the ‘fast-fashion’ type of tourism, where tourist are crowded together and travelling at such a pace that the small details are missed. Tourism can certainly be damaging to both culture, community and the natural world, but we aim to do things differently so that travellers create minimal impact and in fact have a POSITIVE impact on the environment and local communities.
Introduction
Taswira Africa Safaris is a family run, fully licensed, unique and ethical safari specialists travel company, based in Arusha, Northern Tanzania, in the heart of safari country. The owners are an international mix, ensuring that we know what clients expect as well as know our country of Tanzania. Caroline Goody (Australia / UK) lived in Tanzania for over 11 years and now splits her time between her homes. George Elmo, trained and worked as a safari tour guide for many years in Tanzania, his home country, before setting up Taswira Africa Safaris. Together they are offering safari clients something special – the ultimate Tailor made African safari adventure, with excellent guest care and overall sustainability at heart.
Our client’s safety, comfort and enjoyment are paramount and we pride ourselves on excellent personal and communication skills, ensuring you feel safe, happy and informed the entire trip. We have carefully selected a range of good quality lodges and tented camps, ensuring you have the most memorable African safari. We have personally stayed in each of the accommodation options we have selected to ensure the quality of the rooms, customer service and catering. In each destination we have standard, mid-range and luxury options.
You will travel in comfortable, 4WD, fully serviced and maintained, specially fitted-out safari vehicles, with pop-up roofs for excellent wildlife viewing. There are charging stations on board, a large fridge (with soft drinks, wine and beer), water and a first aid kit. The guides are connected with radio call to share information about wildlife viewing or in case of any problems. We believe it is of the utmost importance to ensure that each client has the very best experience and goes home with only amazing memories.
Our team are available 24/7 while you are safari, to deal with any issues that may arise or to answer any questions. Your guide is stationed with you at all times, sleeping in the same accommodation, rather than moving into local guest houses in nearby towns, as is the norm for a lot of tour operators. We feel this is important so that you are safe in case of any emergency or just to answer any questions.
Our Philosophy
Our Guides
Your guide is an essential part of what makes your trip a success. Taswira Africa Safaris works only with the most professional and qualified tour guides, who all have a minimum of ten years working experience. We provide continuous in-house and external training (including Wilderness First Aid) to ensure our guides have the best client care and knowledge. Taswira Africa compensates our team with a generous wage (often double that of our competitors), in line with what we feel is fair for the work that they do and reducing the pressure on clients to pay tips, which is often the only money a guide will take home.
Our guides will go out of their way to make sure you are comfortable, safe and happy for the entire trip. It’s the little extras that make your trip extra special; marking a birthday, remembering your favourite drink to have on board for bush lunches, taking you to a special shop for the carvings you wanted, sourcing a charger that you forgot, organising data so that you can call home or arranging a doctor’s visit if you feel under the weather. Our guides are SO much more than just safari guides, they take care of every detail to ensure you feel relaxed and worry-free to enjoy your safari.
