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5 Reasons Why a Private Safari Guide Can Make Your Tanzania Safari Exceptional
August 7, 2013
1. Your guide can take you places no one else can find.
One of the pitfalls of choosing a group tour safari is that you are stuck to the groups' schedule. Also, when traveling with a large group, you are frequently forced to stay in the ‘mainstream' safari areas. By traveling with a local guide on a private safari, you have access to more remote wilderness areas–places seldom visited by other tourists. You also have a more flexible schedule that allows for off the beaten path exploration and a guide who can take you to the secretly amazing places that no one else knows about. Proud African Safaris also boasts no time limit or mileage limit on game drives, and guides focus on the guests specific area of interest, such as big cats or birdlife. PAS' guides also use their innate knowledge of the land, weather, and wildlife patterns to take guests to prime wildlife viewing spots, instead of using radios to tell each other where to go like many big safari companies do.
2. Your guide is like a walking encyclopedia.
When it comes to tour guides, there is no replacement for hands-on experience, lifelong knowledge, and their past work ‘in the field'. Proud African Safaris' guides have former experience as park rangers, biologists, and conservationists in Tanzania's national parks. For example, Ernest Sitta, Proud African Safaris' Senior Guide and Naturalist was a former park ranger at Serengeti National Park. Because of impeccable knowledge and innate wildlife tracking skills of guides like Sitta, they can introduce travelers to Tanzania in a way that goes beyond any guidebook. Also, because of their knowledge of seasonal wildlife migrations, PAS guides can offer travelers truly unparalleled wildlife encounters. Private guides at Proud African Safaris also use respect and patience when tracking wildlife, and are respectful of animals and their habitats.
3. Your guide can immerse you in the culture of Tanzania.
Choosing to take a safari with a tour operator that is not based in Tanzania could mean that you have a non-Tanzanian guide. Going with an authentic Tanzania company like Proud African Safaris means that your tour guide was born and raised in that beautiful country. As with any tour guide, the best ones are the ones that can introduce you personally to the food, history, people, language, and culture of a destination. Your private safari guide can offer you a truly insiders' view of Tanzania that you won't find elsewhere.
4. Your guide will keep you safe.
Traveling internationally can be intimidating and might make you a little nervous. An expert tour guide who both lives and works in your travel destination is the best person to keep you safe during your vacation. Your guide will be familiar with the rules, regulations, and social mores, and will be sure to steer clear of unsafe areas. Your guide can also offer tips and advice about how to stay safe when you are arriving or departing. Proud African Safaris tours are 100% escorted from the moment they arrive to the moment they depart.
5. Your guide will make your safari utterly unforgettable.
One guaranteed way to make a lifelong friendship with someone from Tanzania is to have a private tour guide during your safari. Because you are not traveling with a big group of people, you have an opportunity to really get to know your guide and their history---their family, their friends, and their favorite things in life. By the time you head back home after your safari, you'll have memories and a personal connection with your tour guide that will be utterly unforgettable.
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