Elly was professional, patient, friendly, funny, and a great person. Our entire family had a great time getting to know Elly and we had an amazing time with him the entire trip. His personality fit in with each individual from us parents to each of our three teenagers. I don’t want to leave out our other A2T guides we spent time with. We spent a day with Haji walking through several Chaga villages and having lunch with Mama Grace. While our time with Haji was brief, he was great to get to know and spend time with as well. In just a few hours we built a strong connection with him and learned a lot about TZ and the people that live there. We also spent one day of safari with Nasibu and had a very successful first game drive exploring Arusha National Park. While the Safari experiences we had were great by themselves, I think the A2T guides made the difference and we feel like we made new friends and memories with them that we will cherish even more.

Elly is fantastic and we feel that we have a new friend. He has such a great personality and seems to know everyone in the entire country of Tanzania. He was wonderful teaching us about the animals, the land, the people, the language, and the culture. We loved our time getting to know this exceptional human!

Elly was absolutely amazing. He demonstrated sincere care for as customers and was always wanting to please us. He was always patient, kind, and knew the area extremely well. He wanted to make sure we didn’t miss any opportunity to experience something unique and special. Our conversations and what we learned from Elly were an unexpected bonus that greatly enriched our safari experience and our time in the country. He was also a lot of fun! We will miss him!

Elly was unbelievable! Not only did he know about the animals and plants while we were on safari, Elly learned about us as a couple and told us about himself. He made sure to find us the animals we were interested in. Elly answered our questions about anything and everything.

Elly was great at communicating with us beforehand and a wonderful guide throughout our Safari. He was genuinely excited to show us the parks and we feel like generally we got to see the best of it all thanks to him. We really enjoyed meeting him and thank him for taking good care of us.

This was my third Safari (Kenya, South Africa and this time Tanzania) and I never had such a knowledgeable, devoted, helpful and genuinely caring guide as Elly. He had an in depth knowledge of all the animals and birds we saw (and we saw them all), impeccable manners, was always calm and patient (even in the face of our very challenging teenager’s behaviour and moods at times). He also has superb driving skills (safe on the road but very advanced off road driving skills in the Serengeti which saved us several times from getting stuck for hours in the mud). We always felt safe and listened to at all times.

Elly was pleasant, funny and very educational.

Elly was my favorite guide from our entire adventure in Africa. He listens, he understands, and knows a tremendous amount.

Having Elly as our guide made this a trip of a lifetime. His expertise, kind manner, ability to spot the animals and openness and enthusiasm for teaching us about Tanzania made for a truly personal and outstanding safari. He is also a great Kiswahili teacher. We recommended A2T to our friends and told them to request Elly because he was so wonderful.

Elly was amazing…he is very knowledgeable, fun, and made sure we were comfortable. He was determined to find animals. He went above and beyond! He helped us with our return flight delay by finding us a place to relax while we waited.