It was a delight to spend 12 days traveling with Joachim. He was consistently friendly, cheerful, prompt, and always trying his very best to make sure that we experienced and saw everything that it was possible to see–which he did with remarkable success. He was infinitely patient with us as we repeatedly pointed out the many birds that we saw and always stopped so that we could take pictures . He was also very good in helping us to identify them, including supplying us with a list of the birds that we had seen at the end of our trip to help us in identifying our many pictures of new, unfamiliar birds. He ensured that we saw every animal that we knew of in Tanzania, including rare leopard cubs, and also some species that we didn’t know about. He used his skills to enable us to see the wildebeast migration across the Mara River, despite our initial hesitation (fortunately all made it across safely, to our relief). Joachim truly was a friend as well as a wonderful guide and ambassador for our trip.

Joachim is special. He knows wildlife. He knows the parks. He found ways to avoid crowds. He taught us some Swahili. He navigated the awful roads (we learned about poli poli). My partner is especially interested in birds. He found and taught us about the many species in Tanzania. He handled the few glitches that occurred with calm professionalism. But mostly he is a thoroughly decent man. It was a pleasure to spend two weeks with him.

We adored Joachim. His professionalism, knowledge, humility, sense of humor, warmth, and driving skills all made the trip the success it was.

I can’t give Joachim enough stars! Friends from the start. He was so knowledgeable, friendly, funny, accommodating, kind, trustworthy, he will forever hold a place in my heart.

Joachim was GREAT! He was so knowledgeable and helpful.

My trip was split between Two guides Joachim and Nasibu. I know them both from previous trips and they are both excellent. They are able to navigate difficult roads with ease and spot wildlife and birds.

Love Joachim! Such a patient, kind, respectful, stoic guide! Handled our crazy group with kindness and made sure we got to see everything we needed to see in Tanzania!

Joachim was excellent! He was extremely helpful given my situation. He helped me get into and out of the truck, helped getting the scooter in and out of the truck, made sure I had close access to the bathrooms. More importantly, he was extremely knowledgeable of all parks that we visited, where to find the animals and the uncanny ability to know the animal’s behavior. He was very personable and a pleasure to be with during our entire safari. He, and Mike (from Access 2 Tanzania) made sure I was well taken care of. Mike purchased a shower chair for me which was very very helpful! We put it in our truck and used it at each lodge!

Joachim was a perfect guide for us. He is very knowledgeable about the animals, plants, countryside, parks, people. He was a careful driver, kept us in the know about any plans or changes, great communicator. We had some great conversations about Tanzania, the US, Norway, cars, teenagers. He knew many of the other guides from A2T and other operators, and it was clear they respected his input on routes, directions, help in general. We liked seeing how much the guides help each other and Joachim definitely was a part of it. He asked if plans were good or we wanted to do anything different (we mostly stuck to the agenda). We would recommend Joachim to everyone.