Maningo had immense depth of knowledge having been a guide for over 25 years. Even with all that time doing the job, he was as eager as we were to get out and watch animals live their lives. He answered most questions from his own experience but also paid attention to what other guides and youtube videos said about possible animal behaviors. He knew many many guides and they all help each other to optimize the viewing for their clients. Even with just an iPhone camera that has only a 10x telephoto lens, I got great photos, thanks to Maningo knowing how to work with those limitations. He showed us not only the big charismatic animals but also the lesser known but fascinating ones e.g. rock hyraxes which are elephants’ closest living relatives but are the size of bunnies. He was very knowledgeable about birds too. He also identified plants, such as a date tree growing wild. He anticipated road conditions affected by the weather and worked around it.
“Every detail was covered and questions and concerns were answered and addressed. This made for an amazing experience.
Casey was so helpful in the planning part, really made it easy for us. Once there, Fulgence took over and we were in excellent hands. We had such a fabulous, fun, informative and impactful trip. We could not have done it without the full A2T team. Wilfred was also great on last day in Arusha. You had us so well taken care of!!”