Great experience with a fantastic guide
Alex was professional and was never hesitant to stop the car and talk about animals, although we’ve seen them a few times already. He never seem stressed and he was always (it seemed) looking for a better place for the car so that we could get a better view. Impressive effort since it was quite a lot of driving.
One afternoon, we were actually heading back to camp, he said that he just wanted to check something out. We drove off and suddenly heads up in the bush where an antelope was staring at something. Turns out the antelope is looking at a cheetah with her cub that wasn’t visible from where we headed up in the bush. No other humans present. Maybe this is basic guide skills but to us it was a fantastic experience. And I guess that the one hour detour in the afternoon says something about Alex’ will to make your trip really special.
“A2T is a first-rate safari company who really listens to get a handle on what you want from a safari/trip to Tanzania and works hard to provide a final itinerary within your budget, even if it takes multiple drafts. We appreciate that they are relatively small, and focus just on Tanzania, so they know their product really well. An added plus for us is how ethically they manage their business — they employ their guides all year round and will not use guides from the outside — if a time period fills up and all guides are assigned, then it is full. It was important to us that A2T uses some of its resources to help the Tanzanian people through Project Zawadi. It is even more impressive to understand just how much of a priority this project is to the owners now that we have visited. We can’t imagine travelling with any other company.”