A Maasai at the helm
The savannah of northern Tanzania is Maasai land. Our founder grew up in a community in the area that now surrounds the Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire, and that background is what sets every game drive apart: you are not hearing a memorised explanation, but the account of someone who knows the land from the inside.
To his mother tongue he added English and then Spanish, and for twenty years he has worked as a guide in the parks of the northern circuit.
Knowledge no course can teach
Finding wildlife is not a matter of luck or of the radio. It is knowing where each pride rests, what time they come down to drink and how they move when the wind changes.
That knowledge only comes from years on the ground, and it is the difference between driving through a park and understanding it. At Tumbili it is also passed on first-hand: he is the one telling you.
We are not an agency
An agency at home has no vehicles or guides in Tanzania: it subcontracts a local operator and adds its commission to the price. Tumbili is that local operator. You book directly with the person who organises and guides your trip, so there is no middleman to pay and the same safari costs less.
We handle everything arranged on the ground (accommodation, park entry, activities and routes), and you have one point of contact from start to finish.
What makes a safari is who tells it. At Tumbili, a Maasai does.
