Article: The Rugged Profile Of A Safari Guide

The Rugged Profile Of A Safari Guide

What is your ideal image of a guide? Do safari guides need more than just a dark tan, a khaki shirt and a hat like Crocodile Dundee? Could there be more to being a guide than telling gripping fireside tales and downing hearty swigs of Jack Daniels?



There is, and you can bet your life on it. Serious safaris demand guides with a bold character and the following rugged profile:



Firstly, where has he lived his life?



Has he actually had first hand experience on the ground in Africa? Was his grandfather a warden? The best guide I ever had was a third generation professional guide operating throughout Botswana. He was born in Tanzania and, together with his grandfather - who was a warden - they migrated to the Kalahari Desert and started their own saf...
 

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