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Our Safari Guides

Our safari guides are at the heart of African Bush Camps. With storytelling and teaching, they enlighten the guests by sharing their wonder, wisdom, and love of the African bush.

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Meet our team

We believe that there is much more to an African safari than being driven around in a vehicle while passively viewing animals. In combining the ultimate safari with an expert guide, we create the complete journey, where experiences, knowledge and passions are shared and where a standard safari is transformed into an extraordinary one. The quality of your guide, quite simply, makes or breaks your safari. All our guides are naturalists with exceptional experience and who know the African bush intimately and have an amazing knowledge of the African wilderness and its people. Their appreciation of the diverse cultures of the world and the needs of their guests allows them to deliver the ultimate safari.

The benefit of an African Bush Camps guided safari is that you are not confined to a set schedule. Instead, you are offered the flexibility to make the most out of your adventure; walking, talking and learning, game driving, bird watching and even indulge in doing nothing at all. Our team of top safari guides present Africa to you in a unique manner, sharing their passion and knowledge with you and leaving you with an unforgettable experience that will last you a lifetime.

Botswana Guides

Dutch Bihelang Kasale

Dutch began his guiding career as a community specialist and joined African Bush Camps in September 2014 as head guide. His passions are photography, stars, game walking, insects, botany and animal behaviour.

James ‘007’ Tsietsi

With over 10 years experience as a fully qualified guide, James has worked his way around different regions of Botswana such as the delta, desert and salt pans garnering an outstanding wealth of knowledge.

Esefa Mokopi

Esefa grew up in the Linyanti, so his impressive wealth of knowledge around the wildlife in this region of Botswana is second to none. With 6 years guiding experience, he has spent 5 of these being a part of our African Bush Camps team.

Kutlwano Banda

Following in his father's footsteps, Kutlwano's passions are photography and star gazing. With over 14 years of experience guiding across different regions of Botswana, he is immensely knowledgeable about the region.

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Zimbabwe Guides

Dophas Tshaba

Dophas grew up in Hwange and decided to become a guide so that he could showcase his homeland's Flora and Fauna with people from different parts of the world while raising awareness of the importance of conservation. He is passionate about observing animal behavior and is favourite animal is the elephant.

Steve Chinhoi

Steve spent his early childhood herding cattle and fishing near his village, he loved spending his time outdoors. Steve fell in love with guiding during a holiday consisting of hiking from Kazungula to Victoria Falls, rafting from Victoria Falls to Deka drum and finally canoeing from Deka Drum to Mlibizi.

Calvet Nkomo

Calvet started guiding in 1995 and brings a wealth of knowledge and a love for nature. Calvet's favourite animal is the lion and has an interest in the research and studies done on them. He is a natural born storyteller and keeps the history and culture of his homeland alive through this skill.

Henry Bandure

Henry is an expert walking, driving and river guide in Mana Pools. He guided and hosted Sir David Attenborough when he was in Mana Pools filming the 'Painted wolf' episode for the 'Dynasties' series.

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Zambia Guides

Quentino Mbinji

Quentino decided to become a guide when he saw the thrilling adventure involved in whitewater rafting. After qualifying as a guide, Quintino has spent over 20 happy years on the river and in the bush, sharing the joy of an African safari with guests from all over the world.

Tawanda Chibwe

Tawanda started out as an auto-mechanic turned bush-mechanic, but then “ saw light” in 2005 after falling in love with the wilderness while on a game drive. He switched the spanners for the Binos and qualified as a professional guide for the Mosi-O-tunya park leading walking safaris and game drives, before joining African Bush Camps. His favourite activities include tracking Rhinos on foot, birding and animal behaviour.

Phillip Masule

Phillip grew up in the South Province of Zambia and knows the ecosystem, flora and fauna intimately from training in O-tunya National Park in Livingstone.

Ezekiel Musiyalela

Inspired by the fishing and canoeing tourism near his village, Ezekiel began his guide training at Ilombe Island. With years of experience as a fishing and canoeing guide at Zambezi Expeditions, Ezekiel loves nothing more than the feeling of freedom when taking his guests on water safaris.

Claudia Musonda

Claudia first began her training at Livingstone Business and Engineering of Social Sciences for six months and graduated with a certificate. With a passion for adventure and nature, Claudia enrolled at African Bush Camps as a trainee guide and is now a dedicated kids’ guide for our Ngwana Club program.

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