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Management Team

Stan Wilfred

Founder and Director of Habari Adventure. Growing up in Kilimanjaro ignited his passion for hiking the surrounding mountains and exploring his heritage. He worked as a porter for 2 years in other companies in Moshi to get the school fees in order to study tourism. His big dream was to become the mountain and safari guide and to find his own company in order to provide excellent services to both visitors and porters so as to improve their standard of living to his community. With Habari Adventure his dream came true.

Caroline

Caroline handles sales. She is loved by our guests for her attentiveness in dealing with customers, fast responses, and eagerness to help at all times, strategically planning and launching new products or services while ensuring customer satisfaction. She likes to have chats and she goes a long way to ensure that guests get their wishes granted also manage all efforts by the company's entire sales team. She loves the outdoors and a big fan of nature and will make an ideal itinerary for your experience. In the meantime, Caroline leads presentations for business development and is involved in meetings with key business stakeholders.

Holly

Holly is one of the office representatives who will meet you at Habari Adventure headquarters, make the final check on your readiness and answer all your questions before the trip. She has visited all major National parks and knows nearly everything about nature. Also, Holly is always in touch with our team of mountain and wildlife safari guides. In addition, she will respond to your reviews in our TripAdvisor account ready to receive all comments from all of our guests and advice the team for the good improvement when necessary.

Anna

Anna is responsible for managing the reservations process, coaching and motivating the team to deliver quality guest services and meet targets of our guests. Ever since Anna joined to our team, she is very enthusiastic, engaging and ensures that all work executed in a correctly and timely manner in alignment with services booked as per each file’s requirement. Also, she facilitates the market promotion, profit making of a company’s products and services. We love and appreciate her job since she is committed to provide our clients with the possible services.

Airport Team

Emanuel

For 5 years Emanuel has been a leader of our driving team. Every morning he start by checking our vehicles and meet all driver before start of their duties and make sure that their cars are fueled and well cleaned.

Amani

Our driver who will always be at the arrival entrance with a welcoming smile waiting for your presence helping you with the luggage ready to drive to your destination.

Joe

A very punctual and trusted agent who will simply become a good friendly when meet always cheerful waiting you ready to take you where your needed to be.

Safari Guides

Michael

Michael has been chosen for his knowledge, experience, professionalism, attentiveness, patience and also communication skills. He is fluently English speaker and it’s his mission to give our guests unforgettable experience. He also responsible for the safety and well-being of guests while on tour, monitoring the surroundings, ensuring that guests are following safety protocols and responding to any emergencies.

Hillary

Hillary is a brilliant safari guide. He has combined the knowledge and skills he has honed for over 10 years in the industry and applied it to every client for an unrivalled safari experience. He has extensive knowledge and experience in wildlife, nature, and the local culture of the area of Tanzania. He speaks English, Italian and Chinese fluently and have extensive knowledge of local languages and the culture. Hillary is ready to take you on safari expeditions to make it remarkable, more educational and enjoyable. He believes that whether it is the dry or wet season wildlife and nature will offer something special. His favorite animal is Hyena but mostly likes to observe birds’ motions and learn more about their voices.

Decha

He grew up in Arusha, Tanzania the gateway town for Safari to Northern Tanzania. He has knowledge and experience in wildlife, nature, and the local culture. He has able to provide accurate and interesting information about the animals, plants, and people in the area, making more educational and enjoyable. Much requested due to his photography skills and nicknames of animals he made with client. He likes nature and wildlife and encourage guest to support projects working with endangered species. Also likes to share his knowledge to clients and hope that they would learn something from him and take it back home. He likes to do game drive with family groups and mostly kids.

Innocent

He has been a safari guide of Habari Adventure for 5 years but has been in the industry for over 10 years in airport team. He likes to make sure that his clients feel safe and that he always wants to meet their expectation. His favorite animal is rhino. Innocent like to read books on his spare time. As safari guide Innocent is punctual and very passionate about his job. He wants to understand wat the clients want and deliver it to them and even exceed their expectation if possible. He has combined the knowledge and skills he has honed for over 10years in this industry and applied it to every client for an unrivalled safari experience.

Mountain Guides

Stan

Apart from being Founder and Director of Habari Adventure, Stan still guides the recommended groups in his company. Highly experienced Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, since he has done more than 100 summits and ready to share his knowledge in interactive and entertaining way. Also invites questions and interactions from tour members rather than treating the tour as one person show or school lesson. Stan is especially humorous and great to chat with; He is doing his utmost best to provide the wonderful experience for all our client so that they deliver an amazing adventure when have him as a founder / a guide.

Leonard

Has worked for 8 and half years in the Kilimanjaro trekking industry and now work as Habari Adventure chief guide. The work of Leonard is the heart of each and every climbing expedition. He likes to know client’s preference so as not to make any assumptions. Always ready to share the knowledge of flora and fauna throughout the trek.

Evance

Evance has extensive knowledge and experience in mountain, he’s so ready to ensure client satisfaction. His passionate about reaching to the top and believes on making clients happier and exceeding their expectations. Also, a footballer lover who maintains a certain level of authority which helps him to make decision in unpredictable occasions.

Justin

He has been leading treks with Habari Adventure for years now. A very interactive and knowledgeable which helps him to answer many questions from visitors. He also makes sure that everyone is safe and comfortable as possible which helps tourists to be satisfied with their hiking.

Daniel

He is so sensitive towards the needs of his guests he joined the team and has been working for years now also, he is so attentive and respectful to everyone in the group so as to meet tourist’s satisfactions. Seeking for good story teller - Daniel is the one and able to form a friendship soon after meeting.

Oscar

Oscar is willing to learn and improve the ability to speak more than one language like Germany & French, this helps him to speak fluently and coherently with guest from any part of the world also, paying attention to what guests enjoy the most and the least about the tour that makes him capable to provide clear information about the area including facts that may be interested to the guests.

Abdi

A mountains and trekking lover. Trusted and work as mountain guide at Habari Adventure since 2013. Abdi has also been a porter in different companies before joined Habari Adventure when established. One of the infantry that we trust on managing those speed of our client on 6days hike. Additionally, Abdi engaged in weaving activities whereby he made culture stuffs such as shoes, beads and clothes.

Ivan

He has climbed every route on Kilimanjaro as well as several other peak in Tanzania including Mount Meru. He like to interact with different kind of people and believes there’s nothing better than having the ability to meet so many great people and be rewarded with opportunity to help them create memories that will last a life time. He states his hobby as "hard work" and it shows! We are thankful for his hard work and dedication.

Jackson

As a teenager who began mountain sports as rock climbing on his village quickly joined the Habari Adventure team due to the love of outdoors journeys and exploring remote landscape. He is passionate with social skills and emotional intelligence when leading a group with confidence. He got much loved by client due to his friendly careering they receive from him.

Joseph

Joined Habari team 2018 as assistance guide for two years and work as our chief guide leading groups. This makes him more experienced guide and we are proud to have him with us. His has experienced working as a climbing guide and has been around to see a lot of changes on Kilimanjaro in his young age. Joseph enjoys every climb and his patience pays off when it comes to getting guests to the summit, happier when leading French client.

Michael

We had Michael as a porter when welcoming him to our team. After 6 years of working with us we trusted him as a personal waiter to our clients, this allows him to be closer to the guest, this gives him confidence and assertiveness to join the mountain guides lessons at Mweka college. He finishes his lesson and passes the test then now work as a mountain Guide in our Team.

Jacob

Our mountain guide who loves to sing, always carrying a music instrumental with him in any hike he is doing. Apart from Mountain guiding Jacob is also a music writer who took his studies on his free times. He still works as an assistance guide in a big number of groups. We enjoy having him in our team as he cherishes us with his songs.

Chefs

Jimmy

The kitchen skill he has helps him to run a smooth-operating kitchen. He is also able to implement and maintain sanitary practices to ensure that kitchens remain hygienic and that the food patrons receive are safe to consume. While Jimmy work as a porter at Habari adventure he uses to attend cooking classes at St. Jose Training center, and now work as a chef for both Kilimanjaro and safari.

Thomas

He is creative which helps him to come up with new appetizing and exciting meals. Being able to work with whatever materials provided allows him to come up with very tasty and delicious food that you can’t find in any recipe book. Enjoying the hot meal is the biggest expectation to the guests Remy is so ready to fulfill it.

Remy

A most requested chef for camping safari due to his expertise and ability to know the client's desire. Often focusing on particular cuisine based on client’s diet. He works as a chef for 4 years now and he always left no doubt for his client. On his spare time Remy likes to learn more about spices.

Eugen

Joined the team at a young age and work as a waiter for 6years and gain skills from former chefs when assisting them on the preparation. He’s now gaining trust from the clients and getting positive feedback on his delicious cooking. He is still learning new recipes to keep getting better to deliver new tasty every day.

Ibra

Our chagga chef who goes by the nickname of a local flavor master. Ibra loves to cook traditional dishes to his client as a part of sharing knowledge and Tanzania culture. Always clean and punctual when preparing the dish, and likes to share the local recipes with clients. We knew him 12yrs in this industry but work in our team for 8 years now.

Pio

The youngest chef who will amazing your tongue with his majestic flavor. The team/client normal call him papa P due to his ability to adjust the menu based on any allergies the client has. He got recommended many times to the gluten free and lactose peoples but mostly vegetarians. We love working with him due to his flexibility and he is very humble.

Waiters

Michael

Our recommended waiter who always provide the excellent service to the client. Has the knowledge to speaking English fluently. Constantly wakes you up with the hot bed tea at your sleeping tent every morning. His good service with a big smile at the mess tent will always bright your day through the trekking. Habari Adventure looking forward to fulfill his big dream of becoming a tour guide.

George

He has been working as a porter for the past 6 years since he joined Habari Adventure before become waiter. George handle food safely and lay out excellent customer services, present daily menu and give detailed information when asked. A good listener to any demand you required each time strives towards best satisfaction.

Abuu

As Habari Adventure team we are happy to have Abuu as a waiter to our tourists. His excellence and cleaning performance of services, allows him to be selected to our VIP client. He’s so punctual in arranging the table at the mess tent when arrived to the campsite also, welcoming you in a courteous and hospitable way. Abuu knows perfect menu proposal and remember some orders to make the services faster.

Deo

He is our youngest waiter with 2 years of experience. Deo has a dream to become the mountain guide in Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru. His performance is always upgrading and soon we will take him to school to become a guide because he speaks French, English and Spanish. Once you met Deo on any trip expect to learn a lot about Tanzania culture and local food.

Kelvin

Very punctual, attentive, friendly, smart with a wonderful communication skill. Before starting doing the Kilimanjaro hike Kelvin he was working in one of the best hotels in Moshi Kilimanjaro. Kelvin, he loves nature and environmental conversations that’s why he decides to work on the mountain and enjoy the field.

Novart

We are so proud to have Novart in our team. His smile and communication skills are unbelievable. Novart on each trip cleanness and timing is his first priority. He always cleans the dinning tent and all staff required for food. Novart makes sure clients eat on time and they are satisfied with the meals. In case any client requires special fruit or food he deliver the request to the chef for quick arrangements and make sure the order is delivery as per requested.

Tent Crew

Allen

Head of our equipment depot always spends most of his time, taking censorship of our depot, washing and fixing tents, camping chairs, tables and another mountain equipment’s. Work as the tent camp manager who arrange and organize all the tents when arrive to the campsite. Allen does not have any formal training; he grew up in a village and had to work right after school. His performance makes him to be loved by the client who received the services. It is a privilege for the whole team to have him here, his radiating smile always keeps us energized and positive.

Elisante

We receive portable toilet request from some of our client, therefore we trained some of porters to work as toilet man (link to our tents) - Stan. Elisante works as the one, each time pick up and deliver portable toilets to the locations provided by the camp, handle sewage disposal and collect waste, cleaning the toilet and provide sanitary supplies like toilet papers into the toilets and perform maintenance on the tank. He works with a smile and always correspond for what he’s doing so as to provide the excellent portable toilet service to you.

Humphrey

We also consider him as a best entertainer once he is on the trip. Humphrey has worked on Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya for 10 years. His punctually and great organization of the team made him to be more unique. He always pitches and arrange the campsite before the client arrival. Once clients arrive, he takes the clients back parks and put in the tents. Afterwards he organizes the team to sing the Jambo and Kilimanjaro songs with clients. Always you will dance and sing with the team once you’re with him. Expect to have happiest and very fun trip once you’re with him.

Masoud

Also, we consider him as our very experienced tent crew because he has done Kilimanjaro for more than 15 years his knowledge, attentiveness and trustworthy made him to deliver the wonderful services to our clients. Always Masoud has blessed with a very fast pace to look for the nice spots to pitch the tents and he make sure the tents are clean and well-arranged before clients arrive at campsite. He also takes care of all client’s equipment’s around the campsite. With Masoud expect to have the best lifetime adventure.

Musa

Musa is our youngest tent crew with 2 years of experiences, his knowledge and efficiency made him to be upgraded to this category. He speaks very good English and his pace is unbelievable. Musa has a very good communication skills and he coordinates the porters and clients. Most of time at the campsite he loves singing and for sure expect to dance and sing local songs after arrival at the campsite once you’re with Musa.

Omben

Omben started the mountain at the age of 17 and until now he has 20 years of experience on Kilimanjaro. Before he become a tent crew, he was a summit porter. Due to his efficiency we decided to upgrade him to tent crew. Omben loves his job and always he works very hard to make sure the campsite is well organizing and the client’s equipment’s are well placed to the right place. Once you met Omben you’re in safe hand and expect to sleep at a very nice spot on the mountain.

Porters

These are the people who make sure you enjoy your trip safely and comfortably. They organize all camping staff starting carrying you bag, tents, water, fresh food and pitching up your sleeping and dinning tents before you arrive at campsite. We take care of all of our porters by making sure they sleep in nice tents, eating 3 meals a day, suppling them some hiking gears, paying them best salary as recommended by government as well as health assistance in case of incidence on the mountain. We really appreciate our porters and we call them the heroes of the hike.