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The Hoopoe Commitment
To your safari
To
local communities
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Wilderness Guide Profiles
Wilderness guides are specialist guides
that accompany our Kilimanjaro treks and hiking trips in
places like West Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Highlands, East
Serengeti (Loliondo) among others. Their specialist skills
include Advanced First Aid training and certification as
well as area specific training for trips that they join.
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Name:
Ake Lindstrom
Tribe: Detribalised
Dane / English of Kenyan birth!
Date of birth:
26/03/78
Lives: Sekei,
Nr Arusha Town
Worked for Hoopoe since:
2000
Status: Kilimanjaro
Trip Leader / Wilderness Head Guide / Safari Guide
Kilimanjaro Trips:
20
Hobbies: Mountain
biking, swimming, running, rugby, windsurfing, hiking, culture
vulture.
Marital status:
Living with long term partner
Why do you like guiding?
Being outdoors and close to nature either on safari, walking
some ancient volcano or a stones throw from an elephant on
foot is the way I love to live my life. Being able to do it
as a job and show people how stunning this part of the world
is, is a privaledge that I enjoy greatly.
Other: is
also tied to his desk from time to time and heads up Hoopoe
sales in Tanzania. Involved in community based projects such
as Kahawa Shamba and West Kilimanjaro and organises the ground
handling for events such as the 3
Peaks 3 Weeks Challenge. |
Suturing practise
At Uhuru with views of Furtwangler glacier
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Name:
Jonas Loiruk
Tribe: Maasai
(WaArusha)
Date of birth:
7/7/78
Lives: Mula,
Nr Arusha Town
Worked for Hoopoe since:
2002
Status: Kilimanjaro
Head Guide / Wilderness Head Guide
Kilimanjaro Trips:
>100
Hobbies: Hiking!
Listening to music, spending time with his family (Jonas has
twins, a boy and a girl).
Marital status:
married
Why do you like guiding?
"Firstly to show people my beautiful and amazing country.
Secondly, it's my work and earn good money from it and thirdly
I meet lots and lots of different types of people and get
to know about them AND their cultures."
Other: Jonas
is also Chairman of a school for disabled children. |
Jonas practising suturing on advanced
training
Jonas being assessed at altitude
in another training session
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Name: Edward
Jonas
Tribe: Maasai
(WaArusha)
Date of birth:
6/5/78
Lives: Ol
Turoto, Nr Arusha Town
Worked for Hoopoe since:
2003
Status: Kilimanjaro
Assistant Guide / Wilderness Head Guide
Kilimanjaro Trips:
>100
Hobbies: Music!
Reading, cycling, football, watching movies
Marital status:
Long term partner - threatening to get married this year...
Why do you like guiding?
"Meeting people, great job, keeps me fit and healthy
and I love the natural world especially flora". |
Edward acting as a shock patient
in a training session!
Edward gives a liver a suture!
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Name:
Joseph Kumbau
Tribe: Maasai
(WaArusha)
Date of birth:
28/3/78
Lives: Ol
Turoto, Nr Arusha Town
Worked for Hoopoe since:
2004
Status: Kilimanjaro
Assistant Guide / Wilderness Head Guide
Kilimanjaro Trips:
>50
Hobbies: Choir
singing, reading, music, loves watching football matches,
volleyball, socialising.
Marital status:
Married, 2 kids.
Why do you like guiding?
"It's my job - I earn my living from it, meeting and
sharing experiences with people, it keeps me fit, and gives
me opportunities to help people. By that I mean not only clients
but crews as well - it's a big responsibility and I enjoy
it!"
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Joseph practising IM injections on
a dolly...
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