Your Field Guides

Name

Function

Experience

Gordon Omondi

Head Ranger

Gordon has been in the Guiding profession for 17 years. He is the holder of the silver level KPSGA. His main areas of specialization are in Ornithology and Walking safaris in big game country having led walking trips in the Mara, Serengeti and Laikipia in the northern parts of Kenya.

His love for nature began in the early days of his schooling when he joined the wildlife clubs of Kenya . After high school In 1987, he decided to pursue a career in the wild and became a member of the East African natural history society based at the Nairobi Museum where he became involved with the study of birds culminating in the first international bird-watch event in 1993. He is still a member of this society, which promotes interest in the flora and fauna of East Africa.

In 1996 Gordon went for Ranger-guide training to South Africa at Phunda Resource Reserve. Thereafter he worked in the Serengeti assisting in the training of guides and helped establish the first guides’ training school in the Serengeti.

Deus

Ranger

Deus has been part of the team at Serengeti Bushtops since opening in June 2010. He was born in Marangu area at the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro and started his career as a porter for Mountain Climbers. This is where he developed his interest in guiding. He subsequently attended the Sanawari Professional guiding school where he graduated as a guide.

Deus has over 5 years experience as a driver guide and has worked in different parks in Tanzania, mainly the southern and northern Serengeti. His special interest and knowledge is ornithology and the big cats.

Kokan

Ranger

Kokan has been part of the team at Serengeti Bushtops since the opening in June 2010. Kokan is married with two children and  is a Masai. He is a professional guide and member of the Tanzania Tour Guide Association.

Kokan has over 11 years experience  working in various National parks but mainly the southern and northern Serengeti and has a vast knowledge of wildlife but also knows Tanzania like the back of his hand.  He has also worked as a guide with WWF on various projects at Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Conservation area and Serengeti.

Jaffery

Ranger

Jaffery is married with one child and comes from the coastal part of Tanzania. He was trained as a tour guide at Mt. Meru Tour guiding college and has over 5 years experience as a professional guide and worked both in northern and southern Tanzania.

Jaffery underwent special training on wildlife and birds and his specialty is the study of animal behavior and he is also very knowledgeable on the history of  East and Central Africa. Jaffery was also lucky to have worked with wildlife expert Mr. Jean du Plessis who featured in some of the National Geographic Wildlife doucmetnaries.. Jaffery speaks excellent German.

Birdi

Ranger

Birdi is a married father of 2 and was trained as a guide at the Mt. Meru Tour guiding school where after his graduation he was offered the opportunity to work as a trainer on tour guiding skills and other related fields.

Birdi has over 4 years experience as a professional guide having worked in different parks in northern Tanzania. Before becoming a guide, Birdi was working at the Geita Gold mines in Shinyanga Province as a miner. Birdi's specialty is the identification of animal tracks and he is an expert Elephant tracker having guided  walking safaris to track elephants for a number of years.