Thanks to the crew
David was an excellent driver who went out of his way to maintain the truck to the highest standards and always drove with great care and incredible skill on the bumpiest roads in Africa! He was also great at getting the truck into brilliant positions for game viewing on the game drives. He was really responsible and always went to bed early if he was driving the next day.
Similarly the tour leader Moses was fantastic - he was totally dependable and reliable in an emergency, for example, taking clients to hospital and always went out of his way to organise requests from clients. He was great fun and very entertaining - he totally made the trip! his local knowledge was incredible and he had a wealth of contacts which meant that we got to see a bit more of the country and got to meet more local people.
Having an African crew made a huge difference to the trip – they both spoke local languages, had more respect from local people, understood the cultures in more detail and could speak from personal experience. I met several other overland trucks that had non-African crew and speaking to them found that their experiences were not as in-depth as ours. I think that its important that a big company like yourselves put something back into the communities you visit, and employing local people is an excellent way to do this and would certainly be a deciding factor in how I recommended friends to the trip.
Anna
