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Headquarter staff
· Management
· Sales and reservations
· Finance and accounting
· Maintenance
· Security
· Workshop
· Supplies |
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Field staff
· Driver-guides
· Camp staff
· Transports
· Service teams
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| About Anderson's: |
| Meet the staff |
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| Anderson's African Adventures employs a large staff, manning offices,
workshops, support and service teams, mobile camps, and safari vehicles. Our staff includes
managers, mechanics, driver-guides, accountants, tailors, watchmen, foremen and more.
The main areas of our operation are presented below, together with some of our staff
members responsible for keeping our clients enjoying the savannah wildlife, strolling
the beaches of the Indian Ocean, and scaling the highest peaks of Africa.
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| Director and owner |
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| Christer Andersson was born and raised in Tanzania and has operated
tour companies in East and South Africa for 20+ years. |
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Christer Andersson
Director and owner |
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He founded Anderson's African Adventures in 1986, and has since
developed the company into an organization with a large and modern fleet of safari
and support vehicles, competent and experienced staff, it's own camps, and a good
name in the safari and tour industries. The most recent additions to the operation
are our new headquarters in Kisongo and the luxury Anderson's mobile camps.
Today Christer lives in Arusha with his family, managing the Anderson's headquarters
and further developing the company.
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| Main office in Anderson's headquarters. |
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| The office |
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| Anderson's headquarters in Kisongo just outside Arusha has workshops,
large parking lots for safari and supply vehicles, and a supply depot. Here is
also the company's main office. |
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| Irean Braganza Administration Manager |
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Eric Kimangano
Accountant |
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Bahati Mkilindi
Reservations |
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The office is managed by Irean Braganza, who started working
for the company back in 1995. She is the administration Manager and the
"spider in the web" with a long experience. She handles the variety
of administrative tasks required for operating safaris and other types of
tours.
Your first contact
Our staff members responsible for sales, planning and reservations are usually
our clients' first contact with Anderson's. Requests on itineraries, services
and tour prices require swift replies, as do booking from our agents abroad.
Intense activity and much knowledge may be required for example in response
to requests on complex tailored safaris.
Tour administration
A booking takes many administrative steps before the tour can begin. Confirmations
are sent to you, lodges, hotels and others. Vouchers for accommodation,
activities such as balloon safaris, domestic flights, etc are prepared,
and park fees for visiting the national parks are paid.
Planning is required for vehicle availability, maintenance, fuel and drivers.
Tours with our mobile camps require much additional planning, as they are
self-supporting and operated by a number of staff menbers.
The office ensures that you are met in the airport on arrival, and is ready
to handle any consequences from delayed flights or luggage. Should your
return flight need re-confirming, this is taken care of for you.
Accounting and maintenance
Other office staff members handle accounting and book-keeping, salaries
and other internal administration. Maintenance staff keeps the office operational,
including the generator that powers computers and other office equipment
during the power failures that are still frequent in Tanzania.
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| Landcruiser maintenance in the workshop. |
| The workshop |
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| Even though you may not get to actually see it, the workshop in
Anderson's headquarters is an important link in your safari with us. This is where
your safari vehicle went after its previous tour into the bush, for a thorough
checkup, for routine maintenance and for correcting any issues reported by its
driver-guide. |
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Freddy Simbeye
Workshop Foreman/
Chief Mechanic |
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Goodlisten Shayo
Mechanic |
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The workshop staff, led by foreman Freddy Simbeye, makes
sure that the vehicle is ready to be signed out and headed for the bush
again in time for your arrival.
All parts needs checking
The bush roads, dust and heat are tough on the safari vehicles. Everything
from tyres and shock absorbers to oil filters and generators needs checking.
Even the communications radio may shake loose.
The workshop
The workshop is located withing the headquarter premises, next to sheltered
parking lots for the fleet of safari and service vehicles.
Besides the tools required for working on the vehicles, the workshop has
greasing pits, welding sets and a spare parts depot. A tailor is at hand
should seat covers or other textiles need to be repaired or replaced.
Ready to go
On the day of your arrival, your vehicle is filled up, cleaned inside and
washed. After a final run-through of the equipment checklist, to confirm
that safety equipment, drinking water, wildlife reference books etc are
all there, your safari vehicle is ready to go.
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| Driver-guide game driving in Serengeti National Park. |
| Guides and other field staff |
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| The group within Anderson's that has the most direct and intense
contact with our clients are the driver-guides. They travel with our clients throughout
the safaris, sharing the happenings of the day and sharing their knowledge of
the wildlife, culture and the African nature. |
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Lazarus
Driver-guide |
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Max
Driver-guide |
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It is not uncommon for clients and driver-guides to form
good friendships during the week or more that they spend together in the
bush.
Reliable guides
Anderson's driver-guides are experienced drivers. They know how to handle
their vehicles, both on poor bush roads and in a workshop, and have private
interests in the wildlife, the flora, the birds and other aspects of the
African wilderness. They are reliable guides that have much to show you
in the bush and much to tell you along the road.
Safety before speed
Anderson's driver-guides are supposed not to speed, but to prioritize safety
and comfort. They are instructed not to exceed 80 km/h (50 mph). The itineraries
are planned accordingly, allowing for unhurried progress, breaks when needed
and unexpected events.
Other field staff
Other staff that you may meet in the field include our camp staff and chefs,
if staying in out mobile camps, and our mobile mechanics, should your vehicle
need service or maintenance while in the bush.
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| Lembris, driver-guide, in Serengeti National Park. |
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