Ancient Africa Safaris

Meet the Team

We are not a marketplace, and we are not a call centre. Ancient Africa Safaris is a small, senior team — guides, planners and storytellers who design every journey personally, then stay with you from the first call to the final transfer home.

Founder & Lead Safari Designer

Henry Kaweesa

Henry grew up between Kampala and his grandmother's village on the edge of Lake Mburo, and has spent more than fifteen years guiding and designing safaris across East Africa. He has personally trekked every gorilla sector in Uganda and Rwanda, slept in every camp we recommend, and still leads a handful of journeys himself each year.

“A safari is not a product. It is a promise.”

Your safari family

Every journey is shaped by all of us — and guided by the best.

Grace Nakimera

Head of Guest Experience

Grace choreographs every journey from enquiry to homecoming — permits, charters, dietary quirks and surprise anniversary cakes. If your trip feels effortless, that is Grace.

Joseph Kamau

Senior Guide · Kenya

Born within sight of the Mara escarpment, Joseph has guided for two decades and can find a leopard the way most people find their car keys. Guests request him by name, year after year.

Aisha Mwakasege

Tanzania Specialist

Raised in Arusha beneath Mount Meru, Aisha times migration itineraries to the week and knows every crater-rim lodge by heart. The Serengeti is, quite literally, her backyard.

Emmanuel Niyonzima

Gorilla & Rwanda Specialist

A former Volcanoes National Park ranger, Emmanuel has met every habituated gorilla family in Rwanda. Nobody prepares you better for the most moving hour of your life.

Tom Bennett

Guest Relations · UK & Americas

Our man across the water — Tom has travelled every one of our itineraries and translates East African magic into practical answers, in your time zone.

Tell us your dream — one of us already knows the way.

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