The People Behind Your Safari
The People Behind Your Safari
Our team designs every Kingse safari, and our own hand-picked guides deliver it on the ground. No agents, no call center, no handoff. The people who plan your trip are the people who run it, with one of our own guides beside you in the bush.
Leadership
Founder & Managing Director · Gold Coast, Australia
Jackson designs Kingse trips from Australia, the routing, the lodges, the timing, with Samara and our guides carrying every trip through from the first inquiry until you're home. He's spent years in the field across East Africa, from the Serengeti to Bwindi, so the plan you get is built on places he has actually stood, not a brochure.
A country-town kid who spent years in construction before this, he took his mom to Tanzania in 2023, met Pete as their guide, and built Kingse out of the friendship that followed.
General Manager & Safari Specialist · Queenstown, New Zealand
Samara runs the client side of Kingse, from your first inquiry through to the day you fly home, the planning detail, the bookings, the run sheets, and every question along the way. She works hand in hand with Jackson on every trip, so there's always a real person who knows yours inside out.
Our Guides
Your guide is the person you'll spend every morning with, and they make or break the trip. Every guide on our team is an experienced professional, hand-picked and personally vetted by us, and they're our own people, not a stranger pulled from a pool. Here are some of the faces who'll be with you on the ground.
Wilson was born and raised in Ololosokwan, on the edge of Serengeti National Park, where a childhood spent herding cattle among wildlife became his first education in nature. He trained at Mwewe Ranger Training College and spent years guiding in the Grumeti and the wider Serengeti before joining us. He has worked on vulture research and hyena behavior projects, and he's a keen wildlife photographer. Wilson also runs our ground operations in Tanzania, the vehicles, the permits and the day-to-day running of our trips.
Pete grew up in a farming community in Karatu and was Jackson's guide on the 2023 trip that started all of this. He has guided across northern Tanzania for more than fifteen years and knows the Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire the way most people know their own street. He's a guide guests ask for by name.
Raphiele grew up on the outskirts of Arusha and has guided travelers across northern Tanzania for more than 15 years. Off the road he runs his own farm, raising everything from cattle and sheep to turkeys and guinea fowl. That mix, a real connection to the land and a guide's eye for wildlife, is what makes a day out with him feel like being shown around by someone who genuinely lives it.
Justice is a Maasai guide from Ololosokwan, near the Kenya-Tanzania border, with more than twenty years guiding across northern Tanzania. He came up from tracker to head guide in some of the Serengeti's best-known camps before guiding with us. He's happiest on a night drive, reading the stars or telling stories around the fire.
Beyond the northern circuit, we have senior guides we trust across the region, each one personally vetted and presented as one of our own. We're rolling out their full profiles here over the coming weeks.
Tell us where you want to go, when you're thinking of traveling, and what matters most to you. We'll design a trip around it and put the right guide beside you.
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Samara looks after our guests from the US. Email her or book a call at a time that suits you, or message her on WhatsApp, and she'll come back to you the same day, US time.
Samara Imhoof
Bookings & Client Care
Whether you're just kicking around ideas or already booked. Dates, lodges, costs, changes, payments, flights.
Jackson Potter
Founder
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