How much does the safari guide get paid in tanzania?

The safari guide of Tanzania paid salary ranges from 10,000 tsh equal to 5 USD to 40 USD per day. The guides are the one who assist you on your safari. The safari it may be mountain climbing or national park or reserve safari. Your safari will be more enjoyable when you're with a great guide or knowledgable guide who they know their responsibilities. On your safari activities you will be with guide and assistant guide. On mountain climbing you will be with guide with assistant guide, cooker and porters for caring your luggage. All of them need to get paid.

How much do i tip guides or porters?

The tradition of tipping will help the people to increase their standard of living and will encourage them to perform better. The issue with tipping is people aren’t aware of whom to be paid how much to be amount. So to resolve this issue KPAP has made a fixed chart where it will be mentioned clearly about the price. This will help you as well as the people of Tanzania to have a better living.

Tipping the people who assist you on safari is recommended but is not must. Is your choice either tipping people helping you or not. You will also need to know how much you need to tip them. KPAP and KIATO have together made rules and regulation as well as fixed some prices for tipping. A porter who is being the least salary should earn from $15 to $20 per day. From this total amount of company in which porter belongs to will pay him $9 for a day and a rest, $5 to $10 should be paid by the traveler as a tip.

Tipping safari guide will help you to know whom to be paid how much amount and at what time should you give them the tips. The porter is being paid a basic salary and which cannot give them a proper living. The tipping ceremony is being done to make them feel happy as well as this is the best time when you can show appreciation towards their work.

Visitors should tip the following rates to the different service providers

The leader Guide get paid $20 to $25, Assistant Guide to be paid $15 to $20, Cooker get paid $12 to $15, Porter get paid $6 to $10.

Characteristics of good safari guide

1. Every tour operator guides should be specialized backwoods.
2. They should be primary Responder
3. Guides must have ability of speaking frequent English
4. Should know the history of the area including flora and fauna.
5. Should have to be funny and have intriguing stories to tell your visitors.
6. Should know his/her responsibilities.