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Our People

With a well-compensated and experienced team that is friendly, helpful, understanding, and knowledgeable, along with state-of-the-art resources for efficient service, our customers can trust in a safe and reliable experience during their Inclusive Holidays Africa safari.

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“…for those who find themselves hooked on Africa, there comes a time when they want something different, something lonelier and wilder .. not every safari company can take you there ….but our handpicked guides with many years of experience come with the kind of pedigree and promise that is hard to resist.”

Stephen Mwasio – CEO , Inclusive Holidays Africa


My Story

In my early days of primary school, I was captivated by the sight of UTC (United Touring Company) vans, adorned with their distinctive branding, ferrying excited tourists to Mwasungia Scenery to witness the vibrant spectacle of Taita traditional dancers. Sometimes, these convoys would grace our local shopping centre, generously providing us with learning materials like pencils, erasers, and crayons, sparking my admiration for the guides.By the tender age of thirteen, as I prepared to bid farewell to primary school and embark on the journey to secondary education, a fervent dream took root within me: one day, I would proudly guide tourists through the wonders of our land.

Little did I envision that this dream would lead me to esteemed positions within multinational DMCs such as UTC, ALPHA – Pollmans Tours & Safaris, KUONI Private Safaris, and KOBO Safaris.

Today, at the helm of Inclusive Holidays Africa, my aspirations have expanded. Beyond running a thriving enterprise, my overarching vision is to shape the landscape of East and Southern Africa’s tourism industry. Through my humble contributions, including crafting insightful blogs chronicling the region’s events, I aim to elevate the industry’s profile and secure the recognition it rightfully deserves.

For me, the ultimate reward as a tour operator lies in the satisfaction of our guests, manifested in glowing reviews and heartfelt gratitude. Whether crafting bespoke itineraries for MICE, FIT, group excursions, or luxury safaris, facilitating seamless logistical support upon their arrival, or fostering lasting friendships with repeat guests, each interaction fills me with immense joy. Knowing that I’ve touched someone’s life, instilled confidence in their chosen destination, and gifted them with memories to last a lifetime is deeply fulfilling. In tourism, passion is non-negotiable—either love what you do or abstain altogether. It’s a mantra I live by.

As the CEO of Inclusive Holidays Africa, my commitment is unwavering: to set the gold standard in travel, characterized by excellence, value, and unwavering integrity.

Welcome to Africa, where every journey with us is an adventure waiting to unfold. Let’s embark on this extraordinary journey together.

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Charles W. Mucheru – Director Sales & Marketing

As the strategic leader of IHA’s internal marketing initiatives, Charles oversees the implementation and execution of traditional and digital marketing initiatives, enhancing brand awareness, generating demand, and empowering the sales team to close business.
Charles works closely with our suppliers to effectively deliver completive rates, while developing creative feasible itineraries to build the IHA’s brand and bottom line.
In building the IHA marketing department since 2012, Charles has overseen the execution of many programs generating ROI on B2B with hundreds of satisfied clients.
Charles graduated from the Methodist University with his Bachelor of Science in communications, with an emphasis on public relations. He has also completed minors in tour guiding and administration from Kenya Utalii College.

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Chris Mwachia – Sales & Marketing

Chris, a graduate of Kenyatta University with Bachelor of Science in Economics & Statistics, recently joined IHA’s Marketing and Sales team and is fast gaining experience in product development specializing in B2B and B2C marketing communications. His background includes integrated marketing, with expertise ranging from traditional print communications to websites and digital marketing solutions including search and social media. He is passionate about problem solving and creative thinking.

Prior to joining IHA, Chris has worked as an integral part of sales teams and as a team leader in both small and mid-size agencies in the tourism Industry.

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Vivian Mwikali (Vee) – Guest Relations Officer

With her ability to master foreign languages fast, Vivian is the face of Inclusive Holidays Africa and the main point of contact for our guests, providing airport and transit assistance and help throughout their stay to ensure guests’ experience will be worth remembering.

She is full of life and ever smiling while escorting guests to hotels & excursions, and debriefing them after their safari as we always endeavor to improve our services through guests’ feedback.


Our Safari Guides

At INCLUSIVE HOLIDAYS AFRICA we do recognize the importance of the various tour guide aspects. We therefore endeavor to hand pick and engage the best available professional guides in the job market to deliver guest expectations in all the countries we represent. Be it a local guide, specialist guide, adventure Guide, interpretive guide, nature guide or tour escort you can rest assured Inclusive Holidays Africa to provide the most reliable, honest, ethical, patient, friendly, respectful, proactive and a good communicator able to focus on areas relevant to the guests needs. Here are some of our Guides resume for your perusal.

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Elijah

After 18 years of professional hands-on guiding in Kenya, his remarkable ‘spotting’ abilities always add an exciting dimension to game viewing. When he conducts Village visits amongst his own community in Maasai, he brings a very special touch and remarkable insights to this unique experience. With Elijah on steering wheel of his jeep there’s certainly never a dull moment. He is a cheerful guy who oozes enthusiasm and is always thinking out of the box discovering unique sites for sundowner with the African sunset at the background. Elijah has a certificate in Tour Guiding and Administration from Utalii College and is a bronze level member of Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA).

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Henry

John is an engaging and sympathetic guide who enjoys the variety of clients that he accompanies on trips throughout Kenya. Having worked for some time in USA, John is open-minded, organized, eloquent and articulate. He is a darling to all the guests he has hosted.

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Muhanji –Spanish Speaking Guide

Muhanji is an excellent guide with good people skills, a sense of humor and a deep knowledge of the bush, the wildlife, the culture and the different Eco-systems. He is very patient and accommodating, an ideal host for senior guests who wish to take it slow and easy. With over 20 years hands-on experience and fluent in Spanish, guide Muhanji clearly understands the challenges, anxieties, uncertainties, and desires of his audiences. Muhanji has a certificate in Tour Guiding and Administration from Utalii College and is a bronze level member of Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA).

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Moses Mwachia

Not only is Moses a knowledgeable and great guide, he is a wonderful person full of life and kindness. He is very enthusiastic, flexible and versatile and ideal guide for outdoor safari activities like accompanying guest while hiking, bicycle riding in the park just to mention a few. He has on several occasions led Christian groups on missions where he also doubles up as translator for the locals. Moses has a certificate in Tour Guiding and Administration from Utalii College and is a bronze level member of Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA).

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Joshua Njoroge – Spanish Speaking Guide

Joshua is very passionate about tourism, well-groomed and a multi-lingual guide who loves Kenya. His social and networking skills, as well as his resourcefulness and perpetual motion, has given him extraordinary exposure to many different people and interests and has resulted into many opportunities. Joshua enjoys guest interaction, and feels that he also learns so much from everyone he meets. His incredible knowledge of the flora and fauna of nature, and diverse facts on various subjects makes him a unique “host” and entertainer. Joshua has a certificate in Travel and Tourism from Utalii College and is a bronze level member of Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA).

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Joseph – Mountain Guide

Due to Joseph’s superior mountaineering skills, coupled with his team of experienced professional guides, INCLUSIVE HOLIDAYS AFRICA has quickly become one of the premier companies offering mountaineering adventures in Africa. Joseph’s professionalism and skills have been recognized by various travel books including The Rough Guide To Kenya (2003, page 141) and The Lonely Planet’s East Africa Trekking Guide (2003, page 142) which recommends him as a leading guide. Joseph’s has achieved further accolades through being selected as renowned mountaineer Tim McCartney Snape’s choice for providing contracted services for his trekking climbs to both Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya every year.

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Dennis Russian Speaking Guide

Dennis is a graduate of Moscow State University and speaks fluent Russian. He is friendly, flexible and proactive. He has good verbal communication skills and able to impart excellent knowledge about points of interest of specific sites, the flora and fauna of nature and wildlife.

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Elifurahi

Born and raised in Engaruka Village on the way to Lake Natron northern Tanzania, Eli has been with the company for 8 years, specializing in History, Culture and Wildlife.  A very patient, smart and always ready to learn and prefers sharing common names of Vegetation and Animals to his guests. He believes using scientific names confuse most of his guests and are difficult to remember.

Eli studied wildlife and tourism at Mount Meru college where he graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Wildlife & Tour Guiding

He is very passionate about tourism and committed to continue striving to reach new frontiers and excelling to greater heights in pursuit to render the best service to his guests.  He is ever smiling while on the steering symbolizing his name “ FURAHA” in Kiswahili.

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Julius

His experience in tour guiding in East Africa spans over 25 years. He has completed a number of different inhouse courses in the tourism and hospitality industry. He has had to adopt the changing guiding skills as the guiding of today is very different from the guiding 20 years ago.

He is one of our senior guides qualified to guide in a variety of different areas specializing in history, nature, wildlife and more recently he has changed his guiding practices to be more environmentally friendly and have less negative Impact on the to ensure the Flora & Fauna lasts for more years to come
He has guided a huge scope of clientele, from Political leaders, Government officials, Research groups, Filming, Photographic safaris, TV documentaries, Culture Documenters, Super stars, Groups Safaris (Large, Medium & Small), FIT`s and Solo travelers just to mention a few.
Julius uses his experiences, knowledge and trainings ethics to meet client’s expectations and add value to our company.