The People Behind Your Safari
Designed by our team.
Guided by our own guides.
Our team designs every Kingse safari, and our own hand-picked guides deliver it on the ground. No agents, no call centre, 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
The two who shape your trip
Jackson Potter
Founder & Managing Director · Gold Coast, Australia
Jackson designs Kingse trips from Australia, the routing, the lodges, the timing, withand our guides carrying every trip through from the first enquiry 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 mum to Tanzania in 2023, met Pete as their guide, and built Kingse out of the friendship that followed.
Samara Imhoof
General Manager & Head of Sales · Queenstown, New Zealand
Samara runs the client side of Kingse, from your first enquiry 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 withon every trip, so there's always a real person who knows yours inside out.
Our Guides
The team who lead you in the field
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 Kilong
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 behaviour 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.
Peter Nanyaro
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 Mpille
Raphiele grew up on the outskirts of Arusha and has guided travellers 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 Narikae
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.
A hand-picked guide for every region we run
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.
Ready to start planning?
Tell us where you want to go, when you're thinking of travelling, and what matters most to you. We'll design a trip around it and put the right guide beside you.
Get In TouchCall us or message us
Talk to a real person
Pick up the phone if you'd rather talk it through. We spend a good part of the year moving between Australia and Africa, so if we miss you, WhatsApp the same number and we'll come back to you whatever the time zone.
Samara Imhoof
Bookings & Client Care
Whether you're just kicking around ideas or already booked. Dates, lodges, costs, changes, payments, flights.
Jackson Potter
Founder
Lodges, agents, media, or anything commercial. This one comes straight to me.
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+255 745 905 902 bookings@kingsesafaris.africaNot sure who to ask? bookings@kingsesafaris.africa reaches the whole team.