{"id":506,"date":"2025-03-28T12:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanwildernessadventures.com\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:00:42","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africanwildernessexpeditions.com\/mystaging01\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"506\" class=\"elementor elementor-506\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f932012 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f932012\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02160b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02160b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea362a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9ea362a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6307c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c6307c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nYour Mountain Climbing, Safari and Cycling Experts<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc314d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc314d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0African Wilderness Adventures we are Tanzanian local tour company based in Arusha Tanzania. We offer Mountain Climbing such as Mount Kilimanjaro and Meru in<br \/>Tanzania and a wide range of safaris including cultural tourism,wildlife safaris, camping safaris, walking safaris, bike tours, day trips and beach holiday. We always<br \/>provide high quality customer care and personalized service at competitive prices. Whether it\u2019s making it to the roof of Africa, reaching the heights of Mount Meru,<br \/>exploring the wildlife and spectacular sceneries of Tanzania, or opting for a mix match of the lot, we ensure your experience is as memorable as you\u2019ve always<br \/>envisioned it.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5407d06 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5407d06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef36bbd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ef36bbd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a5483f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0a5483f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd1e1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8cd1e1c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bb65a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bb65a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elias Lyimo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8d377 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c8d377\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elias Lyimo is the founder and owner of African Wilderness Adventures. His journey began over 30 years ago as a porter on Mount Kilimanjaro. Back then, the job was much more demanding porters carried loads of 30 to 40 kg without proper shelter, and the glacier at the summit was significantly larger. Driven by ambition, Elias quickly advanced to become a tour guide. Over the decades, his company grew steadily, expanding beyond Kilimanjaro to organize safaris and bicycle tours<br \/>for more than 80 clients, all the way to the Indian\u00a0Ocean.<\/p><p>Elias has worked with his team for many years,significantly improving working conditions in the tourism industry and offering competitive salaries. A legendary figure on Kilimanjaro, he is widely known by the name &#8220;Kosovo.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f189d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f189d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaa7eac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaa7eac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbd01e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bbd01e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d45153 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d45153\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a1fb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3a1fb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rainer Braehler<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f760d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f760d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rainer Braehler is a German adventurer and a longtime friend of Elias. 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