Meet the Team
Our professional and enthusiastic team will do their best to ensure you
have a safe and rewarding, not to mention fun tour. They will do their
utmost to cater for your needs and interests.
Mel Atwell, Africa and The Middle East Operations Manager
Born in Zimbabwe, Mel spent the next 14 years of her life in Malawi dam and the
before heading to the UK for boarding school and university, frequenting morning rays wake
Africa during her holidays. After University, Mel hit the road and up the baby
managed to travel to 6 of the worlds continents, before meeting the love impala!
of her life and settling down in Australia. Mel has been with Kumuka
since 2000, she loves her job as the challenges that come with such
Quirky habit:
high responsibility keeps her on her toes and learning.
Plane spotting!
Love looking
In her own words: skyward
Favourite destination: Namibia for its enchanting desert landscape,
wondering where they are going, who's coming home and who's
exceptional wildlife and unreachable horizons.
coming to visit!
Favourite restaurant: Le Carnivore, N’djamena - Chad. Best Steak au
If you could invite someone famous for dinner who would it be and why:
poivre ever!
Karen Blixen, to hear firsthand what East Africa was like and the
momentous changes that she became a part of.
Favourite bar: Mikadi Beach, Tanzania.
What would you cook: Roast Beef and all the trimmings followed by White
Best sunrise: Mwanga Lodge, Zimbabwe, watching the mist rise off the Chocolate and Raspberry cheesecake.
Tour Leaders
Martin, Hezron & Patrick, East African Crew
Martin, Hezron and Patrick are part of our team of local tour guides, drivers and cooks in East Africa.
Kenyan by nationality, no-one knows this part of Africa better than these locals and their combined
In Africa and the Middle East, our tours
knowledge and professionalism is second to none.
are run by a combination of local and
Martin has spent years conducting overland tours through East Africa and his passion for the local area is
international guides, drivers, cooks and
reflected in his immense knowledge and enthusiasm whilst on tour.
tour leaders. Our staff have a deep love
Hezron’s cooking on our East African tours will change the way
of the region and excellent knowledge
you thought about camp food forever! With an ability to whip
of the history, culture and wildlife of
up the most gourmet of delights, all on a campfire, it has to be
this fascinating part of the world.
seen to be believed!
Competently trained, with the ability to
Patrick knows the East African roads like the back of his hand,
and can negotiate the overland truck across the trickiest of
mix well with people from all walks of
terrains on both highways and game reserve tracks -
life, our staff have first class especially when there is an animal to be spotted!
organisational skills, are adept at
thinking on their feet and relish sharing
their passion for travel with our clients.
Rose Riungu Kumuka’s ground handler in East Africa
Having been in the travel industry for 16 years, Rose has seen and done more than your average traveller.
Many of our tours are run by local
The thing that keeps her coming back for more is the adventure; no two trips are ever the same.
operators, who in partnership with
In her own words:
Kumuka have been delivering a quality
service for years. Our partners have an
What is your favourite African country? Kenya, I love Kenya, it offers everything that I want to see, animals,
the beaches, the scenery, the people, I don't know of any other single country with all these combined.
excellent understanding of Kumuka’s
What is your favourite African meal? Ugali (a cake made from maize flour) and sukuma wiki (green leafy
style of passenger and tailor their tours
vegetable) - the perfect companion to Ugali.
accordingly, ensuring that you get the
When travelling in East Africa what is the most important Swahili word we can learn? “Asante” it means
very best from your time at each
thank you. A word that means the world to most people.
destination. This relationship also
When on game drives what animal do you look forward to
means that we have a positive, long
seeing the most? I just love the Giraffe because it is graceful,
term impact on the economies and
humble and gentle.
livelihoods of people in the areas in
Can you offer our clients a good tip for travelling in Africa?
which we operate - something which we
Be ready for adventure and go with the flow. Enjoy it while it
are very proud of.
lasts and never let small issues spoil the memories that no
one can take away!
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