Samwel Turoto
Northern Guide
Samwel was brought up in a traditional Maasai village called Arash, in southern Loliondo with his five sisters and two brothers. He now has a fiancée and a young son of his own. After completing secondary school, Samwel did a wildlife management course in Arusha which set him up to start work with as a field guide for a travel company that specializes in walking trips. During this, and his subsequent job, Samwel was based in his home territory of Loliondo, which he knew well from his days as a young warrior out in the bush. Later on, Samwel went on to join another company where his guiding work took him further afield, and finally he settled back with Nomad. He has guided for Nomad right across the length and breadth of Tanzania for many years, managed Nduara Loliondo in the green season, and Chada Katavi in the dry season.
In the future, Sammy’s keen on studying further and perhaps getting his diploma in wildlife management but for the moment he’s guiding full time in our wild corner of the Crater rim at Entamanu Ngorongoro.