Next Generation
Empowering the Next Generation
Makubi Safari Camp is more than a lodge. It is a place where tomorrow’s custodians of Africa’s wilderness are nurtured. Through our Kids Bush Club and our accredited FGASA Guide Training Program, we hand over knowledge, respect, and inspiration to both visiting children and young Africans preparing for careers in guiding and conservation.
Kids Bush Club
The Kids Bush Club transforms a family safari into a hands‑on classroom of nature. Children are invited to explore, learn, and play in ways that connect them deeply to the bush.
– Tracking & Discovery: Young explorers learn to follow footprints, identify bird calls, and recognize plants used for food or medicine.
– Bushcraft & Cooking: Around the fire, children prepare simple bush snacks and discover how food, culture, and wilderness are woven together.
– Conservation Awareness: Playful activities introduce the balance of ecosystems and the importance of protecting them.
– Family Impact: Parents often recall the moment their children’s eyes lit up — holding a giraffe skull, watching elephants pass, or listening to Tende explain the rhythms of the wild.
The Kids Bush Club ensures that curiosity becomes respect, and respect becomes the first step toward custodianship of nature. .
FGASA In‑House Training
Makubi Safari Camp is proud to be an accredited FGASA in‑house training provider — one of the very few in Tanzania.
Tendekayi (“Tende”) Guni leads the program as a FGASA Level 3 Professional Guide and certified FGASA trainer. This combination is exceptionally rare, giving young guides access to world‑class mentorship without leaving Tanzania.
– FGASA (Field Guides Association of Southern Africa) is internationally recognized as the gold standard in safari guiding, setting rigorous standards of knowledge, ethics, and ecological interpretation.
– Under Tende’s mentorship, guides gain both international qualifications and ancestral wisdom, learning to read animal behavior calmly and respectfully, and to interpret ecosystems with depth and clarity.
– Guests benefit directly: guides trained to FGASA standards create safe, respectful, and awe‑inspiring encounters, while offering professional interpretation of the wilderness.
About Tende
Tendekayi “Tende” Guni is the Founding Director of Makubi Safari Camp and the lead mentor of our Next Generation program. He is a FGASA Level 3 Professional Guide — the highest guiding qualification recognized across Africa. With decades of experience across East and Southern Africa, Tende combines internationally recognized professionalism with ancestral wisdom and storytelling. His mentorship ensures that young guides at Makubi are trained to world‑class standards while remaining deeply rooted in African traditions.
Guests often remark on the depth of his interpretation, the calm confidence he brings to wildlife encounters, and the way he inspires both children and upcoming guides. To be guided or trained by Tende is to experience the bush through the eyes of one of Africa’s most accomplished professionals..
Impact and Legacy
Every booking at Makubi contributes to this mission:
– Families know their children are inspired by bush life and conservation.
– Communities know their youth are trained to global standards.
– Guests know they are part of something bigger, supporting education, empowerment, and the protection of wilderness.
The Next Generation is not just a program. It is the heartbeat of Makubi Safari Camp, ensuring that the soul of guiding, conservation, and hospitality will live on.
Travel Responsibly
By choosing Makubi Safari Camp, you are traveling responsibly and injecting your money into supporting lives and dreams. Join us in our mission to empower Africa, one booking at a time.