{"id":11736,"date":"2023-07-31T12:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/?p=11736"},"modified":"2025-09-02T08:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:31:23","slug":"meet-our-driver-guides-introducing-dan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/meet-our-driver-guides-introducing-dan\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Driver Guides – Introducing Dan!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet Dan, who has been a Driver Guide with Somak Luxury Travel for over 15 years!<\/p>\n

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How long have you been working at Somak and what inspired you to become a driver guide?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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I have been at Somak as a driver guide for fifteen years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What has changed during the time you’ve worked at Somak?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Before I joined Somak I thought I loved nature and wildlife a lot but the moment I started working at Somak, I have come to appreciate more of the environment and wildlife as a whole. This has given me a positive altitude on handling and taking care of the environment, which I keep passing to others everywhere and everyday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What is your favourite national park?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Although I love all the animals in our national parks, Samburu & Buffalo springs national reserves are my best parks. This is \u00a0because, sometimes i can easily spot my two favourite animals (the elephant and the leopard) and the many species of birds found there.<\/div>\n
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Most memorable sighting?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Seeing a Leopard in Masai Mara National reserve killing a cheetah,then carrying it up on a tree and having it as a meal. This a very rare occurrence in our parks.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tips for anyone going on safari for the first time?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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  • Expect surprises so always keep your camera ready while on game drive.<\/li>\n
  • Always bring a pair of binoculars…it might be important incase the animal or bird is far away.<\/li>\n
  • Ask as many questions about nature and safari as possible. \u00a0Go back with all the information you think you need about the safari.<\/li>\n
  • Apart from taking pictures, try and enjoy the nature.<\/li>\n
  • Create time if possible for cultural tourism too while on safari.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Meet Dan, who has been a Driver Guide with Somak Luxury Travel for over 15 years! How long have you been working at Somak and what inspired you to become a driver guide? I have been at Somak as a driver guide for fifteen years. What has changed during the time you’ve worked at Somak? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":11737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[603,604,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-safari-diaries","category-inspiration-africa","category-kenya"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/719c60b9-dd6f-443a-801a-737295675f2f.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11736"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11929,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11736\/revisions\/11929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}