WHO WE ARE
who are we
Busara Tours was started to provide fascinating trips with beautiful destinations to Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar. Amazing Safari tours to Kenya, wildlife & cultural tours in Tanzania, with breathtaking beach holidays in Zanzibar, combined with many excursions for enjoying the architecture, wildlife, birds, local cuisine, Swahili culture and much much more.
Busara Tours is led by Salma, a woman who works in tourism. Salma was born in Tanzania.
“BUSARA MEANS WISDOM IN KISWAHILI, THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE IN KENYA AND TANZANIA. IT IS A WORD THAT IS OFTEN USED HERE IN EVERYDAY LIFE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR BUSARA, OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AFRICA.”
Salma Mgaza (1975) was born on Pemba, a small island belonging to the Zanzibar Archipelago. After studying Tourism she became one of the first female guides of Zanzibar. With her family she lives in Stone Town, the beautiful capital of Zanzibar. She has been working for more than 20 years for a travel agency that compiles and provides travel in East Africa. In addition, Salma does a lot of volunteering for an NGO that supports local communities, the Zanzibar Outreach Program (ZOP).
“I HAVE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL TRAVEL ROUTES THROUGH KENYA, TANZANIA AND ZANZIBAR TO ENJOY WILDLIFE, NATURE, CULTURE AND RELAXATION. WITH BUSARA TOURS I WANT TO OFFER EVERYONE THE BEST TRIPS FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. KARIBU! WELCOME!!”
Busara Tours trains also young local people to become Zanzibar tour guides. It is important for us to work with local people, to support local enterprises, to think sustainable and to save our planet. Our knowledge we like to share with our guests, clients and people we work with. We like to become one of the best tour company of Tanzania.
What OUR CLIENTS SAY
Lovely experience of seeing the moon rise above Stone Town from the sea , close to Bawe Island .
I highly recommend it .
March 31, 2022
Salma and her team at Busara Tours were terrific while we stayed in Zanzibar. They met us as we left the airport and whisked us to our walking tour… read more of Stone Town. Ali was a great guide and gave us a good overview of this colonial town.
Our driver confidently made his way to the hotel and all extra arrangements were easy due to Salma.
Salma was attentive and communicated well to all of us as we had many moving parts. I was confident that she would get the job done and I would use Busara Tours again!
March 25, 2022
Busara tours offers really special walking tours through Stone Town that you don’t find at any other company. I booked the tour about the daily live of local women. I… read more learned a lot and it was super interesting; it’s like you get a very special view behind the curtain! And you get an impression about the living in this wonderful old town – about traditions and modern living. Salma is a great guide and you feel like a friend, not like a tourist. I highly recommend Busara Tours.
February 25, 2022