Reviews and credentials
What guests say after travelling with Nissa Ole Kinyaga, the qualifications behind the guiding, and how to leave a review of your own.
Qualifications behind the trip
Guiding qualifications
KPSGA Silver guide
Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association
Silver is the middle of the association's three grades, awarded on written and practical examination covering ecology, ornithology, geology, first aid and vehicle handling, and requiring three further years in the field beyond Bronze.
Independently reported by Life lessons with Nissa Ole Kinyaga, Luxury London.
Advanced tour-guiding certificate
Kenya Utalii College
Kenya's national hospitality and tourism training college. The advanced guiding course covers ornithology, walking safaris, astronomy and first aid.
Independently reported by Life lessons with Nissa Ole Kinyaga, Luxury London.
Company registration and licensing
Registered company
Business Registration Service, Kenya
Nissa Safaris is a company registered in Kenya.
Licensed tour operator
The authority that licenses tour operators in Kenya.
KATO member
Kenya Association of Tour Operators
A membership association of Kenyan tour operators, with a bonding scheme and a code of conduct for members.
Park permits
Permits issued by the agency that manages Kenya's national parks and reserves.
Outside Kenya we work through ground operators licensed in their own country, and they hold the permits and guiding accreditation required there. Nissa Safaris plans the trip, books it and stays your single point of contact throughout; the local operator runs the vehicles and guides on the ground.
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