Edward Joel Mollel

Edward was born in 1977 and grew up in a traditional Maasai culture just outside of Arusha. His early childhood was spent herding his father's cattle and he remembers being interested in the wild animals that he would see around them. After his primary and secondary schooling, he worked as a dishwater in a small safari company, but was most interested in becoming a chef

He joined Nomad in 2003, working as an assistant chef first in the mobile Serengeti camps, then as a roving chef in the Selous (now Nyerere) and Katavi. Whilst working in the safari camp kitchens, he was always aware of the wild animals he'd see around camp and during the afternoons, whilst everyone was resting, he would walk around camp with guidebooks in hand, learning about animals and birds.

Nomad then gave him the opportunity to study guiding at a college in Arusha, after which they offered him a guiding job in the Selous in 2014. From there he moved into the northern Serengeti - at Lamai - before becoming one of the Serengeti Safari Camp based guides. He says he's still learning all the time and is particularly interested in animal behaviours, especially elephants.