COMPANY HISTORY
Watalii Safaris began from the afterthought of a discussion about whether travel was fun or just plain bland. We noticed that people would cross seas and rivers only to end up with a not so perfect experience. One of the reasons
for this, we felt, was because the whole trip is a tight schedule, with little room to explore. We then thought, how do we put the joy back into travel? How do we arrange the itinerary and create a mood that makes one feel like they’re on a road trip with friends and not on a school tour with the principal?
This question has been a guiding factor on all the trips we do, and we work continuously to improve with every attempt. The world is beautiful, and it should not feel like a burden to go out and see it. We promise to work hard so you can have a seamless safari and hopefully at the end of your trip with us, you will truly feel like you were on an adventure with friends.
Seated across each other on a table in a restaurant with the deafening traffic below, Allan and Markthought of all the guests that arrived to help build homes for orphans in Uganda. The only picture they saw of Africa was the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the street children banging on car windows; and what a depressing picture that can be, if it’s all you see. Then the thought occurred to us, there’s more to the dusty streets and the unending hordes of motorcycles, there’s
more to the pain left behind by disease and war.
There is an untamed patch of God’s Green Earth that you can see where the elephants run wild and the hippopotamuses belt out night cries, where the shoebill stork wades silently in the swamps and where the rambunctiousness of the monkeys in the forest canopies is something else.
As the street sounds turned into white noise, we realised that we could start to introduce the happy side of our country to all the visitors who come over. We thought of Watalii, which is Swahili for tourists. We don’t want to forget that there’s better to show than the sadness and so we keep you at the forefront in our little company showing you a beautiful world despite the chaos
That restaurant table has grown to include two more people, Michael and Patricia. We need all the help we can get since we now have our sights on Tanzania, and we have spread roots there in order to open up a sister company, Walemi Africa. We want to have the ability to share more beauty with as many as would like to see it
Allan Katushabe
Director of Operations and contact person for North America. Allan provides great insight on the way we should do things and ensures that our services are kept affordable. He currently resides in Canada where he is working tirelessly to improve our understanding of what traveler’s from that part of the world love.
Mark Aikiriza
Business Development Director. Under his guidance and leadership, we have been able to work with tour agents around the world especially in Asia where he is currently located. He is very instrumental in maintaining relationships with many travel partners and also a driving force in opening shop in other locations, starting with Tanzania.
Michael Mugume
our Administrator. He is the guy that helps with the groundwork so that all our brilliant ideas have a tangible outcome. He lives in Uganda and receives all our guests, plans the logistics, secures the hotel booking and all the relevant services so that we have a seamless operation for all our traveler’s.