Mat Dry, our founder, went on safari in 2006, fell in love with the continent, and gave up a career as a pro tennis player and teaching pro, and moved to South Africa to train as a safari guide. He then worked as a safari guide for the prestigious overlanding company, ATC, doing 56-day trips from Nairobi, Kenya to Cape Town, South Africa for 3 1/2 years. He led large groups of people traveling and camping all over East and Southern Africa. After gaining in-depth, expert knowledge of over 13 African countries, Mat began TIA Safaris in 2011 to offer a different type of safari experience of every kind and every level:
“My objective is to share the wonder and beauty of Africa. Africa is a place that changes people for the better and supplies lifelong memories for them to cherish to their dying days. The more people fall in love with Africa, the more they want to return and by doing so help sustain Africa’s future. Africa’s wild places have an uncertain future and as long as people are coming to Africa to experience them, they will endure so that our children’s children will also be able to love and cherish them…”
Mat Dry is the author of 2 very humorous and touching books about becoming a safari guide and the daily adventures and challenges of working as a safari guide in Africa. These books are available from Amazon.com and at your local book store.
