Tour guides across the East African region will soon get the same training and manuals to ease their work, APA learns here Tuesday.

Speaking in an interview in Kampala, the chairperson of Uganda Safari Guides Association, Herbert Byaruhanga, said that with the formation of the Federation of East Africa Tour Guides Association, the task of harmonizing the standards will be easy. He said the harmonization will ensure that the guides that are trained in Uganda have the same syllabus like their counterparts in other East African Countries.

This means that the guides can operate in all the countries, in areas like bird watching and nature guiding. However, he said the guides may need to undergo specific training in each country when it comes to cultural guiding.

Currently, the guides do not have a standard uniform training. While Kenya already has a standard and well developed module, Uganda and other countries are still developing their own.

He said as the team players, they are already working to ensure that all the East African tour guides have a standard training that makes their work easier.

Source: Star Africa

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