ABOUT Ms. Zainab Anseli

CEO, Zara Tours, Tanzania

Mrs. Zainab Ansell is the owner and director of Zara Tours, founded in 1986, Zara is Tanzania’s unrivaled No. 1 Kilimanjaro Trekking company and one of the largest safari operators in the region. The company organizes the full service travel experiences in Tanzania, proposes various choices of safaris, the climbing of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru and expeditions in the island of Zanzibar. It owns and operates 2 hotels, 2 lodges and 4 tented camps in the northern circuit of Tanzania, provides Airport Transfer services, city to city transfer, VIP Cruiser (all equipped with viewing roof).
The company has 88 registered Kilimanjaro Guides who speak English, Germany, French and Spanish on regular tour services, groups and corporations from all over the world, the company owns 102 4X4 Land Rovers, 4X4 mini buses, 4X4 land Cruisers.
 ZARA TOURS AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS 2020
Zara Tours has been acknowledged by the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) in its inaugural Tourism Awards, which acknowledged the important contributions of tourism stake- holders in different areas.
Zara Tours won the following awards at the TANAPA Tourism Awards:
1- Best Tour operator (Overall
    Winner 2nd Prize)
2- Best Tour opertor ( Mountain
    Climbing 1st prize )
3- Best Tour Operator (Northern
    Parks. 2nd Prize)
4- Best Seasonal Camp ( Serengeti
    Wildcamp 3rd Prize)
5- Best Tour Operator (Walking
    Safari) 2019
 6- Best seasonal/ Special camp (1st
     Prize) 2018
7- CEO GLOBAL Pan African Awards 2018 – Mrs Zainab Ansell awarded the Most Influential Woman in Business and Government in East Africa’s Tourism and Leisure Sector 2018/2019
8 – Vigor Awards International – Mrs Zainab Ansell received a
humanitarian award for her self- less effort of enhancing people’s lives around her 2017