Behind GTour’s Safari Section: Who Writes and Reviews the Content

By Safari News — Africa Calling Safaris, Partner desk, Nairobi · 14/10/2026

Updated 17 October 2026

GTour’s Safari section is produced in partnership with Africa Calling Safaris, a Nairobi-based operator with more than twenty years of experience running trips across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. Rather than relying on secondary research, the articles featured here are written or checked by people who have actually worked in the field: guides, naturalists and medical professionals.

Destination and wildlife content is reviewed by Nikos Pocock, Managing Director of Africa Calling Safaris and a member of the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association, who has led safaris in the region since the early 2000s. Health and preparation material — including advice on malaria prevention and vaccinations — is checked by Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD MPH PhD, a physician and public health specialist based in Tbilisi, a detail that gives Georgian and Caucasus-based readers a direct local point of reference when preparing for East Africa. The section covers three formats: destination guides, health and pre-trip advice, and first-person accounts from past clients, lightly edited but left in the traveller’s own voice.

No sponsored posts or affiliate placements appear in the section; revenue comes solely from safaris the partner operator organises, which the editors say keeps the focus on accuracy rather than promotion. For readers based in Tbilisi or elsewhere in the Caucasus, the usual route to East Africa runs via connecting flights through hubs such as Istanbul or Doha to Nairobi, making a Caucasus-to-safari itinerary a realistic two-stop journey.

Based on reporting by Safari News, the travel desk of Africa Calling Safaris (Nairobi), GTour’s partner for East Africa. Read the original there.