About Us
Joerg Bondzio was born and raised in the Bavarian Alps,
which nurtured his interest in the natural world, wilderness areas and
conservation. After service in the
German Army in a High Mountain Rescue Platoon, he ran his own forestry -
consulting firm in Munich.
Joerg first went to Africa to train Tanzanian Government
Mountain Rescue Teams on Mount Kilimanjaro in 1985.
He returned to Tanzania early 1986 and worked as a Safari Guide for
Tanzania Big Game Safaris in wilderness areas throughout the country developing
an in depth knowledge of African flora and fauna. During this time he also
qualified for the Tanzania Professional Hunter’s Licence, which enabled him to
offer walking and adventure safaris. Joerg
guided many mountaineering expeditions on Mount Kilimanjaro, the best publicised
being “The Save the Rhino Expedition” from Mombasa to the summit of Mount
Kilimanjaro. Later as a Senior
Safari Guide for Ker & Downey Tanzania and Tanzania Game Tracker Safaris,
Joerg developed and ran mobile adventure safaris, as well as conducting
traditional luxury tented safaris.
Joerg married Fiona in 1992. During her childhood Fiona
lived in Pakistan, Kenya, Sudan and Britain, which nurtured a lifelong interest
in travel. She provides the administrative support to Joerg’s safaris
running the base office. She is
also responsible for all the Sporting Wilderness camp menus. Together they
formed a successful safari team with their own company Bondzio Safaris and
Expeditions as well as working for other well-respected safari outfitters.
In 1993, Joerg and Fiona incorporated their own safari
company Sporting Wilderness Limited (Kenya), which offers safaris in both Kenya
and Tanzania. In 1996 they moved to Scotland to incorporate Sporting
Scotland Limited, which offers corporate challenge, incentive training events
and field sports in Scotland. They
spend now their time between Scotland and East Africa.
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