What you can check
A new company asking for five figures should expect to be checked. This page makes it easy, including the parts that do not flatter us.
What you can check, and what you cannot
A new company asking for five figures should expect to be checked. This page makes it easy, including the parts that do not flatter us.
What we do not hold
Named rather than omitted. An absence you can see is worth more than a wall of borrowed logos.
| Credential | Position | What would change it |
|---|---|---|
| Company registration (BRELA) | Not published | The registered legal name, registration number and TIN appear in the footer once they can be evidenced. subject to confirmation |
| Tourism licence (TALA) | Not published | Category, number and expiry appear here once the licence is granted and the certificate is on file. subject to confirmation |
| TATO — Tanzania Association of Tour Operators | Not a member | We will name it here with a link to the member directory entry, and not before. |
| TTB — Tanzania Tourist Board | Not registered | Same rule. |
| TANAPA / NCAA / TAWA | Not applicable as a membership | These are the authorities that set and collect park fees. Paying them is not an accreditation and we will not present it as one. |
| Air operator certification | Not held, and not ours to hold | We are not an airline. Flights are flown by carriers licensed by the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, and the operator for your sectors is named in your proposal. |
| Independent accessibility audit | Not commissioned | Our access standard is self-assessed. That is weaker than an audit and we say so. |
| Insurance and bonding | Not published | Whether client money sits in a trust account, and what financial protection applies, are open questions. subject to confirmation |
No badge on this site is decorative. When a licence, registration or membership is granted, it appears here with its reference number and expiry date, and not one day earlier. If you see a trade-body logo on a travel website, ask for the certificate — in most markets, displaying one you do not hold is actionable.
The three badges, and why none of them is verified
Benny asked for these to be built. They are built, and every one says plainly that it is a placeholder.
Named properties
UnverifiedCamps, lodges and hotels named on journey pages
Accommodation is described by style only. We do not name a property we have no agreement with, because that is a public claim about somebody else's business.
To verify: Signed supplier agreements, plus the access measurements and photographs each property will let us publish.
Air operator
UnverifiedA named carrier on the sixteen journeys that fly
No airline is named anywhere on this site. Several carriers fly these routes under Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority licences and we have a contract with none of them, so naming one would imply a partnership that does not exist.
To verify: A contracted carrier, its AOC reference, and written confirmation of the luggage allowance per aircraft type.
Licences & memberships
UnverifiedBRELA registration, TALA licence and trade-body membership
No registration number, licence or membership is displayed. Montero holds none of them yet, and in most markets showing a trade-body logo you do not hold is actionable.
To verify: The certificates themselves: BRELA registration and TIN, the TALA licence category and number with its expiry, and any membership with a link to the issuer's own directory entry.
The three badges above are not verified. They are placeholders for credentials Montero does not yet hold, shown so the gaps are visible rather than hidden. Each one switches to a verified badge — with its reference number and expiry date — only when Benny supplies the real certificate. Until then, no badge on this site asserts anything. (subject to confirmation)
Guest reviews
We have none. Montero has not yet carried a guest, so there is no rating, no review count and no testimonial on this website — and there will not be one until a real guest has travelled with us and given written permission for their words to be used.
If a new safari company shows you a five-star average, ask when it started trading. The component that will display reviews here is built and connected; it is reading an empty file. See our reviews page.
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