No automated checkboxes
Verified by a person, not a script
A badge on this platform means a founder personally confirmed something true about the guide wearing it. There are four tiers. Nobody skips one.
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Tier 1 of 4
Identity VerifiedWe confirm this guide is a real person before anything else — a government ID checked against a live photo, reviewed by a founder, not a script.
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Tier 2 of 4
Licence VerifiedWe call the registry. If Tanzania's tourism board has this guide on file with a current licence number, we confirm it before the badge goes up.
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Tier 3 of 4
Skill VerifiedA founder sits down with the guide — route knowledge, safety judgement, and the languages they claim to speak, tested in a real conversation.
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Tier 4 of 4
Founding GuideReserved for the first 250 guides who joined the platform. They've been through every tier above and helped shape how verification works.
Why this matters for travellers
You're trusting a stranger with your safety in unfamiliar terrain. A tier badge means someone already did the work of checking who they are, whether they're licensed, and whether they actually know the routes they say they do — before you ever messaged them.
Why this matters for guides
A licensed guide with fifteen years of experience shouldn't rank the same as someone who joined yesterday. The ladder gives real experience a badge that's actually hard to get — not a star rating anyone can inflate.
Ready to see it in practice?
Browse guides and look for the tier badge on each profile.