AFRICAN VIEW LODGE - Key Persons


Debbie Bachmann - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
The managing director and passionate mountaineer studied International Travel and Tourism in Cape Town and has worked as a tour guide in Southern and East Africa ever since. She held the women‘s world record in speed climbing Kilimanjaro for 4 years and has summited more than 50 times!

Horst Bachmann

Horst has spent half his life in Africa and knows the most beautiful landscapes between Nairobi and Cape Town. Before settling down with his family in Tanzania he regularly guided safari guests through the magnificent national parks. As the family grew, he took over AFRICAN VIEWS's first lodge with his Zimbabwean wife, Debbie, in 2006. More properties were to follow. Horst‘s preferred mode of travel is a fly-in safari over the varied terrain of the Rift Valley to the vast savannah of the Serengeti, preferably in his own microlight aircraft.

Neema Temba

Neema is from Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region. She studied "Cultural Anthropology & Tourism Management" in Iringa. In May 2009 she started working as a receptionist at Meru View Lodge and, in March 2010, she was promoted to Head of Reservations Department. Currently, she is the Manager of African View Lodge and responsible for the reservations for all properties of African View.