Local Help

Delivery, drivers, housekeeping, massage therapists, nurses, chefs, childcare, interpreters and discreet assistance — from people we know personally, across Arusha, Moshi and Zanzibar.

Fourteen years in Arusha means we know who is reliable. Everyone below is someone we have worked with directly — not a listing, not an app, not a stranger.

✓ Known personally ✓ Comes to where you are ✓ One WhatsApp, one person

Everyday things

The practical stuff — brought to you, sorted for you.

Delivery — anything you need

Groceries, bottled water, pharmacy items, SIM cards, chargers, a forgotten adapter. Tell us what and where.

  • Groceries and bottled water
  • Pharmacy and medication
  • Phone charger, adapter, SIM card
  • Baby formula and nappies

⏱ Usually within 1–2 hours in Arusha or Moshi

Request on WhatsApp

Driver — hourly, daily or airport

A vetted driver who knows the roads, speaks English, and will wait for you. Airport runs, town errands, day trips.

  • Airport transfer (JRO, ARK, ZNZ, DAR)
  • By the hour in town
  • Full day with waiting time
  • Late-night pickup

⏱ Same day; airport runs need a few hours notice

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Housekeeping & cleaning

For self-catering apartments, rentals and long stays. Regular or one-off, by arrangement with your host.

  • One-off deep clean
  • Weekly housekeeping
  • End-of-stay clean
  • Laundry and ironing

⏱ Usually next day

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Laundry & dry cleaning

Collected from you, returned washed and pressed. Useful mid-safari when everything is red with dust.

  • Wash and fold
  • Pressing and ironing
  • Dry cleaning
  • Same-day turnaround

⏱ 24–48 hours, same-day possible

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Phone, SIM & tech help

Local SIM and data set up properly, screen repairs, unlocking, someone who can actually fix it.

  • Local SIM and data bundle
  • Screen or battery repair
  • Camera or laptop problem
  • Getting online in a hurry

⏱ Same day in Arusha or Moshi

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Wellbeing & household

Qualified people who come to where you are staying.

Licensed massage therapist

Qualified therapists for post-trek recovery and long-flight stiffness. Professional therapeutic treatment only, at your lodge or apartment.

  • Post-Kilimanjaro recovery massage
  • Deep tissue and sports massage
  • After a long-haul flight
  • At your lodge or apartment

Therapeutic treatment by qualified practitioners. Requests of any other nature are declined.

⏱ Usually same day with a few hours notice

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Nurse or medical attendant

A qualified nurse who can come to you for non-emergency care, medication, wound dressing or simply keeping an eye on someone unwell.

  • Someone unwell in the room
  • Wound dressing and aftercare
  • Medication administration
  • Accompany you to hospital

⏱ Same day. For emergencies use the Help button instead.

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Private chef or cook

For rentals and villas. Local Swahili cooking or whatever you prefer, shopping included.

  • Dinner at your villa
  • Full-board for a group
  • Dietary requirements catered for
  • Swahili cooking lesson

⏱ 24 hours notice preferred

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Childcare & babysitting

Experienced, references checked, used to working with visiting families. For an evening out or a day when the itinerary is too much for small children.

  • Evening babysitting
  • Full-day care during a long drive
  • Airport and transfer help with children
  • Someone to stay while a child is unwell

⏱ 24 hours notice preferred

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Company & assistance

A local person alongside you when that is what you need.

Local companion — day guide

Someone local to spend the day with you: markets, food, neighbourhoods, the places that are not in a guidebook. Especially useful for solo travellers who want company and context.

  • A day walking the markets and eating well
  • Company for a solo traveller
  • Someone to navigate town with you
  • Coffee farms, workshops, local music

A guided day in local company. Platonic and professional.

⏱ Same day where possible

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Interpreter — in person or by phone

Swahili to English, right now on the phone or in person for a meeting, a hospital visit or a police report.

  • On the phone immediately
  • At a hospital or clinic
  • At a police station
  • For a business meeting

⏱ Phone interpreting can be immediate

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Photographer

For a proposal, a family portrait on the plains, or simply because nobody in your group is ever in the pictures.

  • Proposal or engagement
  • Family portraits on safari
  • Summit or arrival photos
  • Content for your own channels

⏱ 24–48 hours notice

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Discreet personal assistance

Sensitive practical matters handled quietly and without judgement — a medical appointment you would rather not explain, a legal or immigration problem, a difficult phone call home, money trouble, or a situation you need help getting out of.

  • A private medical appointment
  • Legal or immigration trouble
  • A difficult situation you need out of
  • Money or documents gone wrong

Practical, lawful assistance handled confidentially. We will tell you honestly if something is beyond what we can do.

⏱ Immediate. One point of contact, nothing written down.

Request on WhatsApp

Not seeing what you need? Ask anyway — message us. If we cannot do it, we will usually know who can, and we will say so honestly if nobody can.