Meet the Team - Francis
If you have ever boarded a Mason’s Travel Reef Safari
excursion, chances are you met one of our most experienced and entertaining
tour guides – Francis. This week we would like to share the story of our
charismatic employee, who’s been working with Mason’s Travel for the past 25
years! If this is not a true dedication and love for what you do, we don’t know
what is.
How the journey
started
Unlike many other tour guides, Francis didn’t expect to be
in the tourism industry when he was younger. Before joining Mason’s Travel he
was a musician and an entertainer. This is how Francis first crossed paths with
the company. He used to perform for the events held on catamarans and the
guests absolutely loved him.
The journey with Mason’s Travel began when Francis was
offered to join the company and took a boat boy’s position. A few years later
he moved to being a skipper until eventually he decided to become a tour guide.
Francis told us that he loves socializing with people and he
was always amazed by the nature in Seychelles, so becoming a tour guide was
very exciting. Mason’s Travel supported Francis’ new decision and provided all
the training necessary to start his new career path.
Perks of being a tour
guide
Francis has been a tour guide with Mason’s Travel for 10
years now. You can find him guiding Reef Safari and Peaks of Paradise excursions
on Mahe in English, French and Italian, which he thought himself with a little
bit of help from Mason’s Travel. Francis roughly calculated that he’s done over
4,000 Reef Safari tours up to date!
He still loves entertaining, that’s why often he takes his
guitar on board and during lunch time he plays a few of the old Seychellois
songs for the guests on board. It has now become one of the highlights of the
Reef Safari excursion for our guests from all around the world.
When we asked Francis what he loves the most about his job,
he answered that every day is a new day and it’s never quite the same. His life
motto, in fact, is to live day by day.
Favourite things
about Seychelles
Francis’ favourite place in Seychelles is Morne Blanc Trail
on Mahe. He told us that he’s a big nature lover and one of his favourite
things to do during his free time is to take hikes. Whenever he has a Peaks of
Paradise excursion, he walks from his house to the meeting point and then
guides the excursion which is another 1hr30min hike.
If you’re visiting Seychelles don’t miss the chance to
explore this beautiful country and meet our experienced and charismatic tour guides
to truly “live the Seychelles experience”.
