Snow Safari

Snow Safari is a small specialist tour operator specialising in the Alps.

Snow Safari was founded in 1989 by Oliver and Elaine Ensor to market and run the "Chalet Savoy," Over the years Oliver and Elaine have masterminded some impressive Chamonix / Mont Blanc region holidays including the Mont Blanc Highlights, snowshoe programmes, winter multi activity and cross-country skiing.

Oliver and Elaine Ensor based themselves in Chamonix- Les Houches in order to take advantage of the great hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and and also the 20 or so fabulous ski areas all within an hour of Chamonix.

Oliver passed the highest ski instructor exam available to foreigners in Austria while he was working there in the 70's. He is also British qualified and holds the top American ski instructor's qualification. Oliver is also a British qualified Nordic Ski instructor (cross-country and telemark). He has passed the Austrian Mountain Leader exams and has also obtained the "International Mountain leader." qualification. Following the newest walking trend Oliver has recently passed the French "Nordic Walking" diploma. Before founding Snow Safari, Oliver worked as a travel guide in Europe and Asia and he is certified as a Tour Manager. He speaks French, Italian, Spanish and German.

Elaine, like Oliver, also worked as a tour guide looking after Spanish speaking , and Brazilian guests throughout Europe before they founded Snow Safari together and opened the Chalet Savoy. Elaine has qualified as a reflexologist and her international cooking skills are much appreciated by Chalet guests. Elaine has also worked as a bilingual secretary and speaks French, Spanish, Portuguese and is currently learning German and Catalan.

Both Oliver and Elaine hold Tour Manager Certificates issued by Breda University in Holland.