Kenya wildlife camping safari
Typically you will be sharing your experiences with between 4-20 like minded travellers (depending on the trip, operator and how many others are booked on the trip) and you'll have a group leader with you. Whether you are travelling alone or with friends its good value, and a great way to meet new people! While itineraries are pre-planned there is some flexibility and you'll have plenty of privacy. This trip will appeal to travellers of all ages who enjoy meeting new people as well as seeing new places.
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
How your holiday helps:
Selenkay Conservancy near Amboseli is Maasai land. In 1997 the Maasai decided to protect this habitat and its wildlife by entering into a partnership with a private tourism company who now pay to use the land. This is a good and practical way to encourage conservation, giving commercial value to preserving the ecology and providing a vital income stream for the traditional tribal owners of the area. The Ol Kinyei Conservancy in the Masai Mara is also run in the same way. This style of mobile camping leaves no long term footprint on the lands used so is kind to the environment and the local staff employed are all from nearby tribal villages, benefiting from employment through tourism and conservation.
Carbon Offsetting:
For every client we take on holiday we plant 10 indigenous tree saplings. This is used as a poverty alleviation and biodiversity scheme as well as helping with carbon offsetting. We do this whether or not you buy your flights from us at no cost to you.
Community
Our holidays provide authentic experiences allowing for a positive relationship between you and the local culture and environment. We know these destinations very well, and choose the activities, services, people we work with and accommodation very carefully. So we can give you a genuinely good experience. Where possible accommodation is locally-owned or run, and we prefer to use places with good social / environmental credentials (yes, we check, though this is an ongoing process).
Our partners within the country are people we know and whose ethics we trust. Many are leaders in their country in terms of sustainable tourism. They care about their country.
The experiences we include or recommend fall into two camps:
1) Simply wonderful things to do or see.
2) Experiences which get you closer to local culture, such as learning cooking in an African township, which not only fosters friendships and respect, but brings money directly to local people.
Giving to grassroots projects:
Our registered charity is currently raising funds for a project in Kenya. The kindness of strangers can make a big difference, so if you’re a travel philanthropist considering donating to a worthwhile charity, please consider backing this excellent project.
We are raising funds for the St Lazarus School in Kibera, Nairobi. This is a rather remarkable school in one of Africa's largest slums, Kibera, in Nairobi. The school provides both nutrition and education for disadvantaged children in the Kibera slum. For most of these children the food they get at school is all the food they get. There are currently 120 children at the school, with a headmistress and four teachers. Just £10 will feed a child here for a month!
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