About this volunteer project:

Programme Highlights:

• Experience raw Africa and the phenomenon that is the wildlife-filled plains of Kenya as you travel by camel through wilderness areas.
• Visit Maasai and Samburu villages and see their lives as they are - unchanged for centuries, and unmarred by many of the world’s complications.
• Build a bridge in near a rural Maasai village and mission station. The bridge will provide a vital link between rural communities and the mission clinic when it floods during the rainy season each year.
• Learn some of the fascinating intricacies of the Maasai, Samburu and other rural Kenyan cultures.
• Visit the world famous Masai Mara and indulge in sightings of the Great Migration!

Itinerary for the African Impact Kenya Expedition 2007

30th August (Day 1): Arrive at Nairobi Airport where you will be met by an African Impact representative and taken to your campsite and group meeting area. Once the whole group is assembled our guides will present you with important orientation information and further details relating to your expedition.

31st July: Journeying North onto the edge of the Great Rift Valley, stunning views will accompany you on the drive to the pristine conservation area of Laikipia. Here Segera mission station is based, where you will be doing the community building work.

1st - 6th August: Your African Impact guides will organise you into work teams, which will also consist of professional builders and constructors to assist with more difficult and complicated tasks. Camping on site at the mission, you will get to know the community you are working alongside to make a lasting difference. Don't be surprised if you hear the distant roar of a lion or howl of a hyena at night from the neighbouring wildlife conservancies.

7th - 10th August: Join your expert Maasai guides and the camel caravan as you head off north on the camel trek into the heart of Kenya. Camping over night with the camel caravan you will feel a closeness to Africa that many travellers do not have the privilege of experiencing. Be ready to play frisbee and soccer with rural village children as you pass through, and to do more walking alongside than riding of the great lurching beasts!

11th August: Back on board our overland safari vehicle, wind your way deeper into the bush as your adventure takes you into a vast and rugged wilderness. Spend the night at the charming Maralal camp site.

12th August: Depart Maralal for Lake Naivasha where you will camp on the lake's shores under massive Yellow wood acacia trees.

13th August: spend today exploring Naivasha National Park.

14th August: Depart Naivasha and travel to the Masai Mara where savannah plains, optional balloon safaris and sightings of the Big 5 and Great Migration await you.

15th - 16th August: Spend the next 2 days exploring the Masai Mara National Reserve. This safari time is included in your fee. During this time of year you can expect to see the world famous spectacle of the Great Migration taking place.

17th August: Depart from the Masai Mara and head back up the slopes of the Rift Valley to Nairobi. Shop for curios and prepare to bid farewell to Kenya... Fly home this evening or the following morning.

Our users say

"It was an awesome trip. Thank you so much for arranging it. The best trip I have ever been on, ever (also the only organised one I've ever been on... so...) the trip has changed my life"

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Welcome to African Impact - Africa's top on-the-ground facilitator of volunteer work. Our projects focus on making a measurable impact on the people and wildlife in Africa, while ensuring that our volunteers have a safe, enjoyable, adventurous, unforgettable and life-changing experience. We firmly believe that Africa needs to be 'experienced' and not just 'seen' - hence our motto: Explore, Inspire, Impact. We invite you to be more than a tourist - to be a traveller, a conservationist and a humanitarian.