Kenya · Volunteer Tours

4-Day Kenyan Community and Maasai Tribe Tour from Nairobi

4 Days Round trip from Gikambura Easy pace

Enjoy singing and dancing with the grandmas

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Visit a children's centre on the outskirts of Nairobi
02 Meet inspiring women at the Women's Empowerment Centre
03 Spend time with entrepreneurial Kenyan grandmothers and visit a pig farm
04 Immerse yourself in Maasai village life with a village elder and his family

Join this opportunity to visit four grassroots Kenyan communities that tourists rarely have a chance to engage with. Take an active role in projects supported by One Horizon as you help at a local soup kitchen, meet strong and courageous women at a vocation and lifestyle training centre, and spend time with entrepreneurial Kenyan grandmothers. The experience is both humbling and heartening, ending with time in rural Maasai country to learn about a fascinating way of life that has remained unchanged for centuries.

Visit a local grandmother's pig farm and discover how pig husbandry provides food and financial support, while the biogas system creates energy from waste to power a home.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Days

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Standard

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Yes

City Nairobi

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Help at a Community Soup Kitchen

Get involved in an opportunity to engage with local people and contribute in a rewarding way to helping alleviate poverty in Kenya. Visit a children's centre on the outskirts of Nairobi, supported by One Horizon, which provides the children with their only regular meal each day.
Lend a helping hand to prepare and distribute nutritious food, and witness how communities work together to support the hungry and most vulnerable.

Day 02

Meet Inspiring Women at the Empowerment Centre

Spend an incredible day with some amazing Kenyan women who have overcome the most difficult challenges in life. Visit the Women's Empowerment Centre, where local women undertake an 18-month program that teaches trade and entrepreneurial skills so they can set up their own businesses. Meeting these determined and resourceful women will give you a new perspective on how empowerment and practical skills can lift people out of poverty, support families, and help keep them together.

Day 03

Meet the Grandmothers and Visit Their Pig Farm

Visit another local community to meet some of the endearing and entrepreneurial Kenyan grandmothers who play a vital role in raising their grandchildren and providing a home and meals for many generations of their family.
Visit a local grandmother's pig farm and discover how pig husbandry provides food and financial support, while the biogas system creates energy from waste to power a home.
Sit with the grandmothers and listen to their powerful stories of how they broke the cycle of poverty, while also enjoying joyful singing and dancing with a cup of local tea.

Day 04

Experience Maasai Village Life for a Day

Venture into rural Maasai country, where you will meet a family and immerse yourself in the daily hustle and bustle of Maasai village life. Your host will be one of the village elders, an heir to his clan, and you will also meet his wife and children.
The male children of the family are young morans, the traditional defenders of the tribe. Learn about their traditional rites of passage and discover the intricacies of the Maasai family structure.
Get the chance to become an honorary Maasai, learn how to throw a traditional spear, and discover the techniques needed to survive in the bush.