Kenya & Uganda Expedition

  Kenya

Rural

  Uganda

Jinja

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Description: Join our specialized overland team and other adventurous travellers as we head East from Nairobi with our fully equipped overland vehicle, through Lake Naivasha National Park and then across the border into Uganda. We will be based near Jinja, the enigmatic source of the River Nile and your home for the next 10 days whilst our team will be re-building and refurbishing local rural schools and village facilities. From Jinja you will return to Kenya and continue South to the Maasai Mara where our group will camp amongst Big 5 and hopefully await sightings of the start of the Great Migration.

Highlights: Highlights of this Uganda Volunteer Project
* Assisting with building and refurbishing school buildings and facilities in the local Ugandan community
* Sports coaching for local school children
* Immerse yourself in the warm and hospitable Ugandan culture
* Make friends for life

Uganda Travel Highlights
* White water raft from the source of the timeless Nile River.
* Travel through neighbouring Kenya to see the phenomenon that is the Great Migration.
* Meet the people of this mountainous land who are in so many ways untainted by lifes complications.
* Experience raw Africa and the phenomenon that is the wildlife-filled plains of Kenya as you travel by camel through wilderness areas.

Cost in US$: GBP 1575 per person

Project Fee Excludes
- Personal travel insurance for the duration of your expedition, which should include cover for repatriation.
- All transport by air to Nairobi (you will be met by one of our representatives at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi).
- All items of a personal nature, such as curios, gifts, clothing (work and other).
- Email/Internet and telephone calls.
- Soft drinks, wines and spirits.
- Meals taken in restaurants by choice.
- All visas for border crossings.
- Any pre or post expedition travels over and above your planned itinerary in Kenya or Uganda e.g. visit to the Mountain Gorillas, Serengeti, Mount Kilimanjaro etc.

Experience Required: no

Age Range: Minimum Age 18 years, maximum dependent on potential participants' health.

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Resume
• Written Application

African Impact's Mission Statement: African Impact facilitates cultural exchange programmes through volunteer work. We awards you the opportunity to immerse yourselves in local schools, health institutions, communities and wildlife conservation programmes. In this way as a volunteer you are able to leave your mark on a corner of Africa whilst at the same time experiencing a lifestyle that will shift your perspectives and allow you to see our world in a different light. We invite you to join us on a journey to Africa to explore, to inspire and to impact. We invite you to be more than a tourist, but to be a traveller, a conservationist and a humanitarian.

Year Founded: 1999