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Luxury family Maasai cultural holiday,Kenya
- COUNTRY:
- Kenya
- LOCATION:
- Il Ngwesi, North Kenya
- DEPARTURES:
- This is a tailor made trip. Price will depend on number of participants and duration
- PRICE:
- From US $4,000 (EU €2,883) (7 days)
- MORE INFO:
- Prices include accommodation, all meals and drinks, all activities in the program and conservation fees. They exclude international flights and transport to/from the camp, tips, travel insurance. Child price: 25% discount on adult price. Minimum age: 5 years. Some of the trip's activities are not feasible in the rainy season (mid April to end May, and November).
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Luxury family Maasai cultural holiday, Kenya
You will be able to try out your own selection of activities available in our other trainings. Your children will be joining in with you, and where this is not suitable for safety reasons, they will have a range of Maasai children's games to pick from.
Some of the things you can choose to do:
- Learn how to use traditional weapons- bow and arrows, throwing sticks, shielding, throwing stones, wrestling are all activities that children can do with great enjoyment- and likewise for their parents
- Play Maasai games for children: Olkoorri, a game with stones that is very popular with the local kids- possibly too popular, given the amount of goats that get lost when the children are busy with it!
- Herd and milk goats, a typical children’s activity in the area. It is very common to see kids returning from school around lunchtime and joining their herds of goats for the afternoon
- Make fire and dig wells: how to make fire from sticks and elephant dung is an all time favourite with children
- Learn how to track animals: read the secrets hidden in the footprints of animals and people alike, learn to tell what they are doing, practice these skills in a real setting
- Make medicines from local plants: learn to distinguish them, to collect samples without harming the plant, to prepare your medicines
- Learn how to jump and dance with the Warriors, and join in a warrior’s party at the camp
Dates and duration of the holiday are flexible: tell us about your interests and we will design together the program you want.
All of the activities, like everything you do with any Maasai Warrior Training, will be carried out with constant vigilance to your safety and that of everyone around you.
Everything is designed to teach you some of the secrets of what we do, and it’s also great fun. We’ll take it all at your pace. And we’ll make sure that we spend time doing the activities you enjoyed the most as many times as you want.
Day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Arrival at our camp, usually around lunchtime. After a first introduction to Maasai culture, join the Warriors for walk on the nearby hill to familiarize yourself with the area. Come back to a hot shower, a sundowner on the river bank and a delicious dinner. Relax and chat with the Warriors and enjoy a good drink around the fire. |
| Day 2: | Spend the morning learning how to use traditional Maasai weapons: you’ll practise bow and arrow, throwing sticks, shielding. Our trainers (the Warriors) will teach you their secrets to quickly master the basics of each weapon. In the afternoon, after a healthy lunch at the camp, you’ll learn and practise stone throwing, and Maasai wrestling techniques. Like the previous day, you will be back at the camp at sunset to enjoy some relaxing time and perhaps see the elephants coming to drink at the river. |
| Day 3: | The day will be dedicated to learning how to track animals, a key skill for a warrior that has to look after a large herd of animals. You’ll learn not only how to recognize prints but also how to tell the behaviour of the animal- is it wounded? Grazing? Stalking? Running? You will also get a chance to practise what you have learnt! In the afternoon, children and parents can practise Warriors’ dances and singing, to get ready for the evening party at the camp. |
| Day 4: | The day’s activities will focus on learning the basic skills you need to survive in the bush by yourself: how do you find water, make fire, shelter your livestock? As with all our activities, you will get a chance to practise each of these skills, until you master them. Like the previous day, you will be back at the camp at sunset to enjoy some relaxing time and perhaps see the elephants coming to drink at the river. Some elders from the community will join us around the fire, to answer your questions about our traditions, to find out more about yours, and to tell you about the adventures they have gone through in their life. |
| Day 5: | In the early morning, we’ll take you to a nearby homestead where you will help the family to milk the goats, while children will be able to play with baby goats- learning how to pet them and take them out of their pen for a day of grazing. More children’s activities for the day will include building a boma (traditional Maasai house) out of clay, and perhaps playing in the river. In the afternoon, the children will learn to play Olkoorri and parents will be able to practise the elders’ favourite pastime, Bao- the African chess. Like the previous day, you will be back at the camp at sunset to enjoy some relaxing time and perhaps see the elephants coming to drink at the river. |
| Day 6: | A chance to learn how Maasai have healed themselves for many generations: we’ll teach you how to make natural remedies for the most common illnesses in our area- from a cold to a backache- as well as rarer and more serious ones such as malaria and parasites. You’ll learn to recognize the plants, to collect the necessary parts- sometimes the leaves, sometimes the roots- and prepare them for medicinal use. Like the previous day, you will be back at the camp at sunset to enjoy some relaxing time and perhaps see the elephants coming to drink at the river. |
| Day 7: | The morning will be dedicated to practising again your favourite activity, before your departure around lunchtime. |
How this holiday makes a difference
Community
We help the culture to stay alive by giving educated warriors jobs that require them to practice their traditional skills. Now local youngsters have role models of highly respected warriors who have gone through school and are still proud to practice their traditional lifestyle. We provide employment: we employ almost exclusively local staff, both on a permanent and on a casual basis. We increase trade: we purchase many products and services locally. We foster local entrepreneurship: instead of having our own shop at camp, when guests want to buy souvenirs we invite the local ladies to bring the jewellery they make and sell it directly to our clients. We help local schools by running a volunteer teacher scheme for them.
Environment
We do not have running water or electricity at the camp: we fetch water with buckets from the river, and minimize its usage. We use solar powered lights all around the camp. We do not make use of vehicles in any of our activities- we only keep them for emergencies and logistics. We separate organic rubbish and compost it. No tree or shrub has been cut to accommodate our camp. We work with the community to stop soil erosion: before the rains, we organize teams of our staff and other local warriors to dig channels and put barriers to limit the amount of soil dragged away by the rains.
We are with our guests at all times, both for their own safety and for wildlife’s sake. We ensure that everyone respects the animals we encounter: Warriors will lead people out of the animals’ range, they will ensure that noises are minimized and that they are not disturbed in any other way, so that guests can enjoy their view safely. We teach guests specific techniques to approach wild animals in safety and without disturbing them: how to walk, how to avoid making noises, how to avoid being smelt or seen, what distance is safe and comfortable for both guests and wildlife.
