About Us

KenyanAdventure is one of the UK's leading African travel companies and provides people with life-changing experiences across east Africa.

From teaching English in primary schools and playing football in the African sunset to going on safari adventures in the world-famous Masai Mara and standing on both sides of the equator, KenyanAdventure offers some of the most diverse travel in a remarkable country brimming with culture.

In addition, we believe in ecotourism, defined as "travel that makes a positive impact". So, every time we send a traveller to Kenya, we invest a part of your placement fee directly into the project you go to work on in order to aid its development. Many companies profess to support their projects through sustainable humanitarian support because otherwise projects become reliant on volunteers. Well, excuse us disagreeing but we believe the financial contribution is as important as the humanitarian support you provide. Click here for find out what difference you will make by coming on a KenyanAdventure.

Life Changing Travel

Many people are still not familiar with the term 'volunteer travel' or 'experience travel'. Quite simply, it is using your time to experience something completely new abroad whilst giving back to communities less fortunate than our own. The UK economy is the sixth largest in the world - meaning there are literally billions of people in the world worse off than ourselves. Anybody can do it. Think outside your box....

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Safe Travel

KenyanAdventure is a proud member of the WYSE Travel Confederation.

"The World Youth Student & Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation was founded in 2006 with the merger of the Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations (FIYTO) and the International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC).

The Confederation's mission is to increase international understanding through the promotion of travel and educational opportunities for students and youth."

KenyanAdventure is also a proud affiliate of the Foreign Commonwealth Office's 'Know Before you Go Campaign', which was launched in 2001 to keep British travellers safe whilst abroad through regular updates and advice to safeguard against potential health and social dangers. For further information about the Know Before You Go Campaign and its objectives, click on the logo.

Responsible Tourism Policy

Once we have identified a potential project, we have to make sure it possesses the attributes a volunteer would expect with a Kenyan Adventure project placement. We take our responsibilities seriously and are proud to be one of the few travel companies that directly finance the projects our volunteer's work on to improve the living standards of the local Kenyan community - ensuring that they really benefit from all of our placements!

We determine this by assessing the following qualities of the individual project -

Socially Positive

Our ongoing projects in Kenya are designed to be hubs of positivity in deprived areas, which generate and produce social, economic and personal well-being to those around it. Our In-country Co-ordinator(s) determine whether a project is worthwhile and if it benefits the local community.

For example, a school would be of little use if it is unable to provide an education to its pupils.

Environmentally Friendly

We have a duty of care not to negatively affect the local environment/community by supporting projects which can be damaging. Every KenyanAdventurer is given the opportunity to plant a tree whilst in-country, which will help offset the carbon emissions generated by their flight to Kenya.

Economically Sustainable

Throwing money at quick-fix initiatives can often do more harm than good and so all projects are carefully selected so that they continue to grow and positively affect the local community. It is imperative that established projects offer sustainable development, which can be further enhanced by the visit of volunteers.

Safe for Volunteers

Safety is paramount for and Kenyan Adventure outright refuses to work with a project that compromises the safety of a volunteer. Although it is not practical to expect the same living/working conditions from community projects in Kenya that one would be accustomed to in the UK, each project undergoes a company-standard risk assessment that ultimately determines whether or not it is suitable for our volunteers. In addition, we would not send volunteers to an area/areas deemed to be volatile or potentially dangerous.

Enjoyment

Enjoyment is a huge part of volunteering. Whilst it is accepted that volunteers may experience home sickness, culture shock and hard-hitting sights, volunteering is suppose to aid one’s personal development and so if a project is not enjoyable and does not offer a positive atmosphere to those it affects in the local and wider community – it will not be supported by us!