About Us
KenyanAdventure is one of the UK's leading ethical travel companies. We have one aim: to enrich lives both in the UK and in Africa.
We do this by providing you with a life-changing opportunity to spend time in a completely new culture, helping to develop local communities across east Africa. Your time and skills are valuable and you could make a genuine difference to somebody's life in an impoverished region of Africa.
How? Well, we believe in ecotourism - travel that makes a positive impact. Every time we send a volunteer to Kenya, we donate a part of your trip fee directly to the project you go to work on, in order to aid its development. This brings a direct two-way benefit to the project you work with - the humanitarian support you provide and the financial support we provide on your behalf.
As for your trip itself, we organise everything for you. From arranging the right trip for you and providing you with extensive pre-trip support to in-country assistance and getting the most out of your trip, we are here to help you have the trip of a lifetime.
If you want to do something amazing, call us - we would love to hear from you. We can help you discover the best way to utilise your skills and your time to organise a worthwhile, fulfilling placement.
Experts in Travel
It is important that you do your research when choosing a company to travel
with, particularly when volunteering in a developing nation
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The safety and security of volunteers is paramount and we take great care in
ensuring we are able to provide safe, secure placements.
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.
KenyanAdventure is a member of the TTA, a travel trade body that acts in the interest of the consumer by holding all client monies in trust account. In the unlikely event of KenyanAdventure becoming insolvent, all bookings are 100% protected, meaning your booking will be refunded in full if your trip cannot go ahead.
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. Therefore, 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!
