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Kenya’s perfect blend of vibrant culture and undisputed geographical beauty that is teemed with Africa’s greatest wildlife make it an exotic paradise like no other on earth. The country has a lot to offer, from Africa’s highly acclaimed cats to the depth of fabulous coral gardens, from the world’s most endangered owls to a million plus herd of wildebeests crossing into the Masai Mara from the great plains of Serengeti – a phenomenon that is today flagged the world’s 7th wonder. Away from these awesome blessings, Kenya is a struggling community with an ever rising orphan population and other forms of destitution stemming from a number of socio-economic deficiencies. Inspire Kenya is designed to give volunteers a taste of both worlds, a chance to better its under privileged side and a chance to fully enjoy its boundlessly blessed side – all year round perfect weather, dramatic landscape, white sunny and sandy beaches, breath taking wildlife and a vibrant culture that is kept alive by its highly hospitable people – in Kenya, you will be nothing less than royalty. For a complete experience that is truly Kenyan, pick any of the exhilarating and exciting places for your break during your volunteering stint in Kenya. Below is a selection of what you can do during your stay. We can arrange these at a time and budget to suit you.
Kenya is endowed with 400 kilometers long of coastline that is dotted with special geographical features. This is where Kenya’s oldest and second largest city of Mombasa lies. The city is an island standing in between the South and North beaches. The southern beaches are famous for their magnificent coral reefs, wide expanses of white sandy beaches with small coastal villages of Kwale. The northern beaches on the other hand play host to stunning deserted beaches that joins efforts with the wide Kilifi Creek to deliver a scenic beauty that brings out the best of Mother Nature’s creativity. This where Lamu is situated, a place like no other, the place where life is lived at a comfortable and relaxed pace. Experience its mysterious winding streets that decorate its medieval stone town. Tana River Delta is a remote coastal wilderness, still on the northern coast, here, one can witness some of the biggest crocodiles on earth. Malindi and Watamu offers a blend of relaxation and cultural exploration that is as addictive as the coastline. The whole coastline is worth taking time out to explore at a leisurely pace.
Call it the lion’s kingdom or the den of regal and powerful hunters and all will note that you are talking about the Masai Mara. Classified as the 7th wonder of the world’ the Mara’s magnificence is stepped up by the July to October wildebeest migration each year. Imagine 1.3 million wildebeest bundled into to a single herd then poured across the Mara River .Inspired by greener grass on the other side of the river, the column of life stretches from horizon to horizon attracts prides of lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and all predators possible to create a priceless cycle of life, death and regeneration. Watch the best of ‘survival for the fittest” as the wildebeests plunge against the Mara River’s currents and waiting crocodiles. Witness the master of speed (cheetah) take to the plains inspired by the urge to feed. As the sun drops behind the distant mountains and the lioness stalks with the instincts of a faultless killer, your camera and memory will be full of images as dramatic as the National Geographic Channel’s. Not to miss. We can arrange a couple of days here staying at a genuine masia camp or a lodge a a price that might surprise you. See Safari page for prices.
Hell’s gate is 68.25 square kilometers of national park with a touch for the adventurous two and hours away from Nairobi. It is characterized by diverse topographical sceneries and is an important home to the Lammergeyer. Go camping and views game, Raptor nesting on cliffs, boil eggs in water flowing from geysers then take a spectacular gorge walk. One can also go biking and rock climbing or bird watching. Hell’s gate is gifted with a perfectly warm weather and is part of one of the most talked about amongst geographers, geologists and nature lovers.
Described as the national park in the shadow of the shinning mountain (Kilimanjaro), Amboseli is a 300 square kilometers fauna and flora strong hold. The park has an impressive concentration of wildlife during the dry seasons making it a popular tourist’s destination. The park quarters five wildlife habitats – Open plains, acacia woodland, rocky thorn bush country, swamps and mash land. Amongst Amboseli’s major attractions is the worlds’ second tallest mountain (Kilimanjaro), its game and Meru observation hill which alsogives a panoramic view of the park. One of the best places to see herds of elephants in numbers over sixty.
Without the 117 square kilometers land that shapes the Nairobi National Park, Nairobi would be a city like any other. Nairobi is the only city in the world where one can encounter wild animals living naturally in the wild. Though some of the species found in the park are seasonal, the park has a rich bird wildlife with over 400 species, lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, rhinos and many more are here too. Shake hands with a cheetah, lock eyes with the king of the jungle and get mischievous with the monkeys at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage, which is part of the wider park. Kiss a giraffe lip to lip and feed them as they twitch their eye browses at the giraffe centre. You can also take on the best of nature trails ever. Read your favorite novel or listen to your favorite tune from your ipod with cheetahs to your left, crocodiles to your right, leopards to the top and bongos beneath your feet at Nairobi Safari Walk. The park is home to of the world’s most successful rhino sanctuary.See Safai page for prices.
Ninety five percent of Kenya’s visitors use its coast as the spring board for their inland safaris. The Kenyan coast also hosts up to 47 percent of the country’s total tourists and is base 52 percent of the country’s total hotel beds.Experience major tourism attractions next to sand, sun and sea, these experiences would not be complete without a tour of the fabulous marine parks. At this place you will enjoy all kinds of water sports, wind surfing, snorkeling, water skiing, sun bathing and diving.
The park is part of the complex marine and tidal habitat that stretches from Malindi town to the entrance of Mida creek. Coral cliffs, platforms and islets, sandy beaches and the Mida creek mangrove forest are amongst the features that will leave you agape.
This is a 10 square kilometers marine park adjacent to a 200 square kilometers marine reserve. Lie on a white sand beach and watch crabs do their dance, pick shells, visit sea urchins and sea cucumbers dens and familiarize with the expansive coral gardens that have been reserved for decades.
The national reserve is a chain of 50 calcareous off shore islands and coral reefs in the Lamu Archipelago. The islands are composed of old eroded coral reefs. They vary in size, ranging from a few hundreds square kilometers to 100 hectares or more. The spectacular scenic splendor is covered with bushes that include grass, aloes and creepers of different species.Kiugu runs about 60 kilometers parallel to Dodori and Boni National reserves on the mainland. This is the place to be for wind surfing, snorkeling, water skiing, sun bathing and diving.
Kisite Mpunguti is a couple of kilometers away from the Kenyan-Tanzanian border on the in Indian Ocean. The park lies close to the larger Wasini Island which gifted with caves as magnificent as the people who live there. A visit to the park is never complete without a swim and a game of volley ball at a spit of snow white sand adjacent to the park. This area is nothing less of a paradise in the middle of nowhere.
Lake Nakuru National Park is arguably second the Masai Mara in fame thanks to the pink mosaic – hundreds of thousands of greater and lesser flamingos that grace its serene surface. The 62 square kilometers of shallow and strongly alkaline lake has a picturesque landscape of mash land that alternates with rocky cliffs, outcrops, and stretches of acacia woodland and rocky hillsides that are covered with biggest euphorbia forest in Africa on the eastern perimeter. The catchment’s picture is complete with the famous Menengai carter to the north, Bahati Hills to the northeast, the Lion ranges to the east and Mau escarpments to the west. The water covered surface of the park covers about a third of the park that has vantage view points, a waterfall and one of the cleanest towns in Kenya, less than a hundred meters away from its main gate. With a total of 56 mammal species to see including lions, leopards and white rhinos, the park is accessible from Masai Mara making it convenient to tour the two great parks in sequence. The parks ecological diversity also supports over 450 bird species and 550 special plants.See safari page for prices.
Ruma is situated in one of Africa’s famous valley called the Lambwe valley. It is the only park in Kenya where the Roan Antelope is found. The park is about four hours away from Kenya’s third largest lake side city of Kisumu. Ruma offers a perfect get away from city life. Not overcrowded with animals and overlooked by tourists the landscape here is stunning and the park houses some of the largest buffalo in the world. If you are in the Homa Bay or Kisumu region this is certainly worth a couple of hours drive round.
This is the biggest park in Kenya with both Tsavo East and West covering a total area of 21,812 square kilometers. The park is very popular as indicated by the high number of tourists to treat themselves to some of the biggest Elephant herds in the world. This is also home to Yatta Plateau one of the longest lava flows in the world. The 290 kilometers long plateau creates a scenic beauty. There is also the Galana falls. This is not a true fall but a series if rapids. Visitors are allowed to walk down the river to watch the majestic rapids. At the foot of the 1.6 kilometers long Mundanda, another one of the park’s attractions, it is possible to see all kinds of animals stream in for a drink from a dam at the foot of the rock.
Shimba Hill’s is home to one of the biggest coastal rain forest in East Africa after Arabuko Sokoke. It has scarp slopes that consist of undulated grasslands with woodland clups and ribbons of ravine forest in steeply cut valleys. The park has a fenced Elephants corridor that connecting the park and Mwalugwanje forest. Meet the biggest of all Elephants in this park.
Zanzibar is a collective name used to refer to Pemba and Ugunja – two islands off the Tanzanian beautiful white sand beaches. Translated to mean “Coast of blacks” in Persian and “fair is This Island” in Arabic Zanzibar is East Africa’s best kept secret. There is good population of the rare Kirk’s Red Columbus monkey in some of the 1,651 square kilometers island’s forests. The islands are best known for spices, cloves and it hospitable people who grace the beautiful Old Stone town, one of the few places that has designated by the United Nations as the world’s heritage site. This tour that suits the young and the old alike because the place throbs with inspirational beauty of culture, white sand, sun and palm trees like no where else.
Formerly known as Kaiser-wilhelm-Spitze mountain, Kilimanjaro is the second tallest in the world with its highest peak rising to 5,895 meters. It found in Northeastern Tanzania. At the foot of the mountain there is the Kilimanjaro national park and Amboseli to the North in Kenya. One needs to be an experienced mountaineer to climb the snow crowned peak over looking the Serengeti. Finally one of our most popular activities. This is the highest mountain in Kenya and second highest in Africa. Found in Central Kenya, the volcanic mountain is said to have erupted last about three million years ago. The highest peak is known us Batian, standing 5,199 meters high. There is also Naelion standing at 5,188 meters and Lenana standing at 4,985. It is always a good idea to try Mount Kenya before moving on to Kilimanjaro. It takes about five days to get to the top. Further info HERE For further details and prices please email. Home| Placements| Groups| Inspiration| Combinations| F.A.Q| I want to go| Prices| Links| Terms| Explore activities| Forum| About us|
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