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14 Days Volunteer Community Wildlife Sanctuary From Nairobi

By Gracepatt Ecotours Kenya
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$4,205 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 14d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Our Wildlife Volunteer Programmes offer the chances to experience living in the bush, studying the wildlife, and working to develop our understanding of the relationship between the wildlife and the human populations.

Activity location

  • Giraffe Centre
    • Duma Rd,
    • Nairobi, Kenya

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Giraffe Centre
    • Duma Rd,
    • Nairobi, Kenya

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Lumo Community Santuary

  • Activity duration is 14 days14d
    14d
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:00 AM
Price details
NZ$4,204.92 x 1 AdultNZ$4,204.92
Total
Price is NZ$4,204.92
Until Sun, 14 Jun

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Orientation visiting Giraffe Centre and Sheldrick Baby Elephant Orphanage Sanctuary ( David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    First and last night accommodation at Nairobi hotel or Bed and Breakfast
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All accommodation during your stay
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Airport pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All meals during your stay
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Full support and assistance from your coordinator
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Escorted transfer by public transport and project vehicle to camp
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Alcohol (available to purchase)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entertainment

Know before you book

  • It is recommended to wear work boots

Activity itinerary

Your Volunteer tour starts by picking you at Nairobi Airport upon arrival then have a transfer to Nairobi Hotel. The following morning have orientation visiting Giraffe Centre and David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage then after lunch enter shopping centre to do shopping and changing your money.  The following day early in the morning board a public bus for a transfer to a place called Voi where you will find our project vehicle waiting for you for a transfer to Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary.  In this conservancy your volunteer work will involve • Conducting wildlife counts at waterholes and monitoring poaching activity as part of our ongoing conservation work. • De-snaring wire snares or traps that poachers set across animal tracks to capture and kill wildlife. • Sanctuary maintenance and improvement to maximise the sanctuary's potential as prime wildlife habitat. • Working on various water projects for the benefit of people and wildlife. • Learning about the issues surrounding human wildlife conflict from a wildlife expert and working on ways of reducing this conflict • Planting Trees • Ongoing road improvements to enable anti-poaching patrols to access all areas of the sanctuary • Developing and running environmental education workshops with the local school to teach them the value of conserving their wildlife • Game patrols Viewing wildlife like elephants, Lions, zebras, giraffes, cheetahs, wild dogs, hyenas, warthogs, buffaloes at close quarters on this private sanctuaryThis type of work will continue through out the week. At the end of your programme you will be transferred back to Nairobi. Placement available all the year round, starting date is flexible and you are welcome to fix your best dates which fit your schedule.

Location

Activity location

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    Giraffe Centre
    • Duma Rd,
    • Nairobi, Kenya

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Giraffe Centre
    • Duma Rd,
    • Nairobi, Kenya

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