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SaturdayDay 1

Depart from your departure destination

SundayDay 2

Evening Arrival in Nairobi

After collecting your luggage and clearing customs, meet your Me to We Trip facilitators at the arrival gate.

Check in at Karen Blixen Coffee Garden

Built in 1908, this historic house was the home of the coffee farm manager for the Blixen Coffee Plantation, and was made famous in the 1985 film Out of Africa. The home has been fully restored and now serves as a luxurious resort for guests. A full English breakfast is served in the resort's lush gardens.

*Depending on your arrival time, dinner or bar snacks are available on the premise (out of pocket).

MondayDay 3

Full breakfast at Karen Blixen Coffee Garden

Depart Nairobi on morning flight for the Maasai Mara

Fly from Nairobi to Ngerende airport. Drive from Ngerende to the Bogani site.

Arrive at Bogani Cottages/Luxury tents

Settle in to your new lodgings in Bogani's rustic luxury cottages. Built of indigenous and renewable materials, the cottages and tents are a serene place to relax and reflect after each invigorating day of volunteering. Each room is complete with hot and cold running water, flush toilets and comfortable beds, and is furnished with unique African fabrics and art.

Introduction and Orientation

Get acquainted with your Bogani surroundings, learning some Swahili along the way. Dinner on the veranda overlooking the savannah!

Learn about Free The Children's Adopt a Village Program

Learn about Free The Children's unique Adopt a Village (AAV) development model. Free The Children developed the AAV model around four key pillars to break the cycle of poverty and achieve long-term community development:

  1. Quality primary education
  2. Health care services
  3. Alternative income projects
  4. Safe/clean drinking water and sanitation systems

Visit Enelerai Primary School

Go on a guided tour of Free The Children's school in Enelerai, seeing the difference between an old and new school.

Dinner with Me to We featured Speaker

TuesdayDay 4

Community Water Walk

Join the mamas at Emori Joi for a special walk through the community. Learn more about how the Kipsigis organize their homes and live. Fetch water with the mamas, a task that women and girls perform daily. The mamas will return with us to Bogani for an in-depth talk about gender and culture in Kenya.

Lunch with the Mamas

School building 101

Roll up your sleeves and grab some tools to work alongside Maasai/Kipsigi community members as you help to build a new school for the community.

WednesdayDay 5

Mulot Market

Visit an authentic African market and learn about the economic environment in which the community members live.

School building 101

Roll up your sleeves and grab some tools to work alongside Maasai/Kipsigi community members as you help to build a new school for the community.

ThursdayDay 6

School building 101

Roll up your sleeves and grab some tools to work alongside Maasai/Kipsigi community members as you help to build a new school for the community.

Beading in Sikirar

Spend the afternoon beading with the mamas in Sikirar community and learn more about the work of Me to We Artisans, the newest initiative of the Alternative Income pillar of the Adopt a Village model.

FridayDay 7

Embark on a morning safari game drive!

Take a morning drive through the Mara to look for giraffes, lions, elephants, hippos and buffalos.

SaturdayDay 8

Tree Nursery and Duka Tour

Visit Free The Children's tree nursery with Mugo, one of our Community Mobilizers. The tree nursery is reputed to be one of the country's largest, with 80,000 indigenous seedlings produced each year. Also visit the Duka, which offers beaded handicrafts by local women and is a part of Free The Children's Alternative Income pillar.

Embark on an afternoon safari game drive!

Take a morning drive through the Mara to look for giraffes, lions, elephants, hippos and buffalos.

SundayDay 9

Finish School Building and School Beautification

Plant some trees in honour of your visit to Bogani and Free The Children. Your trees will be individually adopted by members of the community.

Medicine Walk and Maasai Warrior Training

Enjoy a leisurely hike as you learn about medicinal herbs from a local Maasai warrior. You will also have the chance to train in the art of Maasai weaponry as you enjoy a cup of chai on the hillside.

Enjoy Nyama Choma dinner

Relax and enjoy a traditional Nyama Choma – Kenya's barbecue.

Say Kwaheri to the community

Wish farewell to your new friends in the community, and debrief with your facilitators at the end of your Bogani experience.

MondayDay 10

Depart from Bogani Cottages for Nairobi

Fly back from the Maasai Mara to Nairobi.

Visit the Kenya Giraffe Centre

Created in 1979, the Giraffe Centre is a safe home for many of Kenya's endangered Rothschild giraffes. Guests have the opportunity to observe, feed and even kiss the giraffes.

Rest at the House of Waine, Nairobi

Spend some time relaxing and repacking your luggage for your journey home

Lunch at hotel (out of pocket)

Feast at the Carnivore

Enjoy a meal of virtually every kind of meat available in Kenya at the most famous Nyama Choma restaurant in Kenya. As long as the paper flag on your table is flying, the waiters will keep bringing you food, which is carved right at your table. The Carnivore has been voted amongst the top 50 restaurants in the world, twice.

Drive to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight home

Kwaherini na safari jemma!

Day 11

Arrive home!

Create Your Own Experience

We run our Me to We trips all year long, in a way that is highly customizable. We invite you to build a custom trip catered to your unique volunteer interests.

If you would like to receive more information or to book your trip today, please contact Maran Stern, Director, Corporate and Family Engagement, at maran@metowe.com or 416-964-8942 ext 540.