Rift Valley Adventures.
Rift Valley Adventures
Prices from £1050*
The wild and diverse landscapes in which we operate provide an endless fountain of fascinating learning for student trips.
Life skills that are hard to teach in the classroom come roaring to life on our tailor-made journeys – trust, communication, resilience, responsibility, goal setting, teamwork and leadership!
From full-blown expeditions in the outer reaches to community service, wildlife conservation field trips, or the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, we can unashamedly declare ourselves experts in arranging safe, educational and enjoyable trips for students (of all abilities).
Whether you are leading a primary class or a group of 24-year-old’s, our flexible and expertly tailored trips will challenge and grow the mind and body in a natural environment.
Nobody comes back unchanged – and that’s exactly what we want!
Destinations in Africa
Kenya
A wind-in-your-face multi activity adventure, climbing Africa’s second highest mountain, interacting with the local people, assisting in community and conservation projects, enjoying the wildlife, peace and simplicity of life in Kenya.
What they will learn
Subjects available: Science, Biology, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, Physical Education, Languages, Expedition
All schools strive to have their students become enlightened citizens and make their community greater, better, and more understanding. Rift Valley Adventures is uniquely positioned to help meet these goals. We want students to return home with a greater awareness of the realities of life in Africa (and by extension the developing world), with a deeper understanding of the complexity of the issues and common misassumptions about Africa, and, with an interest in generating solutions.
What's included
Mount Kenya (Africa's second highest mountain)
Thrusting 5,199 metres above the equator, its gleaming snow-licked summits, rise past glacier sculptured valleys and alpine moorland riddled with clear tarns and trout-filled streams. Elephant, giraffe and eland roam its lower slopes, while the stunning vegetation - giant lobelias appear like spiky pokers – have made it a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Small wonder it was deified by the local Kikuyu people, whose doors always faced what they believed was the seat of the god, Ghai.
Be a part of the community
This is your opportunity to assist the community in the areas where they need the most help, this could be building a new school or toilet block, teaching English or sports or tree planting in the grounds. Rift Valley Adventures is not especially interested in supporting a “stand-alone†community service activity, such as painting classrooms. While such an enterprise may have some value to the participants’ community, by itself it rarely meets our expectations for our students.
Conservation In Action
Learn through participation about the history of conservation in Kenya's leading wildlife Conservancies; the uniqueness of land use approach – wildlife/cattle integration and other income generating enterprises. Key species of concern including elephant, and lion and the various programmes adopted in managing these species. Students will gain understanding of the environment in which conservancies operates – the opportunities and challenges and how these are addressed. And of course, you have a high chance of seeing the Big Five!
Adventure time!
Choose one or several of our signature experiences: whether it is mountain biking across open savanna plains with zebra and rhino in the distance or journeying down the only canyon in Kenya with a series of jumps, and abseils or rock climbing, Rift Valley Adventures provides the best outdoor adventure experiences in the region led by internationally qualified instructors.
Transport
Safety comes before all and that's why we own and operate our own vehicles, driven by our certified permanent drivers. We arrange everything from picking you up at the airport in our comfortable coaches to taking you across the Kenyan savannah in our landcruisers or modified wilderness coaches.
Accommodation
We own and operate permanent camps across Kenya and set up mobile camps with safari tents and bush kitchens or on the mountain.
Teacher checklist
Risk Assessments, Free Places, Adventure Mark, D of E Award Approved Provider
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Guide prices are per person, subject to availability and may vary by departure date, groups size and itinerary. Please ask for details.
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The wild and diverse landscapes in which we operate provide an endless fountain of fascinating learning for student trips. Life skills that are hard to teach in the classroom come roaring to life on our tailor-made journeys – trust, communication, resilience, responsibility, goal setting, teamwork and leadership! From full-blown expeditions in the outer reaches to community service,