Maasai Village Experience Day Tour
- 6–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Ethical Impact: We are likely the only company that pays every participating villager individually. Using an online register, your guide records attendance, and payments are sent directly to each person via M-Pesa immediately after the visit. Through the Happy Tribe Foundation—a legally registered NGO in Kenya—we sponsor school fees for children from underprivileged families and support girls escaping early marriage or FGM. We also buy rain water storage tanks for the villagers among other needs. Your guide will provide details on how to donate and how we communicate the impact of your contribution to you. Responsible & Sustainable Tourism: We kindly ask that you dress and behave modestly during your visit. If you smoke, please step away from the group and the villagers, and ensure that cigarette butts are disposed of properly. Any photos taken in the village to be used for personal memories only and not for commercial purposes. You can post them on your socials to promote the tribe.
Inclusions
What's included
- WiFi on board
- Bottled water
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Knowledgable Guide
- Entry/admission charges
What's not
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Lunch
- Gratuities
Itinerary
This is the first town along the way outside of the Nairobi Metropolitan area and is predominantly Inhabited by the maasai people. Travelers get to see the vast plains of Kajiado, hills and the extensive vegetation. They also get to see herds of animals e.g. goats, donkeys and cows. Like any town in Kenya, all forms of economic activities are seen here.
If you happen to make this tour on a market day(Monday or Friday), then you get to see firsthand the booming livestock market full of animals for sale. Maasai beadwork, herbs and attires are also traded. In the midst of the beautiful chaos, you will always find souvenirs as you interact with the unique Maasai culture.
Maasai village experience: Get to learn Maasai words, learn beadwork, milk a goat, get into a manyatta and cook some basic meal,dance and sing with the village members.
View and take photos of the beautiful landscape of Kajiado. Spot some Maasai headers with their animals on the move looking for pasture. See women carrying firewood on their back.
We stop at Kitengela Mall for clients to either use the bathroom or buy some snacks/tea/coffee/lunch or stop at an ATM.
We pass through the local primary school to see the activities of the school and drop some donations.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.9
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- CJ's is popular restaurant in Nairobi. It is located in a safe area for both locals and foreigners. Incase you get there earlier before everyone, kindly sit on the green seat outside the restaurant or go in the restaurant and order something light as you wait. As you wait, DO NOT SMOKE - illegal.
- Pickup
- Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 50 travellers
- Operated by
- Happy Tribe Travel
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Kindly wear closed shoes and dress decently/Modest preferable in pants for all genders. Kindly cover-up.
- We allow donations - clothes, school supplies, kids toys, teaching aids, food items(cooking oil, maize flour, dry grains etc.), and any other items helpful to a needy community.
- Carry money incase of donation or purchase of souvenirs.
- Be flexible with time especially when in a group though we try to be back at Nairobi before 3p.m or 7pm for the 11am start. Traffic and bathroom/coffee/lunch breaks affect our timing.
- There is no bathroom at the village. We make 2 bathroom stops along the way.
- Your security is guaranteed. We don't drive deep in the bush or pass through very remote areas
How it compares in Nairobi
- Its from-price is 62% below the median of the 570 day trips we list in Nairobi.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 13 of 570.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Nairobi
Nairobi is Kenya's energetic capital and the starting point for East African safari, with a national park where wildlife roams beneath the city skyline.
Nairobi National Park lies just beyond the suburbs, and its lions, rhinos, giraffes and buffalo can be seen with skyscrapers on the horizon. Close by, an orphanage raises young elephants rescued from across Kenya, and the Giraffe Centre lets visitors meet rare Rothschild's giraffes eye to eye from a raised platform.
Top-ranked sights in Nairobi: Nairobi National Park, Giraffe Centre, Lake Naivasha.
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