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DESCRIPTION OF KENYA WILDLIFE AND MAASAI COMMUNITIES
TOUR
This 5-day tour
combines visits to community-driven projects with
wonderful wildlife-watching experiences and
accommodation at Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm which
overlooks Nairobi National Park. Ololo is only 45
minutes from downtown Nairobi and is set on 20 acres
of idyllic land. It is the only safari lodge within
Nairobi whereby the food it serves its produced on
site. on its farm, In 2020 Ololo Farm achieved
Organic Certification with KOAN (Kenya Organic
Agricultural Network).
Nairobi National Park is home to a staggering amount
of Kenyan animals and birds despite its proximity to
the city and there’s an excellent chance of spotting
giraffe, rhino, buffalo, lion, cheetah, crocodiles,
hippos and numerous antelope and plains game. While
the park itself is too small to sustain elephants, a
visit to the Sheldrick Trust on its perimeter is an
unforgettable activity, and a Nairobi highlight, to
watch baby elephants at the world-famous orphanage.
This exciting safari experience is combined with two
tours where you will spend time getting to know the
Maasai people in their village, and meet some warm
and welcoming Kikuyu grandmothers that are making a
sustainable business work so they can keep their
families together.
This tour is ideal for those who have a limited time
in Nairobi but still want to see amazing wildlife
and there is the added privilege of meeting Kenya’s
extraordinarily friendly people in their own
communities. This tour is the ultimate in
responsible travel.
DAR ES SALAAM – TANZANIA authorities said plans
are underway to launch Maasai Festival aimed at
promoting internal tourism by showcasing Maasai
cultural norms and values.
Saidi Rukemo, the coordinator of the Maasai
Festival to be launched in August 2023, said the
festival will showcase Maasai’s cultural
dressing, dance, cooking, and various customs.
“The festival will also open up doors for
international tourists to come and experience
Tanzania,” he told a joint news conference in
Tanzania’s northern tourist city of Arusha late
Friday.
Rukemo said the Maasai tribe has a peculiar way
of life that has been maintained to preserve
their norms and culture.
“The Maasai tribe has proved that even with
technological advancements, it is still possible
to hold onto who we are as Africans,” said
Rukemo.
He added that the Maasai tribe has been able to
maintain their dressing style, eating habits,
security system, traditional medical practices,
and living among wild animals.
Pauline Gekul, the deputy minister for Culture,
Arts and Sports, said her ministry and the
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism have
embarked on the promotion of cultural festivals
to showcase Tanzania’s cultural diversity to the
world.
Pindi Chana, the minister for Natural Resources
and Tourism, said a total of 76 cultural tourism
programs have been established in the northern,
southern and Lake Victoria zones.
Chana said the cultural tourism programs are
intended to preserve and promote Tanzanian
tribes’ traditional norms, food and dressing.
Golfing's
Big "Four"
When
people think of Kenya, often times they
thing of the Big Five - the top prize game
trophy's hunters used to go after on
safari; lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and
buffalo. But recently, Kenya has gaining
fame for it's Big "Four" from golfing
enthusiasts around the world. Surprising?
Not really. Kenya has been growing its
golf community since the early 1900's,
expanding into locales that provide some
of the most unique golf experiences in the
world. Kenya is host to some of the best
golf courses in Africa with incredible
scenery, live hazards (not to mention
sometimes dangerous) and some of the
toughest courses in Africa. We've chosen
four of the top courses in Kenya that
shouldn't be missed while on
safari:
MUTHAIGA
GOLF CLUB - 6676 yards - par
71
Muthaiga
is easily known as THE Championship Course
in Kenya. Host to the annual Kenya Open
(European PGA), the course boasts
challenging holes, beautifully manicured
greens and incredible flowering bushes
that line almost every hole. With a
spectacular course layout you are sure to
be caught off guard by the fast greens and
the many bunkers ready to gulp up your
ball.
WINDSOR
GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB - 6751 yards - par
72
The
Windsor is one of the most prestigious
golf resorts in Kenya. Built on 200 acres
of lush Victorian-style landscape, the
club provides vacationers with excellent
golfing and spectacular scenery. The
course itself provides a gorgeous view of
Mt. Kenya's snow capped peak; and is
bordered by a coffee plantation and
indigenous forest, which attracts hundreds
of Sykes monkeys. The course claims the
longest hole in Africa at 640
yards.
NYALI
GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB - 6510 yards - par
71
The winds
of Nyali are said to be the most
treacherous hazard on the course. Located
on Kenya's coast (not directly on the
ocean), the winds off the Indian Ocean can
cut strokes off your game or add several,
so be prepared for a challenge. You will
find it is worth it, with the course's
gently rolling hills surrounded by the
radiant Flame tree, it a course not to be
missed.
LIMURU
COUNTRY CLUB - 6519 yards - par
71
Golfers
rave about how enjoyable golfing Limuru
can be. The setting on tea plantations is
lush and relaxing. The course is set at
and elevation of 7000 feet, which provides
for fresh air and soft green carpets of
turf. Stay out of the sand traps; they are
painfully deep.
Golf
Contacts:
Debert C.
Cook, CMP,
Publisher
African American Golfer's Digest
www.AfricanAmericanGolfersDigest.com
President/CEO,
Event
Planners Plus!
139 Fulton Street, Suite
209,
New
York, NY 10038
Tel: (212) 571-6559 (Ext.
11),
Fax:
(212) 571-1943
By Hugo Gye
6 June 2013
Cricket may
summon up images of green pitches in sleepy
English villages, but these pictures show that
the sport has penetrated to almost every corner
of the globe.
They depict
a match involving a team of Maasai tribesmen
showing off their skills during a match in their
native Kenya today.
The tribesmen,
renowned for their height and fierce hunting
culture, have started a cricket team as part of
a campaign to highlight the dangers facing their
isolated rural community.
Rather than the traditional whites, the
players wear their own tribal dress, proving a
colourful sight for spectators.
When the Maasai
were first learning cricket, many refused to
wear shoes as they feared that Western footwear
would only slow them down.
However, the tribesmen have now
compromised with the norms of the sport, and
were sporting white trainers for their match
against the Ambassadors.
The
Warriors' games are intended to raise awareness
of issues such as female genital mutilation and
young girls being forced into marriage.
They also aim to
tackle problems like poaching and the AIDS
epidemic which are widespread in rural Kenyan
society.
The
Maasai's adventure with cricket is being
chronicled in Warriors, a documentary which is
set to be released this year.
The film,
documenting the transformation from tribesmen to
sportsmen, is being supported by England's
leading fast bowler James Anderson.
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