This trip is the perfect balance between learning about African cultures, customs and wildlife, whilst getting to see the stunning scenary and landscape that Kenya and Uganda have to offer. It is a challenging yet rewarding Explorer for anyone with a sense of adventure and enthusiasm to get off the beaten track. No experience necessary!

Week 1 – East African Bush Awareness (Lakipia, Kenya)

Early rise and off you go, this encounter with the untamed wild is the perfect introduction to the very essence of all that is Africa. Spending our days amongst the Big Five in the rolling savannas and sleeping at night in bush camps under dramatic skies, we will explore this wildlife haven under the supervision of our professional guide. We spend our time engrossed in various educational activities ranging from animal tracking to navigation, bush survival, and orienteering.  Here, from the start, you will learn to appreciate and understand the diversity of the natural life that surrounds us.

What You Will Experience
· African Customs & Cultures
· Bush Awareness
· Survival
· Animal Tracking
· Navigation
· Big 5 Wildlife Experience
· Game / Wildlife Spotting Skills

Accommodation
Your accommodation will be in two-man canvas bow tents – true bush camping
Meals
All meals will be provided and will be prepared on a participatory basis

Week 2 - Mount Kenya Expedition

Africa\'s second-highest peak offers some of the most rewarding hiking on the continent. With striking scenery, abounding wildlife on its lower plains and challenging routes, hiking in this lofty and diverse paradise is a feast to the senses. Vertical cliffs, virgin valleys and cascading waterfalls will flank your trail as you explore the best routes on the mountain.

What You Will Experience
· Mountaineering
· Adventure Hiking

Accommodation
Your accommodation will be in comfortable mountain hiking huts
Meals
All meals will be provided and will be prepared on a participatory basis

Week 3 – Samburu Cultural Camel Trek

Venture into the harsh and spectacular wilderness of Kenya\'s Northern Frontier District where roads cannot take you. With a bizarre caravan of camels and your Samburu guides, you will enter an ancient landscape that is sure to grip your soul with its grandeur. A maze of seasonal riverbeds and steep-sided valleys break out into dramatic plains stretching beyond the horizon. This is the real Africa – home to the colourful and proud Samburu people, their livestock and an array of wildlife. You will see evidence of the elephant that share your trails, the spoor of the elusive leopard and the lonely howls of hyena at night. A weeklong trek through these northern frontiers will leave you utterly romanced by charm and fierceness of the so-called ‘Dark Continent’.

What You Will Experience
· Survival
· African Customs & Cultures

Accommodation
Your accommodation will bush camping in two man canvas bow tents.  If you dare, you can sleep under the stars…
Meals
All meals will be provided and will be prepared on a participatory basis

Week 4 – Upper Nile River Expedition

This final leg of our East African Expedition explores (expedition style) the first 100kms of the River Nile, the world’s longest river, as it makes its way through the Ugandan highlands.  Set in a colourful and unique corner of our African continent, typified by red earth and lush vegetation, this is an experience of a lifetime. You begin this exhilarating encounter with four days on some of the roughest commercial white-water in the world, taking kayaking lessons and trying your hand at river boarding. This is followed by two adventurous days on quad-bikes exploring the fascinating rural landscape as you make your way back through the valley in which this mighty river cuts its path.

What You Will Experience
· African Customs & Cultures
· White Water Kayaking / Rafting
· Quad biking

Accommodation
You will be bush camping in two-man canvas bow tents.
Meals
All meals will be provided and will be prepared on a participatory basis