Day 1: Arrival and pick up from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi, Kenya and transfer to host family home.

Day 2: Morning: Registration and start of orientation: International volunteers and interns abroad have about 4 hours lecture at the home of your host. Topics covered during orientation lecture will include East African culture, history, customs, politics, geography, and necessary health precautions, and various other topics, such as the diversity of Kenyan life. Afternoon is free - explore Kenyan life and get to know your host family. 

Day 3 - 7: Kenya Summer Explore: Language school and Cultural Tours

Day 3: Morning - Swahili Language classes for 2-3 hours. Afternoon will be spent taking a guided tour of downtown Nairobi, including parliament buildings; major Avenues and Streets, Uhuru Park, August Memorial Park, K.I.C.C (Kenya International Conference Center) and the famous Maasai market where volunteers can buy curios and interact with the famous Maasai people dressed in their traditional outfits.

Day 4 and 5: Weekend - Free. Volunteers and interns can join the family at their weekend activities or explore Kenya life on their own with the advice of the coordinator and host family - visit various parts of the city, or travel to nearby Lake Naivasha a fresh water lake and a game reserve or the city of Nakuru, host to world famous bird and white rhino sanctuary with over 400 bird species.

Day 6: Swahili Language classes (2-3 hours). In the afternoon, take a guided tour of the Giraffe Center found in Nairobi’s Lang’ata Suburb to view and feed the famous Rothschild’s giraffe which is an endangered species for a specially constructed viewing platform. 

Day 7: Morning – End of Swahili Language classes for 2-3 hours. In the afternoon, the volunteers visit The Nairobi City park that features lawns and benches picnics, walking paths, frames of swings a bandstand or concerts. The Sykes’ monkeys are the most prominent of the Park’s wildlife. These monkeys are dark grey in color with a thick collar of white fur, and have a long tail. The Sykes’ monkeys are friendly and gentle and seldom bite. Baboons and Velvet Monkeys can also be seen at the park. The monkeys feed on wild fruits and leaves in the forest but also beg for fruits and nuts from visitors.

Day 8-13: Kenya Wilderness Adventure Safari (6 days)

International volunteers and interns abroad on this program visit the world famous Maasai Mara game reserve, Lake Nakuru national park, a special internationally protected bird and white rhino sanctuary and end with a tour of the Samburu game reserve.

Day 8: Maasai Mara Game Reserve: Depart Nairobi in the morning with picnic lunch enroute to most famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve ranked among the worlds top 50 dream destinations. Spend the afternoon and the following day on game drives in Maasai Mara. This Great Rift Valley reserve is home to thousands of wild animals including rhino, buffalo, impala, waterbuck, lion, elephant, giraffe, Africa Buffalo, zebra, cheetah and leopard. It is also seasonal home to thousands of wildebeests that spend about half of the year here and the other half in neighboring Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Day 9: Maasai Mara Game Reserve: Continue with the jungle tour of this Kenyan park. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Day 10: Maasai Mara/Nakuru: Leave Maasai Mara after breakfast and drive to Nakuru past lake Elementaita on the Great Rift Valley floor. Dinner and overnight in a budget hotel.

Day 11: Lake Nakuru/Samburu Game Reserve: Take and early morning game drive/safari of lake Nakuru national park and International Bird Sanctuary. Lake Nakuru Park has been described as the World’s Greatest Bird Spectacle”. This Kenyan park has 450 bird species including the lesser and greater flamingo, more than 56 animal species including elephant, leopard, cheetah, rhino, hippo, lion, buffalo, Hyena, fox, waterbuck, impala, jackal etc and various species of bats. The park has about 550 species of plants and several animal viewpoints. Together with your group of international volunteers and interns abroad, depart Nakuru after the morning game drive/safari and head North towards Mt. Kenya with picnic enroute.

Later in the day, proceed to Samburu Game Reserve with a game drive/safari enroute. Retire for dinner and sleep at camp.

Day 12: Samburu Game Reserve: Spend the day on game viewing with meals and overnight at camp. This pristine and less visited game reserve abounds with animal and plant species not seen in southern Kenya's parks. You will come across species such as the Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, kudu and gerenuk almost exclusive to the reserve. Other animals include lions, cheetahs and leopards.

Day 13: Samburu-Nairobi: Early morning game drive in Samburu then drive South to Nairobi via the wind ward side of Mt Kenya and via Nairobi, viewing nature along the road that winds through amazingly diverse geographical landscape and human activities including coffee and tea farming. 

Day 14: End of Adveture Portion of Program.

Evaluation of the language, culture, tours and safaris component.  

Day 15: Begining of volunteer abroad and internship overseas work placement for those staying for more than two weeks. Departure for the rest.