BASECAMP MAASAI MARA: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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About the project
BASECAMP MAASAI MARA: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
GVDA is a leading International non-profit making organization established in Kenya in 1997 to build partnership by empowering young leaders to advance community development and strengthen multicultural understanding, increase cooperation between Kenyan communities and people living in developed world through a range of development programs;
GVDA seeks to improve international and cross-cultural understanding by providing opportunities for international volunteers to live alongside, learn from and share skills with Kenya communities.
GVDA programmes combines, short group, mid , internship long term International volunteer positions, community immersion, cross-cultural learning, ecotourism, community tourism, adventure and community services of people of all ages.
💼 What the programme involves
A pioneering Mara eco-camp, opened in 1998, Base camp Maasai Mara is a moderately sized tented camp in Koiyaki Group Ranch, just outside the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Close to Talek Gate and the small settlement of Talek, the camp is ranged in riverine forest along the north bank of the Talek River, which forms the reserve’s north-east boundary. The camp has direct access to the reserve via private footbridge. Basecamp Maasai Mara achieved world fame in 2006 by hosting Barack Obama during his visit to Kenya two years before he became US president.
Volunteers’ activities include environmental monitoring (e.g. wildlife); ecological restoration such as re-vegetation and weed removal, and educating the community about the natural environment. Activities are determined during the weekly team meetings. Other activities will include preparation of bed seeds/Nursery tree planting and transferring to designated areas, managing the plants like spacing and watering.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteer will be hosted in the school hostels; electricity and tap water available.
📍 About the location
Narok County, Maasai Mara
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers who have the passion for environmental activities are welcomed in this project. Volunteers are expected to come with ideas to share with the project team in a constructive manner. Volunteers should have good skills of dealing with community, as well as be open-minded and flexible.
🤝 Meeting point
You will be met by our representative at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi from where you are transferred to the accommodations in Nairobi itself. Volunteers who will be already in Kenya or arriving overland would need to give us their contact details so that the pickup can be arranged from a specific location.
ℹ️ Additional information
200 Euros per month or 600 Euros per 3 months.
Orientation meeting will take place in Nairobi before proceeding to the project.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
GVDAMLTV03AUTO-EXTAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
31/12/2025 at 00:00 → 30/12/2026 at 00:00
GVDAMLTV03AUTO-EXT
01/01/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2024 at 00:00
GVDAMLTV03
01/01/2023 at 00:00 → 31/12/2023 at 00:00
GVDAMLTV03
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2022
GVDAMLTV03AUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
31/12/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2025 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
200.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Kenya
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Kenyan Shilling (KES / KSh)
Exchange rate
1 KES = 0.006892 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
East Africa Time
Local time: 21:11 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
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