In between safaris, we visited a Maasai village. The village was close by our Game Lodge so it was just a quick drive. The visit began with some traditional dancing. The men began and then the women. Before we went into the village, the men did a traditional Maasai warrior jumping dance which was fascinating to see how high they were able to jump. Maasai villages are easy to spot as they are surrounded by a circular formation of sticks and brush to protect the people and more importantly their cattle Read more [...]

Our first day on safari in the Maasai Mara started off with a 5 hour drive out of Nairobi, the last half of which was over some of the roughest roads that we had ever experienced anywhere. I took some video from inside the van that should hopefully give you an idea what the last 2.5 hours of our drive was like… Once we arrived at the Sarova Mara Game Camp we were welcomed with warm face clothes (very much needed) and then signed into our luxury tent accommodations. These 'tents' were pretty Read more [...]

Our first day after the build we headed back to Nairobi. Our first stop once we arrived in Nairobi was the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust where they house orphaned elephants and rhinos. They are only open from 11-12 daily so our window was small but the experience was well worth it! This was our first opportunity to see elephants in Africa and it was awesome to see them interacting with the keepers and literally running to get bottles of milk! Eventually these elephants will be reintegrated into Read more [...]

The last day of our build was a big deal for our entire team. Our team members that had done Habitat builds before had told us that it's actually quite rare to see a house go from start to finish. Yet here we had 3 houses that were nearly done that were nothing more than holes in the ground when we started. There was also a lot of emotions going around as well since this would be the last day that we would see the families we're building for and the people that have been helping us to reach our Read more [...]