Volunteer in Kenya & engage in environmental or wildlife conservation.

Free Volunteering 1 February 2023 Africa, Kenya

We’re a Swedish/French UN worker couple who travels much for work, thus need another set of hands and eyes on site. Excellent opportunity for the wilderness lover or sports enthusiast. Is that you?

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Volunteer in Kenya – requirements & tasks

Help needed for private horse yard with eight horses, in Maanzoni wildlife conservation area one hours drive outside of Nairobi, Kenya, in open beautiful savanna landscape with plenty of zebras, giraffes, wildebeests, gazelles and more.

Tasks consist of the general yard and horse-related duties along with an opportunity to engage in environmental or wildlife conservation based on interest.

General yard work takes approximately 4 hours daily. We need help with various stable, horse, and yard tasks, gardening and animal care (dogs, cats, chicken, cows), riding and exercising/training/competition of horses (dressage and jumping) according to ability,

If you’d like, you can help the local resident association and Kenya Wildlife Service rangers with environmental and wildlife conservation tasks such as patrolling the area by car or horse collecting snares or tracking injured wildlife, or helping in an ongoing giraffe research project.

Volunteer in Kenya – what we offer

You’ll get free accommodation in a private self-contained guest cottage with a kitchenette. Food supplies are provided for own cooking. You’ll eat some meals together with the host.

You’ll have plenty of opportunities for sports, access to a 25m pool on site, a perfect environment for walking, running, cycling or rock climbing (Lukenya Crag – at 6 km distance).

Pocket money paid negotiable based on experience and duration of stay. You’ll get an apartment in Nairobi when visiting the city.