Top Nairobi Volunteer Tours

Learn about two of Kenya's most famous animals on this tour to the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and the Giraffe Centre. See the animals in a safe, contained environment focused on rehabilitation and conservation. This tour includes all entrance fees and private transportation for a hassle-free experience.

Take a guided walking tour of Nairobi with a private guide. Visit Jevangee Garden, a park donated to and owned by Kenya’s poor, and City Market, where you can purchase cultural souvenirs, clothing, and fresh food. You will also visit the Kenyatta International Conference Center for a chance to see panoramic views of Nairobi from its tower.

See free-ranging wildlife with the backdrop of the Nairobi skyline on a half-day tour to Nairobi National Park, a convenient way to experience a Kenya safari even if you have limited time. Door-to-door transport from Nairobi hotels make this a hassle-free way to get to the park, and you’ll have the chance to spot black rhinos, lions, giraffes, leopards, and hundreds of species of birds.

See herds of elephants at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro on a full-day tour from Nairobi to Amboseli National Park. An early morning departure ensures you’ll reach Amboseli with time for morning and afternoon game drives, searching for elephants, lions, giraffes, zebra, and more; exploring in an open-top safari vehicle means unobstructed views for observing and photographing Amboseli wildlife.

Discover Kenya's rich cultural diversity on this tour from Nairobi to Bomas of Kenya, a village that was constructed to represent elements of each of Kenya's 42 ethnic groups. Tour the village with a guide before enjoying traditional performances in dance, music, and storytelling to gain a greater appreciation and understanding of Kenyan life.

Ride a bike and hike through Hell’s Gate National Park on a full-day, private tour from Nairobi to the wildlife reserve and Lake Naivasha that includes entrance fees, bikes, and round trip-transport from Nairobi. This customizable tour offers the rare chance to see wildlife outside of a safari vehicle while exploring a scenic part of the Great Rift Valley.

Visit East Africa’s largest informal settlement with a local youth guide during this two-hour tour of Kibera Slum in Nairobi. Get an inside look at day-to-day life in the community from the people who call Kibera home. Itineraries include a visit to Kenya’s largest public primary school and a look at NGO projects related to improving housing, education, and health within the slums.

Visit East Africa’s largest informal settlement during a private half-day visit to the Kibera slum. Navigate the sprawling network of unmarked streets and narrow alleys with an informative guide. Listen to stories about the resilience and ingenuity of Kibera residents in the vibrant and multi-faceted community, and understand why it is nicknamed the “City of Hope.”

Get to know a Nairobi beyond its history during this private walking tour with former street children. Follow your guides through the city streets and learn about their upbringing on the streets and how they transformed their lives with the Nai Nami project for underprivileged youths. Learn about life on the street, ask questions, and develop personal connections with the locals during this storytelling tour.

Learn about life in one of Africa’s largest urban slums in a responsible way by booking this private tour to Kibera Slum from Nairobi. You spend a full day exploring the markets, recycling plants, a bead factory, a kindergarten, and more. Your guide explains local issues the community is tackling, and gives you an insider look at the area’s culture.

Kibera is one of the world’s largest informal settlements, and exploring the sprawling slum without a local guide is not recommended. Get a chance to meet some of Kenya’s most resilient and resourceful residents during this private half-day tour. You’ll visit Kibera alongside a born-and-bred community member. Learn about ongoing artisanal projects and social enterprises as you get an insider’s look at everyday life in the community.

Learn about the art of glass blowing and see a wide variety of colorful finished works with this tour from Nairobi. You'll visit Anselm's Kitengela Hot Glass on the edge of Nairobi National Park, where you'll learn how scraps of waste or broken glass are repurposed and upcycled into colorful functional and decorative art pieces. You'll also have the chance to stop for a snack at the on-site café before returning to Nairobi.

Get the insider scoop on Kikuyu culture straight from the real community leaders on this small-group grandmas meet-and-greet tour from Nairobi. Meet the matriarchs in a nearby village and learn about their work as community leaders, familial carers, and pig farmers, with plenty of opportunities for hands-on experience. Get to know the grandmas over included lunch and tea, saving plenty of time for talking with round-trip transfer from your hotel.

See Nairobi highlights on a full-day tour that explores the very best of the city, from colonial-era landmarks to wildlife. Spot the modern and historic buildings of downtown, browse the stalls at the city’s most vibrant market, then sit down to a truly exotic meal at the Carnivore Restaurant. Next, leave the crowded city behind in a leafy suburb, where you’ll visit the Karen Blixen Museum and the Giraffe Centre, a home for endangered Rothschild’s giraffes.

This is a day tour from Nairobi to Kiambethu tea farm in kiambu county. Historic tea plantation on a site including gardens & indigenous forest, with tours & dining. Leave Nairobi behind for an idyllic day in the lush green tea fields of Limuru. Just a short drive from the city brings you to a world of endless verdant fields, rich indigenous forest and an era of cool drinks on the veranda and lazy afternoons.This is the Kiambethu Tea Farm, the exact spot where tea growing began in Kenya 100 years ago. A trip to this beautiful tea plantation is your opportunity to enjoy the grounds and learn about the history of Kenya tea farming and colonial life here in the Ngong Hills.

You will have the opportunity to engage with locals, interact, and learn more about Kibera from our experienced guides. Our tour aims to break stereotypes, challenge perceptions, and provide an authentic and respectful exploration of Kibera. We strive to create awareness about the challenges faced by Kibera residents while highlighting their resilience, creativity, and sense of community. Recognizing that travelers are interested in understanding how people in Kibera live and survive, we ensure that by the end of the tour, you are well-informed and equipped. Our tour is organized to be flexible and suited to your needs. If you want a private tour or have specific topics and places of interest, please let us know!

This fascinating 8-day cultural and wildlife tour will appeal to anyone that wants to both meet and help Kenyan people in grassroots social enterprises, and go on a safari in a sustainable way at a conservancy where wildlife flourishes and communities thrive. The first 4 days of this tour takes you to Laikipia Plateau near Mount Kenya, which is dedicated to wildlife conservation while working with the local Samburu and Maasai people. It offers an authentic safari experience for all guests and activities can be as easy or energetic as you like. You can take leisurely safari walks, ride a camel or hope in a 4 wheel drive vehicle for game viewing. Once back in Nairobi, you will have the privilege of meeting three communities and see how Kenyans are overcoming poverty. We take you to a community of grandmothers starting small businesses, a women’s vocational training centre for young mothers; and a Maasai village to experience the traditional ways of life. Three inspirational days.

.Get to know a different side of Nairobi on this half-day guided tour to Kibera slums. Our driver will pick you from your hotels/residents and drive towards Ngong Road past Uchumi supermarket. Visit the Soweto village homestead, then continue to Curio Workshop where you will witness those who live in Kibera are innovative in making ornaments out of animal bones. Continue with the visits to the nursery schools and pass by to see the water vendor. You will come past Nairobi National Park which is known for many species of wildlife e.g. lions. You can experience game drives too. Feel welcome in one of the Kibera houses and ask questions about day-to-day life in Kibera. Walk and see a biogas plant, which uses human waste as raw materials in the production of biogas used in cooking, gas as well as lighting about 200 households once it is accomplished and commissioned. Later you will be escorted back to your car and dropped back to Nairobi hotel or home.

Mount Longonot day trip hiking delivers trekkers with an interesting and inspiring hike culminating into one of the best and exciting views in Kenya

Combine meaningful volunteering with popular Kenya sightseeing on this 2-week voluntourism experience from Nairobi. Spend a week volunteering in an orphanage for a culturally immersive experience, and then visit the top parks of Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru. All food, accommodation, and transportation is included as per itinerary, so you don’t have any unexpected expenses during your stay.

Visit two of Kenya’s most celebrated nature reserves in just three days during this small-group excursion to Tsavo West National Park and Amboseli National Park. Maximize your animal sightings with safari game drives at every time of day, from early morning to late night. All-inclusive tours include three meals a day, tented or lodge accommodation, and comfortable, door-to-door transportation in a custom safari van.

Maasai Eco Tour is a tour in the Magical Kenya Signature Experience Collection – curated, unique, authentic and exceptional once-in-a-lifetime Kenyan travel experiences accredited and recommended by the Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) This One Horizon 1-day tour enables you to connect with nature and engage with a local Maasai community as they teach you about matters of conservation and the preservation of their precious lands where they have lived a semi-nomadic life for centuries. You will see how the Maasai are managing the grazing of their herds of cattle, embracing biogas systems for fuel to enable them to preserve precious forests, and learn how they use local plants and herbs for medicinal remedies. It is one of One Horizon’s most authentic and in-depth experiences of an indigenous community who have generations of environmental lessons to impart.

The volunteer(s) will have an exciting firsthand cultural experience of living a basic African lifestyle characterized by living in and with the natural environment and cultural activities that will teach him/her new ways of going about daily life without the intricacies of the modern world. Skills and insights you will learn include farming practices, local cultural activities like singing and basketry as well as traditional leadership structures while enjoying local African foods. The volunteer(s) will also be able to understand the development process as he/she will be interacting with both a traditional setting coupled with elements of a developing society, and will see how the two processes interact with each other.