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THE GREAT WALK OF AFRICA, is a unique fund-raising trip for the benefit of children orphaned by AIDS in East Africa. Africa's wildest and longest foot safari takes participants through Tsavo National Park in Nairobi, Kenya. Tropical Ice, www.Tropical-Ice.com, Africa's Leading Adventure Safari Company, will escort 10 - 14 GAA participants on this adventure.
Following game trails participants will make a 12 day, 110 mile crossing of the immense wilderness of Tsavo in a true explorer’s style safari. Tsavo is big game country: elephant, Cape buffalo, hippo, lion and leopard. The days on Tsavo’s rivers will be gloriously full; walking the mornings, resting away the afternoons, and game driving the last hours of daylight. Tropical Ice has carefully maintained the atmosphere of the hunting safaris of old for this photographic odyssey in a way that will remove all traces of the modern world. The camps are stylish, the food is gourmet and the staff has 25 years experience.
Certain to be a life altering experience, the trip is designed to acquaint the group with the GAA integrated approach for providing assistance to over 7,000 orphans and other vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. During your journey you will:
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Visit GAA programs in Nairobi Kenya, savor warm welcomes from the African people who remain hopeful while struggling with heart wrenching poverty
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Spend 12 days walking the immense wilderness of Tsavo in the authentic safari style, as portrayed in Out of Africa by Streep and Redford
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Immerse yourself within the 500 year old Swahili culture on the island of Lamu at Peponi Hotel (optional trip extension)
The primary objective for the The Great Walk of Africa is to raise funds to benefit the East African Orphans. In addition to paying for the trip (cost varies depending on the time of year you travel), each trip participant is required to solicit pledges for the walk in the amount of $5,000. If traveling as a family please inquire about pledge requirements. It is important that each trip participant appreciate the fund-raising component and the financial responsibility he or she carries.
Click here for information on the 2010 Great Walk of Africa.
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