(Africa Volunteer Tours, Volunteer Work in Africa, East Africa Voluntourism, Voluntourism Budget travels in Africa, Volunteering in East Africa)

Africa, being a third world country requires different skills from different professionals. Every year, volunteers come into Africa to participate in the development and upgrade of the lifestyle of the African populace by contributing freely; their skills and human resource in building, teaching, treating the sick while living within the various communities – Home stays. During their visit, they combine their day to day experiences with tours and safaris into the African rich wildlife natural resource, thus; Voluntourism.

Voluntourism is a tour package meant for volunteers coming into Africa and those living within Africa; meant basically for volunteers, offering their skills and developmental activities within the African continent. Voluntourism is meant for those who wish to come to Africa and those who live within Africa and would want to visit various touristic sites as they offer services to various development projects within the continent of Africa. During their volunteering services, volunteers are accessible to touristic sites within the continent of Africa.

Niche Africa holidays have packaged a tourism program for those volunteers who come to Africa and would like to visit tourist sites after or before rendering their skills on voluntary basis. Niche Africa Holidays have developed various itineraries and programs which take volunteers from the VSO (Volunteers Services Overseas and the American Peace Corps and any other volunteers coming into Africa. These packages include; home stays within Africa, community development tour packages, cultural and tribal tour packages which take the volunteers into the inside rural and urban centers of the African continent, Wildlife tours and safaris. Africa has the best touristic sites for wildlife and community tours among the six continents; being a third world country Africa leads among the other continents in the number of volunteers visiting Africa to alleviate poverty and to upgrade the living standards of various communities.

Niche Africa holidays being an Africa based tour operator offers voluntarism vacation packages to all volunteers coming into Africa and those living in Africa.

East Africa is composed of the five East African community countries which are; Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania, which incorporates Pemba and Zanzibar islands. East Africa leads among the other parts of the African continent in the number of Volunteer visits annually. In view of this, Niche African Holidays have developed itineraries compatible with volunteers’ visits and their day to day activities when they are in East Africa. Community development is the major agenda for Niche Africa holidays as part of the compatible Voluntourism package.

Volunteers come to East Africa for delivery of their skills and developmental services to various projects and communities within East Africa. These include the development of community infrastructure, teaching in various community institutions, working within the government departments, involving themselves in alleviation of poverty within the East African urban and rural sectors, contribution to medical skills, development of sanitary facilities and infrastructure and lastly, learning the livelihood of the African people so as to upgrade the same for the betterment of the African residents.

Niche Africa holidays have since partnered with various NGO’s, schools and educational institutions, community and cultural institutions and the government departments with an intention of using tourism as a boat or a bridge to encouraging Voluntourism development within East Africa. In East Africa, volunteers visit various National Parks to see the East Africa’s famous wildlife, adventure travels, the likes of water rafting on river Tana and the source of river Nile at Bujagali falls, boating and fishing in Lake Victoria. Community and cultural tourism within East Africa and Lake Victoria region. Community development tourism within the coastal area of Malindi, Mombasa and Zanzibar and lastly, community and development tourism within the Maasai land, Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro, Rwenzori. Elgon and Meru community development regions are not left behind.
 Niche Africa Holidays takes volunteers to various tourism sites within various parts in East Africa, which include tours into the following touristic sites.-

• Mountain gorillas tours in Virunga Mountains in Rwanda ,Bwindi and Mghahinga National Parks in Uganda respectively
• Mountain climbing:
  • Mount Rwenzori
  • Mount Elgon,
  • Mount Kenya
  • Mount Kilimanjaro and
  • Mount Meru all within East Africa.
• Wildlife tours and safaris in East Africa
• Beach holidays along the East African coast of Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Pemba and Zanzibar.
• Wildlife tours into the
  • Maasai Mara, Serengeti, Selous,
  • Lake Manyara, Ruaha, Mikumi, Udzungwa,
  • Tsavo East and West, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru, Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and Mount Elgon climbing
  • Lake Bunyonyi and other National parks trips within the East African borders.
•  Adventure travels and activities most favored by volunteers include;
  • Camping safaris,
  • Mountain climbing,
  • Water Rafting and
  • Bungee jumping along River Tana and River Nile
• Water Rafting on River Tana in Kenya
• Water Rafting on River Nile in Uganda
• Boating and Fishing on lake Victoria
• Birding and bird watching tours and safaris in East Africa

Voluntourism in Kenya

Kenya is leading in the number of volunteers coming into the East Africa. Volunteers come to Kenya for community development, social and cultural involvement, medical and agricultural improvement and working in the community polytechnics and NGO’s which contributes to alleviation of poverty in slums within Kenya. In view of the above volunteers also spice their day to day activities by going for adventure trips and tours in various National Parks and Reserves in Kenya not to mention the beautiful beaches along the coast of Mombasa. The visits which are made by volunteers encourage Voluntourism activities since these trips are budgeted trips and cost lees than the normal luxurious trips.

Voluntourism Budget travels in Kenya
 Niche Africa holidays being a tour operator has several packages for volunteers which are budgeted as per their limited income. These include; group camping safaris, mid range lodge safaris, solo traveller, budget lodge safaris, bus trips to various destinations and railway locomotive trips to various parts of the country. Niche Africa Holidays arranges for budget accommodation for various volunteers which include home stays within the urban and rural set-ups plus village accommodation.

The following are the most preferred safaris and tours for the volunteers:-

• Group beach holiday safaris in Mombasa
• Budgeted Mombasa Beach Holidays
• Group Wildlife Camping safaris in Kenya
• Group Wildlife Lodge safaris in Kenya
• Budget Kenya wildlife lodge safaris
• Budget Kenya wildlife under canvas safaris
• Community and cultural trips around lake Victoria
• Community visits within Nairobi city  Area
• Boating and fishing on lake Victoria
• Home stays in Nairobi city centre and home stays around lake Victoria region
• Home stays along lake Victoria