Maasai Magic

Live one day the Maasai way

From Nairobi, drive into the rural Maasai heartland where one of the elders. We will take you on a tour to explain how the Maasai manage these precious lands. You learn about their tribal values, native herbs and plants that are used for medicinal remedies, the importance the Maasai place on their natural resources like land and water, and help herd the cattle, which is their most sacred and treasured possession.

A warm song and dance welcome awaits you at the village, and the wife of a village elder will offer to dress you in traditional Maasai shuka cloth or ‘African blanket’. You’ll also be invited to help out the women and learn their skills of constructing a new manyatta – a traditional Maasai homestead.

Time for lunch when you join the Maasai mothers to cook up a traditional Maasai meal over an open-fire, and they’ll share stories as they show you how to create your own piece of highly-decorative Maasai beaded jewelry. Then meet the young Maasai warriors, or morans, who explain their rites of passage as they become warriors, the defenders of the tribe. They teach you how to throw a traditional spear, climb speedily up an acacia tree in the event there are predators in the bush, or even the extraordinary jumping dance, or ‘adumu’ which is how they demonstrate their prowess.

Your hosts impart the knowledge of their ancient ways and are just as interested in your life as you are in theirs.

This is why we call it Maasai Magic because we’re constantly astonished by the magical moments that unfold as our guests and the villagers connect throughout the day.