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OVERVIEW
Your Educational tours in East Africa begins here. Examine Africa offers unique and great education opportunities and adventures to students, lectures, research group, excursions, volunteers, missionaries and other education levels from any part of the world, be it university, Tertiary institution, secondary or lower primary. We specialize in customized educational tours and this is done according to your interests and requirements, whether your major interest is art, education, music, sport, culture, agriculture, linguists (language), history, health care program, community projects, wildlife, conservation studies, religious studies and Short-Term Mission trips to Africa being conducted in the city or bush. Examine Africa offers all these in a full package. Our educational travel expert can create a tour that helps bring your learning interest to life.
Tanzania is one of the prime travel destinations for all safaris to Africa and it is located in East Africa. Tanzania is gifted with several cultures, abundance of flora and fauna, Modern infrastructures, mountains, lakes, rivers and notable wildlife spread across the great wilderness, thus Tanzania is arguably a perfect destinations for your educational trips and safaris.
Educational tours in Tanzania unites several elements of physical activities such as traditional dance workshops, home visits, trekking or cycling and this is combined with a service learning component, typically a community project that benefits an underprivileged community project in a developing country. Students also get opportunity to have lectures from highly knowledgeable and practical guides, Visiting historical and cultural sights, visiting different national parks where students have the opportunity to encounter different mammals (Lions, Leopard, buffaloes, elephants the rare antelope species, giraffes, zebra, warthogs and others) Reptile, birds, Mount Kilimanjaro, lakes, rivers and others. We also offer valuable learning experiences and lots of fun through various activities like walking and hiking safaris, white water rafting, bungee jumping, Dancing, canoeing fishing and quad biking.
Our students trips and safaris are for learners and individuals seeking quality and truly nature based learning Tours that go beyond morning and afternoon learning program. Our itineraries provide the best combination of adventure with education and truly life changing experience .
Why Choose Examine Africa for Educational Travels?
Examine Africa is committed to providing safe, rewarding school group travel experiences that achieve real personal development for students. We aim to provide quality ground services, exceptional value, expert advice, unique itineraries and friendly service from the concept stage right through to the day you return home.
Community Service Projects for Student
- Through our unique initiatives and partnerships with projects, we can ensure you and your students have an amazing immersive experience and give something back.
- School Service Learning Community Projects offer a unique way to experience genuine cultural interaction while also providing real tangible benefits to underprivileged communities. Every Service Learning project is guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- For example, while working in remote villages side by side with the local community, your students can help to improve the lives of other people or the environment in a meaningful and sustainable way. The affected communities you’ll assist receive little or no government funding. Coupled with the dire economic predicament of these areas, the students’ work will be invaluable.
School Journeys
Our philosophy is that travel is one of the most powerful and enriching tools for young travellers; whether it is through experiencing other cultures, getting involved in community project works or challenging oneself in natural environments. These rich, rewarding and safe travel experiences help youth travellers to overcome fears and enhance their social, cultural and educational growth.
Our school travel division specialises in custom made educational travel experiences and active school group journeys.
Working with schools to customise their travel immersion programs, we offer a number of adventures that depart in school holiday periods where individual secondary students can ‘unite’ with other students from their country on an adventure of a lifetime including schoolers trip for school leavers.
These itineraries engage students in a destination with some physical activity as well as a community project and are escorted by our expert local leaders and facilitators.
Our Transition Goals
Get out of the bus and explore
Whether it is trekking in Tanzania, or a community project, our school trips immerse students in a truly authentic experience under their own steam.
Disconnect to connect
Global Citizenship
We are dedicated to help students to become global citizens through our initiatives and partnerships that have a sustainable impact on communities and the environment such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Teacher Support
Without the dedication of amazing teachers these trips would never happen, so we tailor every trip to your school’s exact requirements to ensure we engage both you and the students. For example, we offer a free teacher place for every 15 students and we only include services your school trip needs.
LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS
Our Educational adventures are unique learning experiences. Our journeys are designed to encourage thriving and positive youth development along with leaving the communities and environments where we travel in a better condition than when we arrived.
The programs are designed to enhance the following life skills that will help you grow as an individual:
- The confidence to lead a group and make decisions
- The value of working together as a cohesive team to achieve a common objective
- The ability to face mental and physical challenges
- The ability to adapt to new environments outside of their ‘comfort zone’ to appreciate and care for the natural environment. The environments we trek through are beautiful and often pristine, invariably the students will gain a deeper appreciation and understanding about how their individual actions impact on the environment
- Build strong friendships and bonds with their peers and also the local peoples
- Basic outdoor skills obtained on trek such as personal hygiene, pitching a tent, helping to prepare meals
Importantly our adventures help increase general well-being and build resilience in young men and women to help them deal with adverse situations in life.
How we assist you carry out
- We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible learning environment for all our program participants. Specific needs for disabilities and/or different functionalities should please be communicated to us during the program preparation phase so that they can be assessed, and wherever possible, the appropriate arrangements may be made to accommodate them ahead of time.
- Tailor-Made Itineraries: Every school and teacher has different needs, so we tailor your school trip exactly to your requirements and budget, designed by student travel specialists.
- We have a good operational experience; we can offer more options and destinations than others.
- Accessible Travel: Travelling should not just be for the fortunate few. As part of the student travel group we can offer more places and more activities at fair price.
Assessment
- Final Conduct
- Reflective article and journal records
Important information
Discovery & Cruising
These are our least demanding trips. These journeys of discovery and cruises involve little or no extended activity. The itinerary may take place in remote areas (with basic facilities) and may involve long travel days on various types of transport. Sightseeing may be conducted on foot and our local program facilitators are available at all times to help students and educators with their luggages from vehicle to hotel rooms. These adventures do not go above 2500m and sometimes involve outdoor and tented camping.
Adventure Touring
These adventure tours sometimes involve travel at high altitude and may visit remote areas of East Africa where facilities are often basic. Many of these trips sometimes involve some camping or basic lodging. These adventure tours will often involve long journeys and rough roads. Sightseeing and optional day walks are often included and these days may involve up to 5 hours of physical activity.
Introductory
- Terrain may vary and some steep ascents to be expected.
- Be prepared for variable weather condition during fieldwork.
- Living in a setting without a consistent internet connection for the duration of the program.
- Managing dietary needs with some limited available options in some locations.
Moderate activity with several challenging stages.
- Up to 5-7 hours of physical activity a day at a steady pace
- Up to 5 or 6 hours of physical activity a day at a slow but steady pace.
Up to 8 to 10 hours+ of physical activity a day, often in remote areas with variable and adverse weather conditions.
Safety
- Our professional and qualified Program Facilitators will lead the group with excellence and provide 24-hour on-location support, thus ensuring a smooth running of the program.
- Satellite phones and radio communication devices are used on our school trips. Each group is given details of our 24-hour emergency contact number for our local operations.
- Using only private vehicle transport we minimise risk as our fleet of mini buses and 4WDs are well maintained and driven by experienced and licensed drivers. Not having to rely on public transport also means we have more time to enjoy the destination and stop off when and wherever we like along the way.
- Safety is our number one priority. All of our trips are fully risk assessed and quality controlled, including pre-trip medical screening, training and 24/7 safety & backup while you are abroad.
- On every trip our leaders carry a comprehensive medical kit. Portable Altitude Chambers (PACs) are taken on higher altitude treks and emergency oxygen cylinders are included on most treks as standard. We can include the services of a Medical Doctor on any of our trips to accompany you.
INCLUSIONS
- Park fees
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation as stated in the itinerary
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- Teachers from your school accompanying the program
- All Taxes/VAT
- All exploration and entry fee costs
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
- Camping Equipment
- Porterage
EXCLUSIONS
- International flights (from/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Alcohol drinks
- Rescue Fee
- Climbing Gear
- Sleeping Bag
Your Learning journeys Starts Here
Educational travel? Student Expedition? Community service project? Excursion group? Short-mission trip to Africa?
Give us an idea of what you are looking for and we will get in touch to discuss your options.
Our Educational travel experts are ready to help you tailor an itinerary or service that suits your school’s needs and budget. Contact us today and receive a free consultation.
Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Quality Education: Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.
Affordable And Clean Energy: Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity.
Reduced Inequalities: To reduce inequalities, policies should be universal in principle, paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.