KENYA, AFRICA: Into the Heart of the Motherland – 2011

Connecting with the energy and wildlife of the motherland of all humanity is the focus of this amazing spiritual journey to Kenya, Africa. Here we will have the opportunity to witness some of the most powerful animals on our planet; lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, antelopes, zebras, wildebeest, and gazelles, befriend members of the Masai warrior tribe, and give deeply of ourselves at the Kids Alive Children’s Home and the Kamatongu Primary School.

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: Kenya Zebras

: Kenya Hippos

: Kenya safari

: Kenya

: Kenya Lions

: Masai

: Kenya

: Kenyan Zebras

: Masai mother & child

: Kenyan Leopard

: Kenyan Wildebeest

The Masai Mara

The Masai are a strongly independent people who still value tradition and ritual as an integral part of their everyday lives. They regard themselves not just as residents of this area but that they are as much a part of the life of the land as the land is part of their lives. Traditionally, the Masai rarely hunt and living alongside wildlife in harmony is an important part of their beliefs. Lions and Wildebeest play as important a role in their cultural beliefs as their own herds of cattle. This unique co-existence of man and wildlife makes this Masai land one of the world’s most unique wilderness regions.

At the heart of these lands is the Masai Mara Game Reserve, widely considered to be Africa’s greatest wildlife reserve. The Mara comprises 200 sq miles of open plains, woodlands and riverine forest. Contiguous with the plains of the Serengeti, the Mara is home to a breathtaking array of life. Each year the Mara plays host to the world’s greatest natural spectacle, the Great Wildebeest Migration from the Serengeti. From July to October, the promise of rain and fresh life giving grass in the north brings more than 1.3 million Wildebeest together into a single massive herd. They pour across the border into the Mara, making a spectacular entrance in a surging column of life that stretches from horizon to horizon.

Giving of Ourselves

Although Kenya is one of the more stable countries in Africa, poverty and deprivation are rife across the land. HIV AIDS has resulted in over one million children being left as orphans with no visible means of support or care. Life expectancy rates have fallen and thousands of families struggle to survive on a day-to-day basis. With children suffering from the ravages of malnutrition, malaria, HIV AIDS and diarrhea, the result is an ever-increasing child mortality rate.

On this journey we are going to visit both Kids Alive Children’s Home (a Christian organization) and the Kamatongu Primary School a government supported school that is in dire need of a permanent source of drinking water. We are going to donate funds to the school to help them achieve some of their most dire goals.

Heart & Soul

This will be a powerful journey for us, an opportunity to open our hearts to nature and to those in need. There is no doubt that we will not come home the same people as when we departed.

FYI: Several of the pictures above are gifts from Timothy Jackson owner of Vintage Destinations

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“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.”
~ Pat Conroy