Kenya Wildlife Conservation Expedition
August 2025 (contact Dr. Becker)
Explore the African outback
Join Dr. Dusti Becker and Maasai youth on a valiant effort to preserve Maasai culture, native Kenyan grasslands and forests, and African wildlife, especially Masai giraffes. Be part of a meaningful and educational 14-day conservation experience in Kenya. Help sustain Maasai eco-camps and do wildlife conservation.
Help save baby giraffes and their nursery habitats!
Take photographs for ID-ing giraffes as part of a long-term monitoring effort. Record Maasai giraffe group composition, habitat use, calf behavior, and locations of giraffe nurseries.
Visit Nyakweri Forest.
Learn about elephants, pangolins and other endangered wildlife that depend on the forest for birthing and hiding young. Bird and botanize the easternmost part of the Congo tropical forest.
Are there any special qualifications?
Enthusiasm for wildlife, respect for other cultures, good general health and fitness, being a team player, and having a flexible attitude are required. Experience with wildlife monitoring, birding, environmental education, GPS, small business management, hiking, and ecotourism are desirable. We train.
What does it cost?
Participants provide $3450 to Life Net Nature. This cost-share donation is largely tax deductible and covers all of your basic field expenses during the Kenya Wildlife Conservation Expedition. The donation contributes to scholarships for students from families who agree to protect giraffe nurseries and who do not fence their parcel boundary. The donation also supports several Maasai youth project interns or trainees, and helps to support local Maasai conservation groups.
Once our team leaves Nairobi, the cost-share donation covers all meals, drivers and transportation, camping & park fees, Maasai hosting and guides, and 2 full-day safaris: one through the Masai Mara National Reserve and one in the Mara Triangle Reserve. Airfare is not included.
Where does the expedition start and end?
We meet in Nairobi at Wildebeest Camp. Participants are responsible for their own travel to and from Nairobi and for all lodging and meals in Nairobi before and after the project. Dr. Dusti Becker will meet the group the night before team’s departure from Nairobi. The group will also return to Wildebeest Camp at the end of the expedition around dinner time.
How to Apply.
Email Dr. Dusti Becker (dustibecker@lifenetnature.org) with a short cover letter explaining your interest and skills (resume is optional). She will send you an application form. If you are invited to join a team, a deposit of $450 secures your position and the project briefing. The balance of $3000 is due 2 months prior to the date of the expedition.