TOUR PACKAGES

Day 1 – Ruiki Cultural Centre

This day after your breakfast you will begin your cultural journey to the Northern parts of the country. You will visit the Riuki Cultural Centre that is located in the Kikuyu Heartland of Kiambu. On arrival at the gate you will be welcomed to the centre by a group of elders, all of whom live in the local area, guests and a welcome drink from a horn filled with Muratina, a locally brewed drink. You will then tour the traditionally built huts with an explanation of how the traditional society operated. Kikuyu traditional dances will be performed to your enjoyment. These are dances that were performed at weddings and initiations ceremonies. Also simple love and courting songs, traditional hunting songs and chants used when going to work in the fields. You then have a chance to sample a typical Kikuyu meal- delicious healthy food including sweet potatoes, Githeri (a maize and bean stew), Mukimo (a mashed combination of green peas and potato) with roasted goat and Irio, a great Kikuyu favourite. After this you will drive to Meru to arrive at the  Thiiri Cultural Centre for overnight.

Day 2 – Thiiri - Meru Museum – Njuri Ncheke

This day you will tour the Thiiri Music and Cultural Centre as well as a local school to enlighten yourself on the Meru culture. Afterwards proceed to Njuri Ncheke house which is about thirteen kilometers north of Meru town. Njuuri Ncheke is the traditional high court for the area. The Meru Council of elders use the house as the venue for settling disputes arising within Meru communities which could not be resolved by the smaller traditional councils(njuuri). The smaller njuuri houses nominated their members to Njuuri Ncheke. It is located in Nyambene District, near the road leading to Meru National Park. Its shape is oval representing the traditional Meru architecture. In 1989, the building was entrusted to the National Museums of Kenya. The name Njuuri Ncheke is derived from the ritual oath that was taken by all the members of the traditional council; only the elders (judges) of the court knew this sacred and secret oath. Njuuri Ncheke members met once a year to make new laws or review the old ones; it also determined bride prices.
From there proceed on to the Meru Museum. This was catapulted by a need to conserve the culture and traditional practices of the locals, the Meru speaking people. Meru museum originated in 1974 in an old historic building that was vacated by the District Commissioner, whose office it had been since the colonial days. The building housing the Meru museum dates back to 1916. In the colonial era it served as an administrative node in the Mount Kenya region. The museum was a joint effort by the Meru Municipal and County Councils, together with the National Museums of Kenya in creating an attractive and formative center useful to the local people and to visitors. 
The aspects of the cultural and diverse history of the Meru people are well illustrated by the numerous displays. Two rather unusual amenities of the Meru museum are a garden of indigenous medicinal shrubs and herbs together with a theatre. A compound of traditional huts has been constructed on the grounds, which are included in tours of the museum. An outdoor platform for dancing and musical programs is also there. Later in the afternoon return to Thiiri Cultural Centre for a musical cultural experience and overnight.

Day 3 – KEMU -  Homestay 

After your breakfast you will visit the Kenya Methodist University Enterprise Projects, an initiative of the Methodist Church in Kenya. This has a bio intensive centre where you will learn about the subsistence farming on a very small piece of land.   After that you will be dropped at your home stays to learn more from the people’s homes

Day 4 – Homestay

Day 5 - Samburu National Park

Day 6 Community School Visit

Day 7 – Nairobi

Day 8 – Nairobi - Departure