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Lal'enok Resource Centre, South Rift Valley, Kenya

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Researcher Paul Schuette and Resource Centre staff coordinator Albert Kuseyo training resource assessors in GPS.Kenya's 850,000-hectare South Rift Valley stretches from the Maasai Mara to Amboseli. Ecologically, the area is one of the most diverse in Africa, home to some 65% of the region’s famous wildlife, as well as Maasai who are nomadic.

ConserVentures has been working with the all-Maasai South Rift Association to help them establish tourism opportunities, including a new community science centre, owned and managed by the women of the village of Olkiramatian. If you would like to visit the region, there are several safari camps. Please read further for links to these companies. 

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Overland Expo, annual event for adventurers

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This international event, held each April in southern Arizona, educates and inspires people to get out and explore the world, particularly by vehicle or motorcycle, but it could just as well be by bicycle or on foot; the idea is to get out and explore whether 100 miles from home or 10,000 miles. It is held in the hamlet of Amado, just a few miles from the Mexico border.

Over 3000 do-it-yourself adventurers enjoy 70 different classes, workshops, and roundtable programs, or visit 100+ exhibitors who offer four-wheel-drive and adventure motorcycles, accessories, camping gear, and adventure travel services.

Two dozen countries and five continents (and a subcontinent) were represented at the show in 2011, everyone enjoying music, food, and a film festival in the evenings, and on-site camping and services provided by the Amado community.

For more information, please see the Overland Expo website. Proceeds from the event support ConserVentures programs.