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Dan Goodwin has been coming to Rift Valley Adventures over the last seven years and Kenya has become a second home for him. Dan looks back at how our little camp at Ngare Ndare Forest has grown over time and reflects on the Rock Climbing Foundation courses we run… Popping...

Dan Goodwin recaps our staff rock climbing training with some incredible images from the wild north of Kenya… We packed up the landcruiser and a keen instructional team with the plan of heading to Samburu for some staff rock climbing training. A wild and unspoilt area which has very much...

With the never ending Covid situation, the year has been one with some cautious optimism as to how our Adventurous Training programmes would go but thankfully, we finished the year with a busy period and under the circumstances, a good year overall. We have just completed our final Multi-Activity courses...

The Rock Climbing Skills Foundation Course is essentially an introduction to with the aim of equipping students with the skills to move on and go climbing as a competent group member and second and use indoor walls.

We have had a steady flow of multi-activity Adventurous Training Courses and also Mountain Bike Instructor Courses over the last few weeks, all of which have gone very well keeping up our high standard of safety and delivery. This has been a mix of climbing, biking and canyoning always delivering...

We feel very grateful to have had a good couple of months of Adventuruous Training and have our team back outdoors. Thank you Dan Goodwin for the reflections… It’s been a busy two months since touching down in Nairobi in the New Year. Working on a variety of courses from...

Over the years, we have learned what it takes to make a healthy nutritious meal that is ideal for your outdoor adventures. But just like the adventure, the meal is only as good as the person who is cooking it. Remmy has been the Head Chef at Rift Valley Adventures...

Dan has over twenty years of experience working in the outdoor and adventure industry, a background that began as a child with mountaineering parents. His grounding came in the late 90’s through Outward Bound in the Scottish Highlands. Since then he has worked on a variety of courses from hard skills training and assessment courses, outdoor education programmes...

Joyce Kiragu has been with Rift Valley Adventures for ten years now and has explored and led groups across every magical landscape from the Laikipian savannah to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Her passion for people and the environment makes trips with Joyce some of the most memorable moments that...