Tailor-made expeditions to create an unforgettable and impactful experience!
Here for your students
School trips, alternative education providers, youth groups, Scouts, Guides, sports clubs: we can cater for all!
There is a world of knowledge out there; the classroom and your home environment can only teach you so much. At GLV we intend to give you a rich, diverse, true experience that will push you to the fringes of culture, impart life skills and broaden your view and understanding so that you never look at the world in the same way again.
Your expedition travels deep into tribal and rural living, learning practically and theoretically about environmental and wildlife issues. Sustainable community development and learning the wider issues and challenges of education and development is the mission. Through practically making a difference, your group will learn new skills, find new passions, grow in confidence and self-esteem, learn how to problem solve, communicate and collaborate as a team and bond, creating new friendships that are not always possible elsewhere.
Bespoke!
Your trip is bespoke! We tailor make your trip to suit your needs and reach your goals and targets. There are also many options for you to tailor your trip to enhance your curriculum. The first thing we do, once you have shown interest in joining us, is have a face-to-face meeting to discuss what you want your trip to look like. As we run every part of your expedition we are able to create an expedition that is perfect for you and your group.
Get in touch for more on how we can do this.
An unforgettable experience! Isabella
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A trip of a lifetime for not just our students, but staff too. Immy
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I came away from the trip inspired, James
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An unforgettable experience! Isabella - A trip of a lifetime for not just our students, but staff too. Immy - I came away from the trip inspired, James -
What to Expect
Tanzania is wonderfully unique and offers beauty and mystique like no other. It has so much to offer in its wealth of diversity in wildlife, culture, history and geography. Tanzania boasts some of the best National parks for spotting game and has the largest concentration of animals per square km in the world. Home to 162 tribal groups including the colourful Maasai, there is no shortage of cultural diversity. The Great Rift Valley cuts through the country giving life to many wonderful geographical features such as the flamingo filled Lakes of Manyara and Natron and to Ngorongoro Crater; the largest of its type in the world and one of the top parks for spotting the ‘Big 5’. The snow caps of Kilimanjaro, the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, confirms your sense that you are truly in a special place.
Tanzania gained independence from the British in 1961 and has continued to remain a very stable country. Despite all the peace and beauty, Tanzanian has almost 70% of its population living under the poverty line. Poverty is highest in rural areas resulting in malnutrition, primarily in women and children. Education, although now free, is still basic, lacking facilities in most schools and parents still have to find the funds to support this as well as school meals and equipment. Often schools don’t contain much more than a classroom, benches, black board and fewer educational resources than we are used to.
Our work through your group’s efforts
Your efforts will contribute towards elevating poverty and improving education, empowering communities and individuals. We have several sustainable projects that Green Light Ventures, and its communities, are invested in. Throughout your expedition journey you are likely to invest in the majority or all of the projects that we run.
Project Plant
Project Plant is the project we ask all our volunteers and groups to be part of due to its powerful action. Not only will you enhance wildlife, improve the climate, provide an income and empower Maasai women, but you will also offset your entire trip’s carbon footprint.
Project Build
Much of your effort will be focused on the construction of community site facilities through our Project Build. This could be anything from building a chicken coup and vegetable garden in a secondary school, constructing benches for a primary school to designing or building an educational adventure playground for a community centre.
Project Wild
Project Wild focuses on the education and importance of wildlife. We are lucky to operate in an area with a large population and a hugely diverse range of animal species in which we want to do our best in protecting and conserving.
We partner with local conservation charities and educate the group around important wildlife surveying techniques and mammal identification. We then go and put this training into practise and conduct various large mammal surveying practices in local wildlife reserves.
Additional experiences to make your trip complete
Choose the ideal accommodation for your group
An Example 14 Day Itinerary
We will work with you to build your group’s completely bespoke itinerary, but here’s an example of what you could expect.
| Day | A.M. | P.M. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrive at airport and head to Arusha | Evening welcome meal and briefing |
| 2 | Orientation of town, culture and market visit | Kiswahili lesson and cultural awareness briefing |
| 3 | Travel to village close to the Rift Valley Escarpment | Rural village and agricultural tour |
| 4 | Project Build: Planning & preparation stage | Project Build : Creating a conservation garden |
| 5 | Project Build: Continue conservation garden | Bush craft and team building exercises with Maasai warriors |
| 6 | Project Build: Continue with project | Project Build : Complete project followed by quiz night |
| 7 | Safari to Tarangire National Park | Safari to Tarangire National Park |
| 8 | Safari to Ngorongoro Crater | Safari to Ngorongoro Crater |
| 9 | Project Plant: Planting trees with Maasai women | Project Plant: Plant trees in Secondary School |
| 10 | Wildlife surveying training and seminar | Large mammal surveying in conservation park-site observation |
| 11 | Large mammal surveying - walking transect | Large mammal surveying - driving transect |
| 12 | Group arranged activity e.g. Sports day at School | Afternoon relaxation at local campsite and pool |
| 13 | Markets and souveirner shopping - Travel to Arusha | Evening meal out, leaving ceremony and awards |
| 14 | Group reflections and discussions | Travel to Kilimanjaro Airport and Fly Home |
What’s included?
Pre-departure support pack
Pre-departure meetings and breifings
Fund raising support and ideas
Support from U.K. staff
Qualified Expedition Leader
First aid trained staff
Full transportation in-country
Three meals a day and plenty of water
Accommodation
Project contributions
Excursions (e.g. Trip to waterfalls; Cycle safari ride to Lake Manyara; Maasai Bushcraft and survival skills session)
24 Hour emergency back up
Full Risk assessments, emergency evacuation plans and procedures
Financially secured trip and payment plans
Any planned Safaris or Adventures
What’s not included?
Flights
Travel Insurance
Visas
Price
Price depends on the size of the group and the additional experiences you choose to include. For a group of 10 + on a 14 day excursion prices can range from £1,750 to £1,950 per person.
For every 8 group members, 1 leader/teacher goes half price
For every 15 group members, 1 leader/teacher goes free
For groups larger than 20, 2 leaders/teachers go free
Make your trip unique
Your group can add safaris and adventures to make your experience truly unique!
Safety First
“An unforgettable experience! The itinerary which GLV put together was perfect. The activities ranged from those with a strong biological basis to community based ones and these were interweaved were recreational ones. The balance was excellent. I was particularly delighted that all of the activities were forged together with the underlying theme of sustainability. The organisation of the entire trip was spectacular with GLV always on hand and massively flexible to make minor changes when needed. So many of my students reflected that this was a trip of a lifetime and they are absolutely correct when saying this. If you are considering a trip to Tanzania with your students, there is only one person to work with – Dom from GLV. I recommend it highly!”
“Our sixth form trip to Tanzania was absolutely incredible, and so much of that responsibility came down to Dom. He organised the most spectacular itinerary, with an amazing array of biological and cultural experiences, all balanced with time for rest and lots of fun and all differentiated to suit our group’s needs. When out in Tanzania, Dom was a reassuring, approachable, knowledgeable, supportive and fun presence for the students, and we had complete faith that we were all in the safest hands with him. Dom’s experience and guidance facilitated a trip of a lifetime for not just our students, but staff too.”
“GLV was a brilliant throughout our trip to Tanzania. He planned a superb itinerary that gave us wonderful insights into Tanzanian culture, society and wildlife and was proactive whenever our group needed assistance. I came away from the trip inspired by the experiences I had. I couldn’t recommend GLV more for a trip for their professionalism, affability and knowledge.”
