The key focus of Mkuyu Guiding School is maintaining a bush school setting, providing an outdoor learning environment based on real life experiences that foster knowledge and appreciation of the land, and its plants and animals.

 

Mkuyu Guiding school was started by a young man called Leonard Fidelis. He saw a need for hands-on practical courses to be made available to the average Tanzanian. He started out by making himself available to anyone who needed help in this area. We first met him in 2013 when we employed him to help us train up our Maasai guides for the cultural tourism program. Since then we have supported the guide school financially, provided equipment and have organized trips into the Park.

 

In his school classes take place outdoors under a grass roof banda, as do meal and study times. Accommodation is simple - tents beneath grass roofed bandas. This means that students spend a significant amount of time outside in close contact with nature. Such experience is priceless, developing keen skills and knowledge of the bush alongside a deep appreciation of nature. This unique and intensive experience gives Mkuyu students a strong competitive edge for employment.