When people ask us what makes traveling with WHOA different, one thing comes to mind immediately: OUR PARTNERS. Because empowering and connecting women through adventure is at the heart of everything we do, we hold a strong commitment to social responsibility with every single journey we take. It’s extremely important to us that our partners and our work are both ethical and sustainable. That's why we partner with amazing organizations doing positive grassroots work in each of our destinations, and we work closely with each organization to address their greatest needs. Working together and sharing experiences is what makes our adventures extra special for everyone involved! We are so grateful for each and every one of them and want to share a little more about them with all of you.
Read moreJAMBO ELIZABETH: MEET OUR NEXT KENYAN KILI CLIMBER!
Elizabeth Gathoni is former student of Tembea Girls School in Kajiado, Kenya. Tembea is apart of Beads for Education whose mission is to improve the status of women in Kenya through girls' education and women's business development. WHOA travel is proud to be friends and long-standing partners with this wonderful organization, and to provide life changing adventure opportunities to these amazing women! Since 2014, we've summited Mount Kilimanjaro with 4 women from the school, and in March 2016, Elizabeth and Siodi will be the 5th and 6th Tembea woman to reach the summit of Kili with us...and on International Women's Day no less! Read, in Elizabeth's own words, what climbing to the highest mountain in Africa means to her.
Elizabeth, we're so honored to get to share this experience with you - see you in Tanzania!
Read moreJAMBO SIODI: MEET OUR NEXT KENYAN KILIMANJARO CLIMBER!
Siodi Namunyak is a 24 year old teacher and former student from Tembea Girls School in Kajiado, Kenya. Tembea is apart of Beads for Education and their mission is to improve the status of women in Kenya through girls' education and women's business development. WHOA travel is proud to be friends and long-standing partners with this wonderful organization, and to provide life changing adventure opportunities to these amazing women! Since 2014, we've summited Mount Kilimanjaro with 4 women from the school, and in March 2016, Siodi will be the 5th Tembea woman to reach the summit of Kili with us...and on International Women's Day no less! Read, in her own words, what climbing to the highest mountain in Africa means to her.
Siodi, we're so honored to get to share this experience with you - see you in Tanzania!
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVENTURE
by Siodi Namunyak
Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to get to Africa’s peak next year. I am grateful to you and to Debby for making this possible. I am especially happy because many people at my level do not have the capacity and might never be able to get to that peak.
My main reasons of wanting to climb Kilimanjaro is to satisfy my spirit of adventure and also to test my limits. I have never seen snow in my life and I don’t know how my body will react to it as well as how its functionality will be affected. I have also never stayed for a day without taking a shower and I guess that is one of the things I will certainly forgo for a day or two. Besides, I was born right at the foot of Kilimanjaro, though on the side that faces Kenya, Amboseli. My parents and their ancestors have lived there with their livestock where they have co-existed with the wildlife of Amboseli. Since my childhood, I have woken up every morning and seen this feature that no Maasai history could explain to me until the time I gained formal education and knew it is a geographical feature.
Read moreWE'RE SO PROUD AND HAPPY TO REPORT...
51 DAYS ON THE ROAD - 5 lessons learned across 3 continents
For 51 days this summer, my best friend Allison and I traversed the world. We packed in more adventures than most people have in a lifetime—including climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, white-water rafting in Peru, snorkeling in the Indian Ocean, paragliding over the Alps, trekking the Inca Trail and dancing on the tables at Oktoberfest...
We came home with great stories, memories and new friends—and some unexpected lessons the world taught us along the way. Here are just five:
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