Project X Virtual Tour for Younger Adventurers: Kilombero Valley Ornithological Centre

Description

Project X Virtual Tour for Younger Adventurers: Kilombero Valley Ornithological Centre

Based in Southern Tanzania between the Udzungwa Mountains National Park and the Selous Game Reserve, the Kilombero Valley is a global hot spot of biodiversity!

Our Virtual Tour lasts about an hour and is led live by Sebastian Ngasoma, the Director and Consultant Ornithologist at the Centre in Ifakara in Tanzania. We look at the different areas of conservation work that the Centre carries out and how that improves the environment in the Kilombero Valley. We also follow some video clips taking us on a virtual hike to the Njage Waterfalls! The tour ends with a unique opportunity to ask Sebastian questions about his project, the region, and the wildlife.

Who is this aimed at?

Our Virtual Tours for Younger Adventures are currently aimed at Beaver, Cub, Rainbow and Brownie aged Youth Groups (ages 6 – 12). This tour has been designed to fit with Beaver and Cub badge requirements – with lots of opportunities to participate in interactive games and challenges.

What’s included?

• Approximately 1 – 1.5 hour Virtual Tour hosted on our Microsoft Teams environment
• Live presentation with our guest speaker Sebastian Ngasoma, with a Question and Answer session at the end
• Free Downloadable Activity Pack – Explore Tanzania – download here
• Free Badge Requirements List for Beavers and Cubs – just our opinion on what we cover! – download here

How do we join?

We will send you an invitation email that explains how the tour will work and what you and your group need to do to connect. All you need to do is send out the email to your group, everyone can then click on the link to join in.

For more details, please have a look at this document.

How do these tours help?

We are running these Virtual Tours in partnership with our friends at the Kilombero Valley Ornithological Centre in Tanzania. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic tourism has come to a grinding halt. Like many people who work with tourists and volunteers, this centre is in a situation where they may not be able to continue their amazing work in conservation, education and community work. These tours are a way of helping the centre showcase the work they do, but also a way of bringing in an all-important income, which will allow them to survive this pandemic and be there ready and waiting for when tourism and volunteering become available again. Without your help, they would not be able to continue their very important work.

Notes for Group Leaders

• We ask Group Leaders to join the meeting 5 minutes early so we can introduce ourselves and explain how the tour will work in a bit more detail.
• We will only share the link to join the meeting with you, so please protect this link to ensure that only your group members join the meeting.
• As our guest presenter joins us live from Tanzania, we are at the mercy of the quality of their rural mobile internet. We have tested a variety of solutions for these tours, including Zoom but we have found that Microsoft Teams provides us with the most stable connection.
• We have a video that we can play in the event that we get temporarily disconnected. In the unlikely event that we have a significant problem, we will work with you to reschedule for another date and time.

Book Now

Please fill in the form below and we will confirm if we are available to run the tour on your chosen date.

Once we have confirmed your date and time, we will send you an invoice which you can pay by Card, PayPal or Bank Transfer to secure your booking.