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Mathare Community Slum Tour | 2 hours to 3 hours

9 Reviews | Nairobi
From $25.65 per person Lowest Price Guarantee
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Mathare Community Slum Tour
2 Adults x $25.65
$51.30
Approx Total
$51.30

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Bottled water

Overview

This Community Tour aims to uplift the lives of the slum dwellers, by 1) creating a conduit for them to achieve economic empowerment through income generated from these visits and 2) support the emotional well-being of slum dwellers by creating a platform where they can share stories, get encouragement, make new friends, and remove the stigma of HIV. The tour guides are mothers who were born and brought up in Mathare, now taking care of their children and those left behind by their relatives or neighbors who died, got incarcerated or varnished without a trace. The women will welcome you to their houses to see how they live, care for those ravaged by the H.I.V scourge and other maladies, help you experience their daily life, share with you their gripping stories of how they ended up living in the slums as well how they cope with life. The security-guards are the reformed youths within the slums, who have become role models to others to stay away from the vices.

Meeting points

We can order you a taxi, talk to the taxi driver so you don't have to deal with navigating,or can send a google pin in case you want to navigate. We will find you and receive you, before you step out of your taxi.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

We will visit the community, stop to shop for beadwork and other crafts, and take a tour of the slums.

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

October 26100% refund
October 27No refund

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  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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4.6

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Hard life of mathare

Published on Sep, 2024

It is a place where one should go prepared with the heart of giving there are many street kids and children's homes The life there in the ghetto is congested and too hard

Unique Experience

Published on Oct, 2019

If you're visiting Nairobi, even if only for a day, I absolutely recommend that you join this tour. It offers a unique opportunity to explore everyday life in Mathare and invites you to rethink your own. This incredible group of women opened their homes and hearts to us in a series of visits, through which we learned about their families, their struggles and their victories. Dr. John and Jijenge are on a deeply inspiring mission that should be discovered by more people. Thank you for the time and hospitality!

Amazing way to truly start to understand Nairobi

Published on Oct, 2019

If you want to step out of the tourist track and actually get a glimps of what Nairobi is really about, this is the right place to go. The visit is eye-opening as much as it is hard to accept. The mothers and the kids from Jijenge lead you through their community with generosity and truth. It's an amazing, humble and human way of discovering the city, I'd strongly advise anyone to go without prejudice.

Eye-opening and Community Led Visit

Published on Sep, 2019

I strongly recommend taking this tour provided by Dr. John and the Jijenge team. They know the area extremely well, and alongside this the tour is strongly led by residents within the community. it will help you understand new perspectives of situations in Mathare that you would be hard pressed to get access to elsewhere.

Safe and Eye-Opening!

Published on Sep, 2019

Highly recommend you taking the time to visit the Mathare Slum. The Jijenge team knows the Mathare slum well and moreover, they are known by the community. During the tour, you will meet a variety of people who are all incrediblllllly friendly and who will really express to you what it is like to live in a slum. It is very safe along with the Jijenge team and it is well worth the time spent!

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