About Us
We Are Specialists In Customized Trips To
We Are Specialists In Customized Trips To
We are a Kenyan based travel solutions provider offering tailor-made sustainable travel services and programs across Africa’s top destinations. Our main destinations include:
Through our established business partnerships, we also facilitate travel to other destinations outside Africa, including: Europe, Asia and the Americas. We offer competitive packages for people with passion for wildlife, birdlife, culture, landscapes and sceneries, adventure and exploration as well as for study and research groups and students on academic trips.
All our undertakings are aimed at producing the best results for our customers, without compromising our mission and core values, and we pay meticulous attention to the principles of responsible travel.
As specialists in tours and travel arrangements, we are totally focused and committed to offering our clients access to high quality travel services. In order to accomplish this commitment, we have partnered with some of the leading and like-minded travel industry players across the globe and built long standing good relations with them, so that even when making a trip with us to the remotest and furthest parts of the world, your comfort and peace of mind are guaranteed.
All our safari programs are custom-designed to suit your individual needs and expectations. This website contains only an overview of what we do but there’s more than you can imagine. Upon receipt of your inquiry, our travel experts will initiate a conversation with you and will design your trip just for you. We’ll create a specific identity around your program that differentiates it from any other, even if the itinerary may look similar!
Our professional workforce understands that quality service makes good business sense! We therefore strive to provide flexible travel solutions that offer choices which suit both corporate as well as individual budgets.
We are pleased to introduce you to the amazing team behind the success of Greenwise Travels. Drawn from diverse professional, academic and geographical backgrounds, their collective knowledge, skills and experiences have been instrumental in delivering exceptional experiences and results to our clients and stakeholders.
With over a decade of experience in travel and tourism, having worked with some of the leading travel, hospitality and conservation organizations, Ken possesses a deep understanding of Africa as a destination. He has also worked as an outbound travel consultant and this, in conjunction with his personal travels, has exposed him to other renowned and little known destinations across the world giving him an all-round clear understanding of the global travel scene.
Ken’s love for tourism can be traced back to his childhood. Growing up in the hilly parts of Nyanza in rural Kenya, he’d always marvel at the beauty of the hills and his occasional travels to other parts of the country exposed him to other magnificent natural features in the country. Ken would later, upon completion of his high school education, enroll for a degree program in Travel and Tourism Management at Moi University which exposed him to the reality of tourism as an economic activity as well as the limitations to tourism development in the country. During his study, he developed particular interest in two subjects, namely: Sustainable Tourism and Community Based Tourism and committed to play a significant role towards making Kenya a model destination in sustainable and community-based tourism. His interest in sustainable tourism not only led him to establish Greenwise Travels but further earned him a Commonwealth Scholarship at the Leeds Beckett University in the United Kingdom to study MSc. Responsible Tourism Management.
Over the years, he has implemented successful sustainability programs, both as an employee and consultant. While serving as an employee, in various capacities, he was instrumental in shaping the visions of the employing organizations in line with sustainability principles, all while harbouring a burning urge and passion for entrepreneurship and the desire to pursue meaningful change unabated. The end result of this dream was the establishment of Greenwise Travels and Niko Green Consulting.
Ken is an alumnus of UNLEASH INNOVATION LAB ( https://unleash.org ), having been part of the inaugural class of 2017, held in Denmark. UNLEASH is a global innovation lab that brings together top 1,000 SDG talents from across the world annually to co-create disruptive solutions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Nickson Otieno is a Licensed Architect, a sustainability expert, and an Eisenhower Fellow who's championing the transition to an inclusive, sustainable and resilient built environment through design, research, training and technology. He has over 13 years of post-graduate leadership and innovation experience in co-designing and delivering climate-smart built environment programs ranging from green building, clean energy, biodiversity conservation, sustainable waste and water management, and use of digital technologies to strengthen urban governance for sustainability. He has provided policy advice to the Government of Kenya and consulted for different organizations including UN Agencies such as UN Environment, UN-Habitat, World Health Organization (WHO), and UNDP.
Nickson has also been involved in convening and participating in several multidisciplinary networks, conferences and professional exchange programs. Nickson is a Partner at Trimax Architects Ltd and the Founding CEO of Niko Green Ltd, the parent company of Greenwise Travels. Nickson’s role at Greenwise entails designing and implementing our sustainability projects and advising the team on sustainability matters.
For more information about Nickson, please visit his portfolio - https://nicksonotieno.com/
Millicent has been part of the company since inception and has played a key role in establishing all the requisite internal and external structures of the company. Her passion for travel and joy of sharing the beauty of Africa, and the rest of the world, with our guests is enough motivation to ensure that everything is in place to ensure the smooth running of our programs. She strongly believes in the collective approach to problem solving and always encourages team work amongst individual staff members and across departments.
A graduate of Diplomacy and International Studies, ‘Madam Diplomat’ as we fondly call her is the glue that holds the team together. Her empathy and wit in problem solving ensure that every team member receives the support needed to deliver on their responsibilities. Additionally, her keen attention to detail has granted her an additional responsibility of Quality Control and, as a standard practice, no piece of work is presented either to clients or partners without passing through her ‘eagle-eyes’ for scrutiny. On the same front, she’s in charge of making critical decisions regarding partner selection such as accommodation and transportation partners, all of whose selection are matched with their abilities to meet our prescribed quality and sustainability standards.
Morten has travelled from the hottest deserts in California to the coldest glaciers in New Zealand, and everything in between. Even though he is born and raised in Denmark he sees himself not as a Dane, but as a global citizen. He gets up every morning with the mind set of taking care of mother nature and our future generations, and believes that the best way to do so is by interacting with the different people and cultures who all shares the same home, planet Earth. Besides that, he works as a full-time consultant within Circular Economy, and volunteers in a Danish Youth and Environmental NGO. He loves sailing, running and know how to survive in the wilderness.
Morten and Ken met first time at the UNLEASH Innovation Lab in 2017, where they worked together on a project that received the third prize in the SDG category of Responsible Consumption and Production. Their common passion for travel and sustainability formed the foundation for the partnership. As the company’s link with the Scandinavian market, Morten’s duty entails marketing the company’s product and preaching the message of sustainable travel to Africa.
Cynthia is a nature conservation driven biologist from Mexico. She has been part of AgroDer´s team since 2007, a civil society consultancy and advisory firm where she has coordinated and led multidisciplinary groups of consultants in a nationwide scale working in national and international projects with NGOs, private companies, farmer organizations and government.
She has strong experience in strategic planning, nature conservation, agriculture and food production, feasibility studies and diagnostics, sustainable development, market intelligence and business advice. Key projects and initiatives: nationally, the Water Reserves National Program, identification/economic valuation of ecosystem services, the national REDD+ strategy; internationally, the Integrated Water Management Cooperation between The Netherlands and Mexico, Securing Water for Food: a grand challenge for development (USAID grant challenge), Water Footprint. Cynthia is the coordinator for AgroDer in an IKI (International Climate Initiative) 5 year-long project to build resilience in small communities in Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Cuba and Mexico through Ecosystem based Adaptation mechanisms, innovative financial instruments and Ecosystem Services economic valuation along with partners from each country and Germany. Cynthia is a SDG Global Talent at UNLEASH Lab held in Denmark in 2017; Network Capital Country Head – Mexico; Mexico City Chapter Lead in the Circle of Young Intrapreneurs; was a member of the Follow-up Group for the development of the Biodiversity Strategy of Mexico City; a member and participant of the National Forest Council; and AgroDer´s representative in the Civil Society Committee at COP 13 Convention on Biological Diversity, Cancun 2016.
Erika has traveled to all six inhabited continents and hopes one day to travel to Antarctica as well. She loves learning about diversity on earth: in cultures, nature, and through art. She travels in order to foster understanding and compassion and learn how best to achieve social impact around the world.
She also is a firm believer that tourism can be an immense force for good if done sustainably and equitably. Erika works on issues of climate change, sustainable development, social impact, environmental justice and tropical forest conservation. Erika and Ken met at the UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2017 in Denmark, where they both worked on the category of Responsible Consumption and Production. She currently lives in Washington DC, has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Environmental Science (MESc) from Yale University, and loves spending time with her adorable dog Arnold.
We pride ourselves of our position as a premium travel solutions provider across Africa. To this end, we are capably in a position to offer the following services to our clients, all of which are properly designed with clients’ needs in mind. The delivery of all our services is tied to our ultimate goal of environmental conservation and community empowerment.
Our meetings and conference department specializes in offering a comprehensive range of facilities to cater for all types of meetings and conferences including international conventions. With our unrivalled experience and cordial relationships with hotels and conference venues, we have superlatively organised high level executive meetings which have given us a well-deserved recognition as an ideal MICE company.
We advocate for green conferencing and do work hand-in-hand with our partner hotels and venues towards offering delegates an opportunity to conduct their meetings in a manner that is environmentally sound. This is through offsetting individual carbon footprints. We also take charge of the associated wastes such as waste plastic bottles which are collected and channelled to our construction initiatives.
We also offer sustainable event planning advisory services to our partners in the event management business.
It is our utmost pleasure to be associated with educational institutions in organizing unmatched trips which are specially designed with the learners needs in mind. Our educational trips are aimed at providing rich opportunities for personal and academic growth. Our key role is to link up the interests of our educational and study travellers looking for unmatched but affordable accommodation arrangements, catering facilities, transport and appropriate sites and locations for intended experience.
We facilitate partnership and exchange programs and always strive to make our clients’ study tours become truly memorable learning experiences.
We serve Universities and other institutions of higher learning, primary and secondary schools, environmental study teams, cultural experience students, medical teams, researchers and other academic experts.
East Africa is renowned for its amazing wildlife reserves and spotless sandy beaches which, for years, have seen countless international visitors coming over and over again to enjoy.... And we know exactly where to take you for that incredible experience!
We pride ourselves as a leading holiday package organizer to the most excellent and pristine destinations across East Africa. All our leisure travellers are always excited about our trips that often end them in awe of the excellent experience that they would always want to be part of. Features of our leisure travels include:
We are a specialist in excursions and short trips within and around East Africa’s major cities. We offer some exciting sight-seeing tours covering some of the best places within and around our cities – places of natural, cultural, architectural, historical, religious or social significance. We have exhilarating packages for Nairobi, Mombasa & Kisumu (Kenya); Dar-es-Salaam & Arusha (Tanzania); Kampala (Uganda), Kigali (Rwanda) and Zanzibar.
If you have some free time in any of these places, then a day of real experience awaits you! We’ll present you with a customized package that suits your needs in terms of time availability, energy levels and experiences sought.
For clients who are around for business and have a weekend to spare, we can organize a weekend retreat to help you escape the hustles and bustles of the city. You have an option of a private trip or you may opt to join one of our group departures that coincide with your stay (subject to availability).
Our experienced travel consultants are trained to advice clients on the most effective schedules and fares. We take into keen consideration your special interests and advise accordingly on convenient departure and arrival times, easy transfer connections, special fare and their restrictions; reliability and quality of the airlines; stop over packages and other benefits offered by the airlines.
We have established strong relations with leading airlines and this enables us to secure the lowest available published and negotiated airfares through our modern and highly advanced reservation systems. Our experienced travel consultants are always pleased to advise you on the most cost effective schedules and fares.
Our team of knowledgeable tour consultants are always available to take care of all bookings for hotels, lodges, resorts and safari camps. We enjoy cordial working relations with all our accommodation partners who keep us updated on their latest offers and developments of their properties.
Our tour consultants are well conversant with most of the available accommodation properties in East Africa and other regions of our operation and are always willing to share their knowledge in order to ensure you are booked into the right accommodation. With our outstanding services and renowned keenness to quality, it is obvious that we remain the favourite guide to everyone's destination.
We are founded and run on Christian values. As such, we are always pleased to partner with mission groups and partake in any work that touches the lives of the underprivileged in the society.
To ensure the attainment of your humanitarian objectives, we are committed to considerably save you heavy costs. We will source for the most affordable services, without compromising quality, and customize every detail to suit your respective missions. We consider the objectives of your trips, costs and collaborative links as extremely crucial.
We understand that this is a calling and not a leisure undertaking and we are very committed to be your mission partners. We collaborate with reputable service providers and we’ll always endeavor to get the most discounted rates.
We aim at doing all that is possible within our means and abilities to provide our missionary and humanitarian travellers with every necessary assistance to make their trips worthwhile and constructive, and we go the extra mile in doing this! We serve individuals, churches, mission organizations, work teams, study groups, relief agencies and not-for-profit organizations.
Another interesting product we offer our corporate clients is the team building program where our resourceful facilitators take your teams through a host of outdoor activities that are geared at increasing your teams’ output. Our tailor-made packages will suit your needs no matter the size of your organization.
The activities of our team building or experiential learning packages are challenging and metaphor-based thus inspiring your people to take action by changing their behaviors. These action-learning techniques create an emotional tie to the message or metaphor of the exercise that is received with enthusiasm by the participants.
We provide our clients with one of the most valued services of transportation and transfers from points of origin to various destinations within our areas of operation. When travelling with us, rest assured that your safety is our key priority and that you are covered in case of any eventuality.
For your peace of mind, we offer you the following value adds:
Equipped with diverse knowledge of various destinations across the globe, our outbound travel consultants will offer you packaged or tailor-made tours to various parts of the world. Our travel consultants are also able to advise on availability and rates of hotel, flight fares and related services offered worldwide via our up-to-date reservation systems with the highest booking capabilities.
Some of our outbound destinations include: South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Europe, Asia and the Americas.
At Greenwise, we uphold our values in every aspect of our operation. We always endeavour to conduct our business in an ethical manner and we hold ourselves accountable for our actions and decisions. We are determined to always surpass the expectations of our stakeholders by becoming a dependable partner and service provider. We believe in doing the right things all the time and all our actions are aimed at building long-lasting relationships with our customers and partners.
To all our stakeholders, we pledge as follows:
All our undertakings are aimed at giving back to host communities in all our areas of operation. We aim at utilizing the transformative power of tourism for the benefit of host communities.
Resource conservation is one of the key pillars of our existence and we aim at influencing our travellers and the public at large to embrace best practices in their travel activities.
Contrary to the common practice of undertaking CSR as a token, we have made Integrated Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR) our core business and the main reasons for our existence.
We have continually received various forms of support from our industry partners and friends. We pledge to conduct our business in a transparent manner.
We exist to make positive impacts on the society and we will at all times endeavour to make a difference.
We will always strive to ensure delivery of excellent services beyond comparison. We are pro- active in identifying our customers’ changing needs and addressing them in the most creative manner.
This is the foundation of our strength and source of our pride. We will always commit all our efforts and resources towards ensuring that all our customers’ expectations are exceeded through continuous improvement in the quality of our services.
The basis of our continued existence is the ability to introduce unique products and services which our clients and stakeholders are pleased to associate with. We are committed to emerging trends for our products, processes and services. We seek improvement and innovation in every element of our trade.
We will always endeavour to deliver outstanding services at a terrific pace to our esteemed customers.
Our team of dedicated staff is the foundation of our excellence and strength. We continue to develop our staff to adapt to the changing market trends. We provide them with the right tools, training and support to achieve excellence in all aspects of our operation.
This is not just a claim but our business model, the very core of our existence. We exist for 3 missions: happy traveller, better environment and empowered communities. All these three aspects are key and we work extra hard to ensure that none is fulfilled at the expense of the other.
We know you are a responsible global citizen looking for any slight opportunity to impact the planet and its people, and we offer you an opportunity to do just that. Without paying anything extra, you are assured that part of the money you pay impacts our communities in a certain way. Travelling with us is simply a way of saying ‘I care’
We boast of some of the best safari guides who possess a wealth of knowledge on wildlife, birdlife and the cultural aspects that make up Africa. Not only are they knowledgeable but fully committed to the principles of responsible tourism.
Our safari equipment are of the highest quality and are specially designed to ensure your safety and comfort. Our fleet of custom-designed safari vehicles ensure that you travel safely even in the most rugged African terrain.
We understand that you are unique and special in your own way. We do not operate on the ‘one-size-fits-all’ basis and this means that even if you opt for our scheduled or group safaris, we will try our best to ensure that your specific needs are well taken care of.
Africa is our home and passion, and we are proud that we have travelled across this expansive region and visited the various places of interest. This helps us make accurate decisions and recommendations.
We offer the best value for money by ensuring we provide the highest possible quality service at the most competitive rates.
Your trip with us is fully supported. Your dedicated safari consultant is available round-the-clock throughout your trip to assist with requests, take care of the details, and handle any unforeseen situations. Rest assured that you are in capable hands.
The Greenwise philosophy encourages lifetime friendship with our clients. To us, you are first a friend before you become a client and we always endeavour to nurture these friendships for life. What a great feeling to explore and enjoy Africa with a friend!
Embark on a transformative journey with us. Explore our unique process, crafted to turn dreams into remarkable realities.
We as Greenwise Travels we follow the following process :
You are referred to us or stumble upon our advertisements and decide to visit our website
You either fill in the 'contact us' form in the contact us page,fill in the details in the "design your trip" page or call us directly through the contacts provided
We carefully assess your needs and initiate initial discussions via email or a conversation.
We craft initial itineraries for luxury East Africa tour packages tailored to your preferences
We initiate discussions and engage in multiple email interactions until you are content with the itinerary, pricing, and other parameters.
After reaching a consensus, we conclude the agreement, and you make the payment according to the agreed-upon terms and conditions.
Around two weeks prior to your arrival,we provide valuable additional information, including suggestions for places to visit, restaurant recommendations, ATM and currency exchange locations, medical information, and more.
With all preparations done,you arrive at your destinations and enjoy your amazing adventure
Welcome to our Kenyan-based travel solutions! We craft tailor-made sustainable journeys across Africa's top destinations. From wildlife to culture, we have something for every passion. With trusted partners worldwide, we ensure your comfort and peace of mind, even in the remotest corners. Our expert team customizes each safari program to meet your unique expectations. Let us create an unforgettable experience just for you – one that sets your journey apart. Explore Africa's wonders with us!
Meet our extraordinary team, passionate about crafting unforgettable adventures for you. Join us on remarkable journeys!
Team Leader
Sustainability Advisor
Marketing & Administration Manager
Partner & Scandinavia Representative
Mexico Representative
USA Representative
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