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Senior Staff Profile
Nicholas Miller – Managing Director. Born and in Australia,
Nicholas has always had a passion for the outdoors and studied
Geology and Outdoor Education at a tertiary level and possesses
International qualifications in rockclimbing, abseiling, rafting,
canoeing, wilderness first aid, risk management, group dynamics
and other associated fields. Amongst other qualifications Nicholas
is an approved British Army Adventure Training Instructor. He has
designed and led over two hundred outdoor programmes in East Africa
and Australia from 1995 to date and has worked for the Outdoor
Education Group and Merribrook Development Training in Australia
as a Group Leader, facilitator and instructor, Nokia Mobile Phones
as a Corporate Training Manager in Australia and Hong Kong and
finally set up the companies Outdoor Education & Training and
Rift Valley Adventures.
Silas Makori - Field Manager. Trained by Outward Bound Kenya,
Silas has been active in the International school programme scene
in Kenya for 7 years. A reliable member of the Rift Valley Adventures
team and a Gold Award Assessor for the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme.
Over the years he has gained a great amount of experience and qualifications
in many outdoor pursuits and attended Gold Award Assessor exchanges
in the UK.
Dr. Juliet King – Scientific Coordinator. Having gained her
PhD on Kangaroos and Wallabies in Australia, Juliet moved back
to her homeland of Kenya and is currently an elephant and biodiversity
consultant with many leading organisations including Save the Elephants
and the Kenya Wildlife Service. Juliet’s scientific background,
outdoor skills and her wealth of conservation knowledge are a welcome
addition to any field study or other type of programme.
We have trained, and employ, many Kenyan’s from the local
Kikuyu, Samburu, and Laikipiak Maasai tribes as instructors, naturalists
and guides. Their knowledge of the bush and wildlife is eagerly
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