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Resident guides
Walked and narrated by people who live in Kibera — history, humor, and honest answers included.
WalkKiberawithresidents.
Guided walking tours through Africa's largest informal settlement — planned fast on WhatsApp.
Est. 2009
Since 2009✦Led by residents✦100% reinvested✦Markets & artisans✦The railway line✦Toi Market✦Small groups✦WhatsApp planning✦
Featured Kibera tours
Walk Kibera with residents
Half-day walks, full-day immersions, and group visits — every route led by guides who live in Kibera, every fee reinvested in the community.
Tour collections
Find your Kibera walk
Four ways into Kibera — pick the rhythm that fits your day, your group, and your curiosity.
16+
Years walking
10k+
Visitors guided
The Kibera Promise
Walk with residents
16+
Years
Operating Since 2009
One of Nairobi's longest-running community tour organizations.
100%
Reinvested
Fees Stay in Kibera
Guide jobs, school supplies, and support for local businesses and projects.
Local
Led by
Resident Guides
Every tour is guided by people who live in Kibera.
Fast
Small Groups, Planned Fast
Clear timing, meeting point, and confirmation over WhatsApp.
Trusted by 10,000+ visitors · 4.9★ average rating
Why Explore Kibera
The inside story
Explore Kibera Tours is a social tourism project designed to raise awareness about Kibera through walking tours and volunteerism — showcasing what happens behind the scenes and breaking the stereotype associated with the Kibera community.
16+
Years operating
10k+
Visitors walked
100%
Fees reinvested
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100% reinvested
Guide employment, school supplies for our playgroup and daycare, and support for local businesses.
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Safe by design
Fixed routes, known faces, Prestige Plaza meeting point, and small groups since 2009.
Every walk is real
Browse toursYour walk, their neighborhood
Home visits, the cow-bone jewellers, breadmakers, Toi Market — the Kibera residents want you to see.
Our Impact
Numbers that matter
Tourism that stays in Kibera — measured in jobs, classrooms, and return visitors.
Years guiding
Operating in Kibera since 2009
Visitors walked
From over 50 countries
Fees reinvested
Guides, schools, local businesses
Projects supported
Schools, artisans, community groups
Resident-led, alwaysWhatsApp support
How it works
Book on WhatsApp
No long forms. No waiting on email. We confirm the timing first, then you walk.
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Step 01
Tell us your day
Send your date and group size on WhatsApp. Daily walks run 9am–2pm; timing is flexible on request.
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Step 02
Get a clear quote
One per-person price, meeting point included — usually confirmed within the hour.
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Step 03
Meet at Prestige Plaza
Along Ngong Road, outside the Naivas Supermarket entrance. Your resident guide meets you there.
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Step 04
Walk with residents
Home visit, artisans, schools, and Toi Market — ending back where you started.
Browse the walks
Start ExploringMoments
Kibera, up close
Real corners of the walk — markets, makers, and meeting points.
Artisans
Power Women crafts
Markets
Toi Market mornings
Kibera
The railway line
Food
Breadmakers at work
Artisans
Victoria bone craft
Community
School visits
Tours
Walking groups
Start
Prestige Plaza meet
Your Local Experts
Meet your guides
Residents first, guides second — storytellers who grew up on these streets.
Alistair Amendi
Founder & Lead Guide
16+ Years
English, Swahili
Founded Explore Kibera Tours in 2009 to break stereotypes through resident-led walking tours. Has briefed visiting presidents, film crews, and thousands of curious travelers.
Specialties
Walking ToursCommunity ProjectsMedia Visits
Guest words
What visitors say
Unfiltered reactions from the walk — the thinking-changed kind.
Custom & group visitsFor schools, teams & media
Plan a custom visit
Photography and videography themes, interviews for journalists and researchers, local culture, education, weddings, and volunteerism — shaped around your group.
Schools & teams 6+
Journalists & researchers
Photography themes
Built around your date, route, group, and pace.
Prestige Plaza, 9am daily
Walks shaped around your group, your questions, and your pace.
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