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Bombolulu
Workshop – Mombasa, Kenya
Mombasa
Island Half Day Tour
(Bombolulu
workshops are located about 8 Kilometers from Mombasa
Town, Kenya and about 4 Kilometers from Nakumatt Nyali;
along Mombasa - Malindi highway. Bombolulu workshops
are open Monday to Friday from 0800 Hours to 1245 Hours
and 1400 Hours to - 1700 Hours. There is also a cultural
centre, craft showrooms and Swahili food is available
at the Ziga Restaurant)
Bombolulu
Workshop and Cultural Centre
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Bombolulu
Workshop – Itinerary
This
tour takes you to the Bombolulu curio workshop. This
is the Akamba wood carving centre. Here you can purchase
a fine hand carved African memento that you would have
to pay so dearly for back home. This is a project mainly
for the handcrafts people. The industry helps these
people with skills to make different handcrafts like
jewels and carvings plus clothes. They also run a cultural
centre- which you will be able to visit. Lunch will
be served at a city restaurant. After the visit you
will be back to the hotel.
Bombolulu
Workshops and Cultural Centre was established to empower
people with disability socially and economically, and
to enable them realize their full potential in their
lives.
Bombolulu
Workshop Day Tour Price/Rate
1st
January 2011 to December 2011 |
120
US Dollars Per Person |
Bombolulu
Curio Workshop Price
Includes:
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Lunch
* Entrance fees where applicable
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Participate in traditional dances
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Professional tour guide/ guide fees
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Watch the physically disabled at work
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Pick up and drop off at your respective hotel
* Safari transport in a custom designed mini-van with
a pop-up roof
Bombolulu
Curio Workshop Price
Excludes:
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Items of personal nature
* Gratuities
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Drinks
Bombolulu
Workshops
Bombolulu
workshops are located along the north coast of Mombasa.
Founded in 1969, Bombolulu Workshops is a Project of
the Association for the Physically Disabled in Kenya
(APDK). It is a major tourist attraction which consists
of a Cultural Centre with 8 traditional homesteads.
The Centre also runs a traditional Restaurant and entertains
guests with traditional dances throughout the day. The
Centre is run by the “Association for the physically
disabled” and employs 150-disabled craftsmen/women
who produce jewelery, hand printed textiles, wood carvings
and leather crafts. The products are sold in a large
showroom and exported to 20 countries. Bombolulu Workshops
have grown to be one of the biggest rehabilitation centres
in Kenya and has built a reputation as one of Kenyans
most reliable exporters.
Here you find an extensive range of quality handicrafts
skillfully produced by our physically challenged artisans.
The jewellery, textiles, woodcarvings and leather crafts
are exported to 18 countries and have received international
acclaim for their exclusive African design and excellent
finish.
The
products are also marketed in tourist hotels and in
the expansive showroom within the project. Bombolulu
also supply to wholesale customers within Kenya and
welcome visitors to take a tour of their workshops and
authentic cultural centre which consists of six traditional
homesteads of Kenyan tribes. Visitors learn about Fair
Trade, handicraft designs and can enjoy traditional
cultural dances, explore authentic tribal homesteads,
and dine on typical Swahili food in their relaxing open-air
"Ziga" restaurant.
Booking & Reservations
for Bombolulu
Workshops Tour, Mombasa - Kenya
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