 Thank you for staying with us on Y254 News and if you're joining us right now tonight we're talking about wellness adventures. You can be part of our conversation by sharing your views and comments on our social media platforms that is on Twitter at Y254Channel, hashtag Y254News and on Facebook at Y254Channel. So thank you very much Nick for finding the time to come and share the information or the content that you have on wellness adventures. And my first question is going to be for people out there, as I said as I was starting the bulletin, there are people I interacted with during the day in the office and they literally had no idea of what wellness adventures is. So would you kindly briefly tell our viewers what is wellness adventures and what does it entail? All right thank you so much. Now wellness and adventure, they are two different things but in one. So wellness is about your state being, it's about your health, about what you do. Like from morning to evening it revolves around your health, I mean your health. That is a wellness. In wellness we have you know a positive mind in terms of ensuring you stay positive, eating healthy, ensuring you rest, this kind of stuff. Then adventure it is the outdoor. So when we talk about wellness adventure we are combining two outdoor activities plus you as an individual. So how are they coming in? Since now we are living at a time when we are experiencing a lot of challenges in terms of health. So we are hitting the gym every other day which is very positive but now the outdoor happens to be giving us more than what we are having in a gym setting. Number two the terrain in the outdoor activities they're not the same. So you don't expect a similar activity or a challenge compared to what you did last time. Now that is what makes the difference. So wellness adventure is about taking fitness activities out or outside. Okay so what would you say helps you understand the demand of your clients? Probably when someone, when people come to your company, when people come and they want you to guide them on what are the best activities for them to do or what are the best thing for them to venture in while they're out there, what leads you to tell a certain group this is what I think is good for you and not tell the same to a different group. Perfect now that breaks down to one thing. What is your objective? So I have different clients with different objectives. Number one a client will come and tell me Nick I want to hike Mount Kenya. So how do I go about it? And then another client will come and tell me Nick I have never hiked before and I want to hike the same on Kenya. Now the other client, the client A has some small experience. The client B has no experience. So now that is there we divide the program. So we come up with a program for a client who was hiked before so that you advance their training and then you custom make a training program for the new client. So with a new client we start with very friendly activities that includes organizing some boot camp, zumba dances to build on the cardio. From there we move to something like staircase challenge. You go into some stairs to perfect your art, the legs and the leg muscles, still improving your cardio. Then we'll give you a very light hike like Mount Lungano to see how you're going to perform. Remember Mount Lungano is only 2,600 meters above sea level, roughly around there. So with that you may not really experience the challenges that come with hiking very serious mountains but now we begin to build from there. Come back with a client, sit down and analyze how was the challenge. Are you ready to move to the next level? I want to take the next level. So again I move them to a little bit higher than Mount Lungano for example. What would you say are some of the advantages and disadvantages in wellness adventures and this is in terms of running our shawan adventures. What would you say are the disadvantages and challenges? Let me start with the advantages. The advantages are that clients are able to meet their targets in terms of also remember when you're doing an outdoor the body is so much involving in that. So you lose weight that is rule number one. So if you have any issues to do with weight basically outdoor will really help you to work on that. Number two is that because of the change of environment it's a therapy for the body. Also the mind. So assume this someone works from Monday to Friday from 8 to around 5 p.m. Now by the time you leave your office beat the jam get home it's a process. Now that's Saturday for example that you're having an outdoor activity helps a client to rejuvenate you know refresh and be ready for another week. So that's another positive. Another positive is that it works on your heart. So that basically improve your heart muscles. With improving your heart muscles it means you also improve your blood circulation to your system. Okay. Right. Another thing that people maybe have never known is that it also improves your digestive system. Why? Because when you're burning more calories the body has to look for where to get the calorie and the first place has to be the stomach. Yes. So the advantages are so many. Talk about good sleep. You're able to sleep well due to just the fact that you're able to change the environment. It's a therapy for the body. Okay. Disadvantages. Yeah. Of course you have disadvantages and number one is that we have what you call the high altitude challenges and sometimes when you're doing very high mountains and all that we experience some difficulties in terms of oxygen supply so that can lead to some you know challenges that come with high altitude and number two is about it is it involves your body 100%. It involves your body 100%. So those are the two major and the third one of course is the risk or probably depending on where you're going. Like if you're doing abadaya there's high probability you'll come across some wild animals which might hinder your ability to proceed or halt a little bit. Yeah. I think those are the major. Okay. This seems to be a very good venture for people and I'm sure there are people after this program they are really going to invest and want to experience whatever you're talking about. Yes. But now let's look at cost and affordability. Affordability. Is it affordable to the local? It is for the person at the lower ground and the person at the average like is this something that is set for a certain class or it's something that if any person in Kenya wants to do it doesn't matter whatever they get or whatever where they live. Yeah. Is it available to everyone? Okay. Let me speak for Siwan Adventures. This is how we do it. We have a program for a whole year and in that program we will highlight the places where we wish to go or where we wish to take you. So we'll have less for example we'll have Mount Kenya, we'll have Mount Kilimanjaro, we'll have Mount Renzori and other beautiful places. So what we do, we give you an option. Okay. Let's assume an event is in September. We tell you you can pay Lippapole-Pole projects where you can deposit little by little as you prepare for the event. Okay. Number two, our packages are very much pocket friendly. Something that you can easily commit yourself and make sure you are part of it and not only is it pocket friendly but it's a wholesome thing in terms of whatever it covers whatever we whatever is our package that covers is something that I'm pretty sure that many people can really really afford. Okay. So now what is the impact of Wellness Adventure? What am I going to get if I decide that this weekend I want to come to Siwan Adventures? I want to go mountain climbing. I want to climb Mount Kenya. So tell me I need to understand like people out there need to understand. Okay. What are they going to get out of this there? Oh my. Now first thing you need to understand our country is very beautiful. You know there are places that we know but also there are places that we ourselves go to discover. Then we take our clients. So let's assume you want to join us maybe this Saturday. For example, maybe this Saturday's program will be in Abadaya doing a game drive or just a small hike. Now what does it come with that hike? It's basically travel. The package covers the traveling, security because your security is our concern and our number one priority. So when we are coming up with the package and the itinerary, one of the things that we put is our first priority is your security and your safety. Now on top of that they are beautiful. They are places in this country that I believe if you're able to take the clients they really appreciate. Okay. Something else very important. Let's assume it's your first time. You've never hiked before and I'm assuming today I'm going to be with Patricia on Saturday. One of the things that we do is we give maximum attention to the beginners. Of course in our team we have people who have advanced. They can, you know, they can really keep a very good pace but at the same time we also have those, you know, it's your first time. Yeah. And you know this thing has a very big impact to our self-esteem. So if you're coming for hike and you're like, hey, me I've never hiked before. I don't know what's going to happen. Worry not. Because our responsibility is to work with you to ensure that at your own pace you get to the peak. Yes. Well, it's for every person. It is for every individual. Let's talk of inclusivity. We have the physically challenged persons. Yes. Do you have activities that a person with disability can walk in shown, can walk to shown adventures and say, I want to do one, two, three. And these things are there for them. And it's an activity whereby this person is not going to get any difficulties doing it. Perfect. Now what you have done, they are centers that accommodate people with disabilities. So we basically take the service to their doorstep. Get the point? We basically take the services to the doorstep, take them through the training. For example, there are sometimes the things like a workout. We can do a not necessarily have to be in a gym setting, but how many of the disabled people have the opportunity to experience the same? Very few or probably even none. So what we do, we come up together and we visit where they stay or where they are located and we conduct the program at their doorstep. Yes. At the guidelines that you give to people, probably someone is a group of people, maybe an organization is coming to you and they want you to do ziplining, they want you to do water rafting or whatever. And there are guidelines that you give to them and tell them this is what, like this is the type of food that you guys are supposed to eat here because when I was looking around, it's also had something to do with some people just come there to just walk out to lose weight or for some people with mental health, they just want to be around a very good environment to relax. So are there guidelines that you give to people and tell them how they should behave, what they should carry, what is expected, probably to make the adventure better for them? Yes. Now one of the things that Siwan Adventures does is that we really invest a lot in research. So after we have researched, there are two ways, we do it in two ways. One way is that we research for on behalf of our clients. Then when we research we come up with what we call the itinerary. The breakdown of activities, the expectation and all that. Why are we doing that? So that we can leverage your expectations. Get the point. Now the second research is about where we are going. What economic value do we have in that geographic area? Like for example, if I'm taking my clients to abadir ranges, what can my clients benefit from abadir ranges apart from hiking? So we make arrangement with the local vendors and all that, that they can able to supply fresh vegetables, you know, organic products that our clients have been looking for at a very friendly rate, right from the farm. So even after the hiking and all that, one can still make an order and he still gets the stuff. Number two is we also have our nutritionists. What do you basically do now? Because now this is the beginning of the year. So this coming Saturday now we are having a moment with our clients so that now we lay out a program for 2019. Each client has a different objective. One wants to lose, another one wants to add. So those are two different people. So nutritionists will come in and come up with a program for those who want to lose, those who want to gain. Yes. So at the end of the day, our major objective is ability to minimize the chances of lifestyle diseases. Yes. Which is very nice. So as you wind up, where can people get you? Probably social media platforms, your location, because I'm sure probably someone watching tonight and they would like to come and do some activities with you. You can find us on our website, www.shiwanadventures.co.ke, your Facebook, shiwanadventures, you can check us on Twitter at shiwanadventures, Instagram, shiwanadventures. And also for the members who want to join, for the first time this is a New Year's resolution. I believe so many people are coming up with New Year's resolutions. Just write to us and we'll be able to work with you in 2019. And of course, bring a change as far as your health is concerned. And we are very grateful for finding time to come and share it with us. That is all we have for you tonight on Y244 News. My name is Patricia Murioki. Do have yourselves a very good night.