Narok, Kajiado and Laikipia, Kenya

Gatheringsthat rise.

Festivals, retreats, ceremonies and galas, co-hosted with Maasai communities who lead every song, blessing and dance.

Plan your event See the 2027 season

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Our approach

We don’t stage culture. Every Sundune gathering is co-designed with Maasai community hosts, who set the terms, lead the ceremonies and are paid as partners, not performers.

  • Community-led

    Elders and hosts shape every programme and can say no to anything in it.

  • A fair share

    A fixed 30% of every fee goes straight to the host community’s own fund.

  • Light on the land

    Local suppliers, no single-use plastic, and every site left the way we found it.

What we host

Four kinds of gathering, each designed with our community hosts around story, song, food and the land it happens on.

  • Cultural festivals

    Open-air days of music, beadwork, storytelling and food, led by the people whose culture it is.

    200 to 2,000 guests
    One to three days

  • Leadership retreats

    Three days on the plains for teams who want to slow down, listen to elders and talk about what lasts.

    12 to 60 guests
    Two or three nights

  • Weddings and ceremonies

    Celebrations that honour both families, with blessings, song and dress planned together with you.

    40 to 300 guests
    One or two days

  • Sunset galas

    Long tables under acacias, a choir at dusk and a fire that keeps going after the speeches stop.

    80 to 500 guests
    One evening

Since 2019 we’ve hosted 140 gatherings for 9,400 guests, with 6 partner communities.

The 2027 season

Six open gatherings anyone can join. Private events run all year. Each strand of beads shows how many places are taken.

  1. 14–16 Mar

    Leadership retreat

    Laikipia plateau, three nights

    4 places left Enquire
  2. 25 Apr

    Cultural festival

    Narok, one day, open to all

    Open Enquire
  3. 6–8 Jun

    Leadership retreat

    Loita Hills, two nights

    Full, waitlist open Join waitlist
  4. 22 Aug

    Sunset gala

    Kajiado, under the acacias

    40 places left Enquire
  5. 18–20 Sep

    Cultural festival

    Narok, three days

    Open Enquire
  6. 4 Dec

    Sunset gala

    Laikipia, the year’s last fire

    Full, waitlist open Join waitlist

From first call to last song

  1. 1

    Tell us the occasion

    Who is coming, what you are marking and what you hope people carry home.

  2. 2

    Design it together

    We visit with our community hosts and shape the programme, the site and the food with you.

  3. 3

    Gather

    We run everything on the day, from transport to the last fire, so you can be a guest at your own event.

“Nobody performed for us. We were welcomed, and that is the difference our team still talks about.”
Amara OkaforHead of People at a fictional client, leadership retreat in Laikipia

Let’s plan something that lasts

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