Sandstorm Kenya was established in Nairobi to make luxury tents for East Africa’s leading safari camps. They went on to combine the same traditional skills and materials to create a range of safari-grade travel bags and accessories. They use the finest East African materials: Kenyan cow hides, individually selected and tanned using a pull-up technique which means they actually improve with age, and 18oz water-resistant safari-grade canvas which is 100% cotton, grown, milled and manufactured in Tanzania. All the bags are made to the same exacting specifications as the luxury safari tents that made their name. The outer of each bag is cut from a single piece of material to ensure continuity and quality and each is then assembled by hand. The craftsmen and women are predominantly Luo tribespeople from the shores of Lake Victoria, where they built their reputation for detailed stitching and finishing while working on fishing nets, or weaving, and it is this skill which makes every piece unique.
SANDSTORM KENYA SUPPORTS THE LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY BY MAKING A DONATION FOR EVERY BAG THEY SELL WORLDWIDE.
