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Kijubi Blasting Your Boss with Paintballs?

Things can get hectic this time of year around the office with the holidays looming, fourth quarter numbers to meet and those annoying co-worker secret Santa gift exchanges to shop for. It’s only natural for the group to want to blow off some steam, and what could make for a better holiday party than to unload on your boss with a bucket of paintballs!!

Kijubi has just added a variety of great California group paintball activities to the site from Los Angeles County to San Diego County to the Inland Empire. Many of our sites, like the Castaic location, have themed fields so you can battle it out on the streets of Baghdad, have a lunar war on the face of the moon or have a post apocalyptic war just like the scenes of Mad Max.

Generally recommended for ages 10 and up our group paintball activities can accommodate up to twenty guests and are ideal for corporate and company picnics, private parties, church events, team building, large events, bachelor parties, school field trips, graduation nights, banquets, receptions, summer camp trips, birthdays, or any other occasion when you might want to have some competitive fun outdoors.

This Could Be Your Boss!!

This Could Be Your Boss!!

The game typically works like capture the flag where two teams are put on opposite ends of a large roped off field or forested area. A referee signals the beginning of play as well as the end of the game when one team has successfully rescued their flag from the opponents base station and returned it to theirs without being sniped by a paintball.

The required eye protection, paintball guns, paint and other gear is all available for rent on site and advanced reservations through Kijubi are highly recommended before making the trip.

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A Wild Time – Kijubi Running with Wolves?

Check this out for a memorable way to celebrate:

A couple of Kijubi customers celebrated their anniversary and a birthday in style when they took part in our Running with Wolves Hummer Tour in Palm Springs.  On the tour, guests are taken to the only place on Earth where you can actually interact with wolves.

Keith Elderkin said of the experience, “…we were amazed by the whole experience, it really made a special end to our holiday to get so close to the wolves, my wife was completely overwhelmed.
THANK YOU!

It’s not surprising really, as this tour has been featured on the Travel Channel, the Today Show, in Conde Nast Traveler, the Los Angeles Times and a wealth of other publications around the globe.  Other accolades include being awarded Attraction of the Year by the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority.

Perhaps why this particular tour has proven so popular is the attention to detail and the extra mile owner, Mark Farley, always takes for guests.  For the Elderkins’ special occasion, Mark provided two beautiful gift bags with mugs, aqua clips, cookies, a wolf statue, candy and more.  To top it off, he added two helium balloons, tied to each bag – one saying “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” and the other, “HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!”  Awww, what a guy!

Kijubi meeting a friendly wolf?

Kijubi meeting a friendly wolf?

To ensure our customers get only the very the best, Kijubi sends guests to the original Palm Springs Hummer tours; the only tours using authentic Hummers.

The Hummers provide luxurious air-conditioned comfort – what a way to see parts of the California wilderness that most people will never get to experience!  In fact, I think it’s about time the Kijubi Girls try it out…

Kijubi running with wolves?

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Kijubi Canyoneering?

Canyoneering - definitely one of Kijubi’s most popular activities and one for which we continually get rave reviews.

All summer we’ve been getting amazing feedback about this fast growing sport that has only become widely popular in the USA in the last few years.  One such glowing report came from a Kijubi partner, SCOA (Southern California Outdoors Adventurers) when they took 13 adventure-seeking Los Angelinos out to try their hand at scaling rock faces and rappelling down waterfalls.

Kijubi canyoneering in LA?

Kijubi canyoneering in LA?

Kijubi customers’ comments on canyoneering included:

When I posted the pictures of canyoneering to facebook I was baraged with comments like.. you lead the coolest life of anyone I know.” This event ROCKED for those of us with beginner climbing skills for whom it was a real adventure to rappel, etc! ”.

“So much fun and excitement.  MUST do activity; experience of a life time!”

“Awesome time.  The guides, people, weather, experience – all worked together in perfect harmony and then I went and had yogurt.  What a perfect day.  Canyoneering is FUN!”



The guides where great, very knowledgeable and always emphasized safety.”

“It will be hard to top this adventure. Thanks.”

“Great event, gorgeous weather, great people… rappelling underneath the waterfall was definitely a highlight.”

Kijubi rappeling down a waterfall this weekend?

Kijubi rappeling down a waterfall this weekend?


With reviews like that, what are you waiting for?  Now it’s your turn… Kijubi canyoneering?


About SCOA: After first trying out canyoneering in July, Kijubi’s partner, SCOA, has hit the mountains several times this summer, bringing back group after group as demand for canyoneering continued. SCOA unites like-minded activity seekers to try out new and unusual outdoors activities.  So, for those of you who like the idea of trying canyoneering but are a bit short of fun folks to go with, SCOA is a great resource for you to be able to meet new friends and try exciting activities.  Check out what they have on here and, of course, if you don’t see your favorite Kijubi activity on their calendar, let them (or us!) know so we can get it set up!

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Kijubi.com’s launch at TechCrunch50 in San Francisco a huge success

For starters we would like to thank the staff at TechCrunch for putting up such a great show. TC50 truly provides an invaluable source of networking for both start-ups and companies in the technology industry.

Kijubi Table at TechCrunch50

Kijubi Table at TechCrunch50

We arrived in San Francisco on Sunday night and stayed at the Phoenix Hotel on Eddy. It’s not necessarily in the best neighborhood (the seedy Tenderloin), but the hotel, rooms and courtyard pool provide a great boutique-like feel (very South Beach). Monday morning we woke up at 5:45am and got ready to rock and roll. Upon arrival to the San Francisco Design Center Concourse, the check-in process took no more than a minute and was well organized. We found our table, set up our iMac and were ready to go before the 7:30am opening.

Instead of gifting chocolates, bags, cups, or other schwag, we decided to give away tons of fun activities to reinforce what our website does. Talk about a relevant and exciting way to engage people. How did we do this? Twitter. We gave people simple instructions: Follow us: http://www.twitter.com/kijubi, Tweet: “RT #Kijubi #TC50 http://bit.ly/frvzb” and tell us “What Kijubi Doing?” Many people won prizes like indoor skydiving, sailing, fishing trips, theme park tickets, plus so much more. In the end we gave away over $5,000 worth of activities, adventures, and fun things to do. I was told we were the most tweeted about company at the show that day.

I would say the absolute best part of launching at TC50 was the press we received, the wonderful connections made with VC’s, angel investors, potential partners, and industry bloggers. After attending several other tech shows, this one proved to be the best networking of all, and a great way to launch Kijubi!

Check out some of the articles written about Kijubi:

TechCrunch.com: Kijubi Launches Booking Engine For Local Outdoor Activities
New York Times: A new resource for travelers
LA Times: Kijubi launches at TechCrunch50: 6 outdoor activities you wouldn’t expect from a travel site
SoCalTech: Interview with Billy Fried, Kijubi
BlackBookMag: Kijubi Active Vacation Search Engine Debuts

There are also lots of bloggers writing (or re-posting) great things about Kijubi. You can check out the Google Blog results for Kijubi here.

We would highly recommend you consider launching your tech product or service at TC50 if the opportunity to do so is available.

Kijubi Winning Tons of Cool Outdoor Activities?

We’re really excited about Monday’s launch at the TechCrunch50 conference and appreciate you swinging by to check out the Kijubi blog.

We figured what better way to let people know that Kijubi is all about fun then to give away a bunch of cool outdoor activities from indoor skydiving to biking tours through Napa Valley.   We’ve even thrown some crazy ones in there like a running tour from the Paparazzi in Los Angeles to give you a feeling for the types of experiences you can find and book on our site.

It couldn’t be easier to win.

1) Follow us at http://www.twitter.com/kijubi

2) tweet the following message  ”RT #Kijubi #TechCrunch50 http://bit.ly/frvzb” and tell us “What Kijubi Doing?” (Most creative tweets win activities like skydiving or cruises)

3) No really that’s it…there is no step three ;-)

If you are at the TechCrunch50 conference, swing by and drop your business card at our booth in the demopit.

The Kijubi Girls will pick the winners at random.

The ladies will announce a winner from the conference attendees and a winner from Twitter every half hour, including what activity they’ve won.  We’ll keep this up for both days during the conference on 9/14 and 9/15, then continue to give our twitter followers chances to win more great activities every month.

Below is a sample of the activities we’ll be giving away.  Thanks again for coming by…good luck and happy Tweeting!

-Mr. K

SeaWorld Orlando – Four one-day admission tickets to the park

Napa Valley Bike Tours – Ride, Wine & Dine Bicycle Tour for 2

Newport Landing Whale Watching for 2 – Newport Beach, CA

Half Day Laguna Eco Tour – Laguna Beach, CA

Wiseguy Events Community Game for 5 – Los Angeles, CA

Borges Sleigh Rides Horse drawn Sleigh Ride for 2 – Lake Tahoe, CA

Off n’ Running Tours Running From the Paparazzi Tour for 2 – Los Angeles, CA

Catalina Flyer Round trip ferry to Catalina Island for 2

Sea Caves Kayak Tour for 2 – San Diego, CA

iFly Indoor Skydiving Experiential Flight for 2 – San Francisco, CA

Gondola ride for 2 – Newport Beach, CA

Sailing Trips for 2 – Channel Islands, CA

El Capitan Ranch Pacific Ridge Horseback Guided Tour

Red & White Fleet California Sunset Cruise – San Francisco, CA

Universal Studios Hollywood – Two one-day admission tickets to the park

SeaWorld San Diego – Four one-day admission tickets to the park

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