Proposed activities (under supervision), according to your wishes and skills:
- black and white colobus and blue monkey behaviour observation and inventory.
- inventory of birds, and if possible river otters, duikers, leopard tortoises, tree hyraxes...
- farm animals inspection (cows, sheep, donkeys, horses, dogs, geese, guinea-fowls, ducks, turkeys...), help for treatments, feeding, state of health control.
- horse-training with our instructor (for horse-riders), walk in the surroundings with the donkeys (with our local guide).
- distribution of head collars to the owners of donkeys in the surroundings (with our farm manager) in order to sensitize them to wound and infection risks associated with bad harnessing (in collaboration with KSPCA/Donkey Sanctuary and AECA).
- inventory and check list of trees, plants, flowers...
- control and maintenance of the coffee plants, vegetable garden and fences (with the farm manager).
- nature trail, visit of the farm and walks in the surroundings with the tourists (with our local guide)
- visits in Subukia village, at the orphanage, at the schools, walks in Subukia Valley with stop at local people’s homes, in order to discover the Kenyans’ way of life in a rural area (with our local guide).
- sports activities: trekking, mountain-biking, horse-riding
- initiation to kiswahili, conservation education, courses on animal behaviour and plants medicinal uses (with Korir).
- opportunity to go to Nyahururu (Thompson Falls, Saint-Martin mission), Nakuru (National Park), Menengai Crater, Village of Mary (shrine), Lower Subukia (Franciscans mission)...
- opportunity to go to our camp in Masai Mara during the stay (3-week or 1-month stays).

The participants will have one free day per week, they can use the way they like.
2 participants maximum at a time.

USEFUL TURISM AND ECOVOLUNTEERING IN MURINGA FARM, SUBUKIA (KENYA)

We invite you to take part in Muringa Farm activities in Subukia, and discover an authentic and wild Kenya, while contributing towards environment, farm animals and wildlife protection.
This concept, related to eco-volunteering, combines many eco-tourism and responsible tourism objectives.

Your participation will help us:
- to take a census and study wild animals behaviour in a protected area, for conservation purposes.
- to involve local populations in the environment and wildlife protection, but also farm animals protection, favouring good treatments and behaviour through education.
- to take a census and list the indigenous and rare trees, and their medicinal use, in order to conserve and protect the forest.
- to maintain and develop the educational farm for children, in order to sensitize them to the protection, care and attention required by farm animals.
- to spread around Europe and elsewhere the message of “Les Parrains de l’Espoir”, an association we have a partnership with, and find sponsors able to help Subukia and other Kenyan villages’orphans, providing them with schooling.

We have 2-week, 3-week and 1-month programmes. All the year round.
The persons in charge of the project are: Astrid, a veterinarian and biologist, and Korir, a qualified naturalist guide, specialised in African wildlife.