Anne Sophie, 29 years old:The program: perfect, adapted to anybody’s skills, combines love for nature, animals and people, that are all connected. It is varied, days are fulfilled, all of it in a very beautiful scenery.
Muringa Farm: property of 10 hectares at 5 minutes of Subukia’s small village.
Everything is there: farm animals, domestic animals, wild animals, an incredible number of plants and flowers, all this in a historical scenery, as it is Mama Daktari’s former farm. Eric and Astrid kept the character of the house and its visit is a real museum!! The bandas, built on the local model are simple but charming, with electricity (solar panels) and warm water …
The restaurant is situated at the edge of a small lake. The food, prepared by Charles and Godfrey, with simple and local food, is good and varied.Subukia: the discovery of Subukia and her inhabitants is fabulous! Sensitive souls have to refrain: to go and have a cup of tea with the locals, to bring food to the refugees, to visit the orphanage, to see catholic missions working with disabled people and victims of AIDS and take kids on horse-back, animals some of them had never seen before, are moments that could make you feel like crying (and I know what I am talking about!;-D)
Horses: longstanding horse-rider, the horse-riding aspect attracted me from the beginning and I was not disappointed. 4 small horses, 2 very kind bay ones and 2 a little bit more difficult black ones, in brief there is one for every level. And their story is so moving!
The rides in the surroundings of Subukia are beautiful and varied and the initiation to ethological horse-riding is very instructive, especially for a classical rider like me. In short, we have fun, we learn a lot, and we have crushes (isn’t it Typhoon???).
The staff: from the warden to the safari guide, everybody is smiling, kind and reliable. On the sports side, Benjamin and Vincent are passionated persons, a little bit shy at the beginning, they really start to speak after some days. On the kitchen side, Charles and Godfrey are up to it, I rarely left an empty plate and pancakes for breakfast are perfect to wake up! Korir, the safari guide, is stunning, always smiling, always quiet, full of knowledge, he can spot a lion in the bush at a distance of 1km (it is almost disgusting when we still confuse stones and buffaloes!). Samweal introduces people to donkeys good treatments, he is shy but very efficient!!! The wardens, cow (and cat!!) keepers and Sally are more discreet but are always on form!
Safaris: a real pleasure! The lake Nakuru at 1 hour from Subukia can be visited in one day and abounds in animals in a magnificent scenery! The Maasai Mara, farer, but Eric and Astrid have a great small camp there, is one of the most famous parks in the country and if you spend a few days there, you understand why!
We saw all the animals(except cheetahs, so we wll have to come back!) in a 3-day safari, and with Korir as a guide, we couldn’t dream better.
In conclusion: a journey that met all my expectations and even more. The positive points: the scenery, the horses, the discovery of the population and the camp of Mara. Less positive: small problems with the car and the fact we couldn’t go swimming (but ok, it is not really negative, as we knew it before coming, but as Eric talked to us about a project of natural swimming pool, I am putting pression!). In brief, the last word is " I will come back!!! "asgremeau@hotmail.com
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