A TASTE OF MY ADVENTURE

Deep in the heart of Elgeyo Marakwet County lies a gem; a place where nature meets serenity; where ambience makes the loudest statement and the views are just to die for.

If you are going to SAMICH to spend the day, savour nature then go back home, you will only spend Ksh 200 which is also redeemable at the restaurant.
If you plan on spending the night or a few days there, you can get a room for as low as Ksh 10,000/- which caters for bed and breakfast. Dinner and lunch is not included in that amount.
For the villas, you pay Ksh 40,000/- and it’s to be shared by at least seven people.
Please keep in mind that prices may be revised from time to time but one thing that is constant in SAMICH, is the ambience!

Located about 4 kilometers from Nakuru Town is the Hyrax hill museum. It’s name was inspired by the high number of hyraxes that were found at the hill. At the top of the hill you can see Lake Nakuru.
The late Mrs A. Selfe was the owner of the property and she made discoveries of the relics.
This was also followed by subsequent archeological excavations carried out by Dr Mary Leakey revealing substantial findings in different parts of the site.
She discovered different levels of occupation for example site 1 which was evidence of late stone age and late iron age.

There is a gallery at the museum. It’s divided three chambers: the west chamber which displays ethnographic materials the central chamber which captures the archeology of the site and the east chamber captures natural history objects.

There are tortoises at the museum. The youngest at the time I was there was 31 years old while the oldest was 86years old. The young tortoises have a darker shell compared to the older ones. To differentiate between the male and female tortoises, look at their hind feet. Female tortoises have sharper nails which they use to dig the ground once they hatch. They hatch 15 to 30 eggs in one sitting and burry the eggs in the ground. Laying of the eggs, digging of the ground and burrying the eggs takes a whole day. They hatch thrice a year. They have a gestation period of 8 to 15 months.
If you turn tortoises upside down, you will notice that a male one has a depression along it’s lower part of the body while female doesn’t. The depression aids in mating.
Their defense mechanism include hiding its head inside the shell, they produce a hissing sound and they could urinate on you, the urine is said to be itchy.
Tortoises get sick and are also infested with pests. Treatment is done by KWS officers.
A tortoise’s egg can be eaten boiled or fry and it’s meat is white but is mostly cooked and served in five star hotels.
I’m yearning to have a taste because I love white meat so much.

So, sometime last year I made a trip to Diani for a friend’s wedding and for adventure too. Today I will be sharing with you the beautiful art from Diani Beach Art Gallery. Hopefully when you eventually get to go there, you pay them a visit. Their art is fulfilling and something out of this world.
PS: The paintings are not my work and as such I do not have rights to them.