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Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Arrival at Obudu Cattle Ranch...

The Ranch is located on the Oshie Ridge Plateau of the Sankwala mountains,
approximately 65 kms from Obudu town in the north eastern region of Cross River State.
The Obudu plateau was initially explored in 1949 by McCaughley,
a Scottish rancher who come back here with Hugh Jones, a fellow rancher
and, late in 1951, together with Dr Cranfield, they developed the ranch
.

The best map of Obudu hills I could find on the net is this one
from GoogleMaps.

You won't regret your stay here - enjoying mountain trekking, canopy walkways,
horseback rides, golf, squash and tennis facilities, swimming in downhill water park
and cable car ride for the view on mountain range.

The Protea Hotel Ranch Resort's Staff...
(in december 2006).

The lounge bar entrance... there is a fireplace in there,
a very comfortable spot when you check your mail on a chilly eve...


The last leopard shot around the mountains rests now on the mantelpiece
so you won't forget you are in Africa !


The restaurant - open for breakfast, lunch and dinner...



My room was in one of those 76 stonewalled chalets...

... and what you think I've found in my bedside table's drawer ?
(follows...)

First night at the Ranch...


... with drums and beer around a log fire !

... I've found a Gideons Bible !
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Found a new place for people interested on Obudu vacation,
with pics, videos and updated fares for any accomodation...

(click image to read).



Obudu Cattle Ranch - 2008 updated info

Click on post's title for a new place where you'll find updated info
about the Ranch, as well as some pics and videos...



This is the new (funny) access to the panoramic road
leading to the Ranch...

Enjoy the videos !
(Unhappily I've lost mines by accident).


Thursday, 16 October 2008

Strolling from the kitchens to the dairy farm...

Visiting the kitchens' crew in the morning.






Very cool people, warm atmosphere and rich cooking !


Poor turkeys... are made fools of !
they are just asked to grow fat for Thanksgiving
and the kitchen is next door...

Guinea-fowls and hens live their short life in a wild environment...

This little kid, in the nursery...
doesn't looks as he could drive somebody up the wall.
..

... big ones spend the afternoon in the fields.

Five horses are available for horseback rides

With Baldwin for the dairy farm's tour...

Baldwin has a really good feeling with the animals...


There are two bulls, for reproduction only, in the cattle.
This one is Donald, named after governor Duke !


and here is Joshua, named after governor Dariye !
and Balwin's preferred one
.
(Are local governors known to be good reproductors ?)


Milking time...

and milkmen bringing the fresh milk to the dairy factory's 2,000 liters tanks...

... then WHY I never could enjoy a glass of fresh milk !!!
Probably they sell it all outside the ranch...

... because here I could only find yoghurts.

A part of the farm's orchard.

A little chat with the local security guys...

... the whole place here is quiet and safe.



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