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Mida Creek Rd, Plot 24B, Watamu, Kenya
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Wildfitness - Baraka House
Ranked #11 of 21 hotels in Watamu
4.5 of 5 stars 18 Reviews
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Exhausting - but wonderful!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 December 2011
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More physical effort than I have ever put into a day - multiplied by 14 for a two week stay!

Great food, an idyllic setting (white sands, warm, turquoise waters, monkeys in the lush green trees, coral reefs, a still creek), lovely people (the coaches, the other staff, the local people), creative and different exercises (boxing, kettle-bells, body circuits, par cour, climbing, balancing, running, swimming, throwing, skipping....) and a non-competitive but highly motivational ethos made this a trip to remember.

I have never sweated as much in my life (despite taking sport very seriously 30 years ago) but you set your own pace and push yourself as far and as hard as you want. All the time being encouraged, reassured, helped and assisted by the highly trained expert coaching team. 10 guests to 5 coaches means you get a lot of one on one time.

The talks on lifestyle, diet (this is NOT a fad diet but a scientific approach to how digestion works and emphasises lifestyle over diet at all times), movement, evolution and cooking and preparing food are fascinating and enjoyable and delivered in the shade of palm-trees while sipping freshly made fruit and veg juices.

The rooms were excellent (though a little hot truth be told) and the facilities and equipment of the highest quality.

I would recommend anyone to go on this - not cheap but, as many reviewers have mentioned, life-changing.

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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London
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Fitness holiday of a lifetime . . . I'll be back!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 December 2011

I have wanted to do the Wildfitness holiday for several years. We finally managed to do it November 2011. It turned out to be much more than what I had expected. I had no previous knowledge of what wild fitness was all about. Wildfitness is getting back to our hunter gatherer roots and challenging our body in such a way that was totally exhausting but at the same time so much fun. I arrived with a badly healed knee from an operation in May 2010 and left with a fully functioning one. What a result!

The coaches were so fit and knowledgable. I was most impressed that there were also local Kenyan coaches and helpers. They were all so inspiring! The people on your holiday become your Tribe and we all stick together to help each other achieve our best. I have never been with a group of people that I have enjoyed being with so much. The food was delicious and the kitchen staff extremely knowledgable about nutritious diets. Baraka House and the surrounding area was the perfect environment to get back to basics and get fit.

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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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New York City, New York
1 review
“Life-changing: couldn't give it high enough praise”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 November 2011

Wildfitness is a spectacular place with a knowledgeable, dedicated staff. Going to an exotic place, eating delicious, healthy food and returning home with a fitter body--what could be better than that? I am already planning my next visit.

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled solo
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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london
1 review
“The best holiday I've been on”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 October 2011

My second Wildfitness holiday at Baraka House. I was concerned it couldn't possibly live up to the first one but I was wrong. I’ve had the most amazing time, developed my fitness further. And this has easily been the best one yet! See you next time!!

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled solo
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Vaalwater, South Africa
1 review
“Exceeded my expectations, and one of the best things I have ever done!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 September 2011

An incredible life changing experience, phenomenal coaches and training, who helped me realise a far better way of training, got me fit in two weeks and created a complete paradigm change in my mind on health and fitness as well as lifestyle. Mixed with being situated in the most incredible location, as well as having fantastic accommodation, incredible food, combining the best of fresh seafood, meats and such a variety of salads and vegies all cooked with such flavour, makes this trip a unique and special fitness holiday. Not to mention the amazing deep tissue massages, when those muscles really needed it, all of it was awesome!
Well done Tara and of course all your team particularly Jess for creating the ultimate life changing fitness holiday and well done to all the coaches who kept us motivated and kept us going even when we did not think in our minds we could do it. As Jess would say JFDI.
Tessa

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled solo
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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