VI-WHERE? VIPINGO … V I P I N G O

Readers may be forgiven if they never heard about Vipingo Ridge, which was until now primarily a golfing resort built for local fans of the game and ready to own a residential property on the estate to give them a permanent base from where to tee off from. Located along the Kenya coast between Mtwapa and Kilifi, north of Mombasa, it is but an hour and a bit’s drive from the international airport in Mombasa or about the same time from the airport in Malindi.

However, after reading this article there is no more claiming ignorance about “The Ridge” where the slogan is “Live | Life | Play | Golf.”

The 2,500-acre property sits pretty on an elevated position with sweeping views across the surrounding sisal estate and the Indian Ocean. Only last week Vipingo hosted a group of the ten most influential editors and staff writers of the world’s leading golf magazines who were brought to Kenya by the Tourist Board to see what the country has to offer in terms of championship and safari golf courses.

Jim McCann, Editor of “100 Top Golf Courses” after his visit to Vipingo almost immediately revised his rankings for the Kenyan top 10 and lifted Vipingo into the top spot, beating such more-established rivals like Sigona and Muthaiga into the second and third spot, respectively. Designed by David Jones, the Baobab course meets the tough standards of the USGA, and the planned second 18-hole course will no doubt be as good if not better when completed. Golf, and residential properties, were no doubt, at the onset, at the core of the developers’ intentions and plans for the resort, where some 230 plots have been set aside for development. 200+ of them are already sold and many of those seen with complete houses, occupied either permanently or periodically by the owners. And the good thing here is, when the owners are not in situ, the resort can use the villas for paying clients, earning a fair bundle and no doubt helping to offset the annual service charges levied on the properties for a range of services, from security to maintenance to staffing.

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