I have to say, I'm very glad this was an organized trip on a bus and I didn't drive, because it would really not have been worth it.
The ride is about an hour - the farm is only a few miles from the Saudi Arabia border - and there is very little to see once you leave Kuwait City. I was amazed by three things - the camel herds (cool), the amount of tent cities (workers, I guess), and the amount of trash in the desert (not cool).
From the description on the website, I was expecting an in-depth farm tour - how they grow produce in the middle of the desert - that kind of thing. Once we arrived, we loaded up in a golf cart, the driver said, "This is potato." Pointed at a field. "This is lettuce." Pointed at another field. We drove through an open sided barn with milk cows in it, and were dropped off at a kind of petting zoo place.
The kids loved this part, I will say that. They got to pet and feed the goats; Harper rode a donkey, they got to see camels up close and personal, hold some rabbits, and...that was it. There was a small co-op to get some vegetables grown there, but they're the same vegetables they send to the co-ops/markets in town. They did have some good cheese, though.
So while the kids loved it because they got to get up close and personal to some of the animals, it was not that great of an experience.
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| In front of a tank from Operation Desert Storm |
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| Goats |
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| The donkey |
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| Another goat |
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| One of the two camels. This one liked to eat backpacks. |
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