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LOLDIA
HOUSE - THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY, NAIVASHA
Settler Style, The Kenya of Old
At
Loldia House you’ll experience the life of Kenya’s early
settlers, the pioneers who cleared the forests and first farmed
the rich highlands.
Loldia
ranch was established by a family who trekked by ox-wagon from South
Africa a century ago. Today their descendants still own the land.
The original farmhouse is managed for visitors by Governors’
Camps. It’s an ideal spot to relax, taste the pleasures of
Kenyan country life and explore the Great Rift Valley.
Loldia
House, built in the Second World War, nestles under ancient Acacia
trees. Lush lawns run down to the shores of Lake Naivasha, the Great
Rift Valley’s highest and purest lake. Indigenous plants and
flowers fill the gardens.
There
are beautiful views of the dormant volcano, Mount Longonot. Wild
animals roam free on the farm. Small antelope wander through the
gardens. In the evenings hippo munch quietly by the waterside.
We’ve
kept the original character of the house: comfy chairs surround
a huge fireplace; paintings by an artist who lives on the farm hang
on the walls; a deep and shady veranda to relax on and sunbeds in
the garden.
In
the main house there’s a choice of four en-suite double rooms,
with original furniture. And three more rooms in the specially-built
Loldia cottage which has it’s own sitting-room, fire and panoramic
lake-views.
Mouth-watering
meals, with fish and shrimp from the lake, are served under the
trees or in the old dining room. Britain’s Country Life Magazine
even described Loldia’s manager as "probably the best
butler in the world".
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