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in Kenya
Home stay Safaris;
Home stay Safaris has become a common practice in East
Africa. Home stay Safaris provides guests with a unique
opportunity to stay with host families in urban centers,
rural villages, ranches or game sanctuaries in their
own homes. Home stay hosts provide accommodation facilities,
hospitality, and personal service during the guests
stay. There are also private homes stays built to offer
exclusivity to give freedom and comfort to the visiting
families. Homestay Safaris with African Spice Safaris
provide an added value for guests coming to East Africa
to study, volunteer or for cultural reasons. By staying
with hosts they experienced places they visited extensively,
and get a deeper insight from participation in the daily
lives of local people. Urban Homestays are Run by Individuals
and Families who own Modern Suburban Homes.
A number of Individuals
and families who modern homes in the suburbs of major
towns and cities like Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu
often open them for homestays. Tours operators, such
as African Spice Safaris work in partnership with these
homes and book guests in these homes. African Spice
Safaris takes upon the responsibility of ensuring that
our guests receive warm hospitality and personal service
throughout their stay in the homestays and at an affordable
rate.
Home stay Cross Cultural
Exchange
Students on Cross Cultural
Exchange program, usually stay in individual home stays
in villages where they immerse themselves in the daily
life and ritual of their host community and work with
locals on projects chosen by community leaders. The
students eat local foods, sleep in a local rural homestead,
herd cattle, use oxen plough, ride bicycles, and attend
market days and other village chores. Some teach in
rural schools where there is acute shortage of teachers;
others build community centers for recreation or business.
While doing all these they find time to visit wildlife
sanctuaries, National Reserve and National Park of East
Africa.
Home Stay Safari Activities include:
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Golfing
Tours
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Horse
Riding
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Bush
Walks
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Birding
Excursions
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Safari
Game Drives
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Cultural
Tours & Visits
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Day
Trips or Excursions
Kenya
Home Stay Accommodation in Kenya
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Sandai Homestay and Cottages Close to Aberdares
National Park, Kenya
Sandai
Homestay and Cottages is 3.5 Hours away by
road from Nairobi and is located close to
Aberdares National Park neighboring Solio
Game Reserve and faces Mt. Kenya with its
snow capped peaks. Sandai Homestay and Cottages
is idyllically situated in the middle of a
large private game ranch and is approximately
240 kilometers north of Nairobi in the highlands
of Kenya. Despite its altitude of 2000m above
sea level, the climate is mild and dry. Sandai
Homestay and Cottages consists of a farmhouse
and two guest houses with four rooms, each
with shower/bath tap and toilet.
Sandai
Homestay and Cottages has two more guestrooms
in the main house sharing a shower and toilet.
The kitchen and dining room is in the farmhouse
while the living room is equipped with an
open fireplace. Guests usually share the delicious
food with the small family of Petra Allmendinger,
the farm owner. Enjoy game drives in the neighboring
Solio Game Reserve, bush walks and exciting
horse riding excursions that can also include
a visit to the local Mau Mau caves where the
Kenyan freedom fighters used to hide. Petra
can also take you on a sight seeing flights
in a light aeroplane.
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Kiambethu
Tea Farm Home stay
Kiambethu
Tea Farm - Kiambethu Tea Farm, the
family home of one of the earliest tea growers
in Kenya, is situated 30 Km away from Nairobi.
Kiambethu Tea Farm dates back to 1910 and
the present house set amidst colorful gardens,
has been home to four generations. At Kiambethu
the guests are given an insight into the tea
making process followed by an opportunity
to see tea in the field.
At
Kiambethu Tea Farm accompanied by a resident
Kenyan guide, guests can also take a short
walk into the small indigenous forest and
learn about the plants and how they were used
traditionally, watch the Colobus monkeys and
birds that are resident in the gardens or
just enjoy the sweeping views across the tea
fields to the Ngong Hills.
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Longonot Ranch House - Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Longonot
Ranch House;
Longonot Ranch House is on the southern side
of Lake Naivasha, 80 kilometers from Nairobi.
By air (charter) takes 25 minutes to the airstrip
about 10 kilometers from the Ranch House.
Longonot Ranch House is situated in the Great
Rift Valley on Kedong Ranch, near Lake Naivasha
which is 26 kilometers away. The drive from
Nairobi takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes
on good tarmac road.
Longonot
Ranch House makes an ideal base for a 2 to
7 day stay and is eco friendly as the electricity
is powered by wind and solar. Longonot Ranch
House is open all year round and accommodation
is in 2 room's en-suite in cottage with adjoining
sitting and dining rooms and 1 detached en-suite
cottage making a total of 3 rooms or 6 guests
with limited overflow into the main house.
Longonot Ranch House 'Kinangop' and 'Ol Karia'
rooms are twin-bedded with dining and sitting
room in between. 'The Happy Valley', a honeymoon
suite, is adjacent. The cottages are fully
furnished and completely self-contained.
Longonot
Ranch House activities include horse riding,
mountain hiking, boating, walking and game
viewing by safari vehicle. Bush sundowners
and night game drives are also available on
request. Other activities nearby include Hell's
Gate National Park, Mt. Longonot National
Park, Lake Naivasha - well known for its birdlife,
black bass fishing and water sports, Lake
Nakuru National Park (1 hour 15 minutes),
the Aberdare National Park (1 hour 30 minutes),
Great Rift Valley Golf Resort at Green Park,
Mt Suswa caves, and Eburru - 18 hole Golf
Course.
Longonot
Ranch House is hosted as a home-stay retreat
by Tony and Susie Church. Longonot Ranch House
has stunning views of Hell's Gate gorge and
the Aberdare Mountain range. This colonial
style ranch house is situated at 7,000 ft
above sea level and looks out over rolling
plains to Lake Naivasha, where approximately
475 different species of birds make their
home.
Amongst
the many species of game which roam freely
over the open plains and rocky lava flows
are eland, giraffe, Cape buffalo, zebra, impala,
Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, kongoni, warthog,
hyena, jackal, bat eared fox and spring hare.
Occasionally cheetah, leopard and aardvark
are seen. About 10,000 head of wild animals
are counted annually.
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Samsara
House Nairobi
House with a difference,
the first thing you notice as you drive
in is the homely calm atmosphere away from
the noise and bustle of the Nairobi hotels.
Samsara is located in the Kileleswa area
15 minutes drive north of Nairobi town.
Samsara house
is a small, friendly and reputable house for
hospitality and excellent French made cuisine
and selected international cuisine. Dinner
is served upon request (fresh food is supplied
daily from Kenya highlands with a wide selection
of fruits and vegetables).
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Kinangop
Guest House 'Trees' (Lake Naivasha)
Perched at
2,400 meters. on the edge of the Kinangop
Plateau, 2 hours drive from Nairobi, Trees
offers a haven from the stress and strains
of city life. Trees offers breathtaking views
across the Rift Valley.
The farm provides
a sanctuary for highland birds, including
the threatened Sharpe's Longclaw, many of
which may be seen from the veranda. Up to
eleven sunbird species may be seen in the
garden, especially when the aloes are in bloom.
There is ample scope to explore, on the farm
and further a field with hiking or cycling
along the escarpment or across the plateau.
This special place is perfect for birding,
walking or just relaxing.
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Kitengela
House Nairobi is a family home on the banks
of the Mbagathi River bordering the edge of
the Nairobi National Park. This unique situation,
offering amazing views of the park, is only
15 kms from the city centre and 1 km from
an entrance to the Park. For the last three
decades the Leakey family has lived on this
property, nurturing the area surrounding their
home, making it a welcome habitat for flora
and fauna alike.
The present
family house has evolved over the years and
many visitors and friends have enjoyed the
peaceful views, walks and proximity to the
National Park. Kitengela House Nairobi accommodates
ten guests: 8 in double rooms.
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Malewa
Ranch house
A beautiful
comfortable home stay nestled under acacia
trees on the banks of the Malewa River,
adjoining a magnificent game sanctuary in
Kenya's Great Rift Valley only two hours
from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital.
The original
'settler' home was a simple one room, iron
sheet house built on wooden stilts and still
stands on the lawns of the Malewa Ranch
House. Later a two bedroom stone house was
built during the 1920's. This old colonial
farmhouse was part of the infamous 'Happy
Valley Set' so richly talked about in early
colonial dairies.
Malewa Ranch
House, Kenya, Africa - a beautiful Lodge
on the banks of the Malewa River on a Game
Sanctuary in Kenya's Great Rift Valley.As
was typical of the colonial era, financial
constraints dictated that many homesteads
were initially very simple structures that
were subsequently added onto creating 'ad
hoc' designs. These additions made for interesting,
but sometimes impractical homes with outside
bathrooms and kitchens, built with an assortment
of materials.
Situated
on the banks of the Malewa River, and now
within the boundaries of a magnificent Wildlife
Conservancy, the Malewa Ranch House has
been renovated to fit in with the comforts
of the 20th century with 5 very comfortable
bedrooms (Five bedrooms sharing 3 bathrooms)
and a very spacious veranda.
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Hippo
point estate lake Naivasha
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Ebburu
cottages Lake naivasha
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Mundui
House
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Kongoni
Game Valley
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Narumoru
House
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Gilgil
River House
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Kembu
Farm Cottages
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Barnleys
House
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Olerai
House
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Loldia
House
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Tigoni
House Home Stay
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