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At Loldia House you’ll experience the life of Kenya’s early settlers. Loldia House is an ideal spot to relax, taste the pleasures of Kenyan country life and explore the Great Rift Valley.
There are beautiful views of the dormant volcano, Mount Longonot. Wild animals roam free on the farm and in the evenings hippo munch quietly by the waterside. Britain’s Country Life Magazine even described Peter, Loldia’s Manager as "probably the best butler in the world". |
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Loldia House is only a two hour drive from Nairobi and within easy reach of Nairobi’s International Airport. It is a perfect place from which to begin your exciting safari holiday around Kenya. It is also conveniently located for day trips to the famous Lake Nakuru National Park. There are now also daily flights on Safari Link Aviation direct from Loldia House to the Masai Mara.
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Accommodation
Loldia House offers a choice of accommodation either in the old family house or in cottages in the grounds. In the main house, four en-suite double rooms are furnished in the original colonial style. Close by is an original guest cottage surrounded by lush flowers, with a further two en-suite rooms.
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A newly-built cottage on the lakeshore, which is ideal for honeymooners, has two independent en-suite double rooms with breathtaking views across the lake to the extinct volcano, Mount Longonot. Up on the hill is the specially built Loldia cottage, which has its own sitting room with open log fire and panoramic views across the lake, and three double rooms, making it ideal for families or groups of friends.
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| Fact file |
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| Location |
Old farmhouse on a Ranch of the north western part of Lake Naivasha, Kenya |
Rooms |
English style furnished rooms |
Number of beds |
9 rooms; 4 rooms at the House, 1 Cottage with 3 separate rooms and 1 Cottage with 2 separate rooms (18 beds)
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Double & Twins |
6 Twins, 3 double rooms |
Facilities |
En-suite bathrooms with bath, shower, basin, flush toilet, hot and cold running water, one double room in the top cottage has an outside bathroom |
Electricity |
Yes 220/240 Volt UK Plugs |
Restaurant |
Dining room in colonial style. Breakfast and lunch served under a spreading fig tree in the garden |
Lounge |
Original room with fire place in colonial style |
Room service |
Room service on request. Tea and coffee is served in the rooms with the morning wake up call |
Souvenirs |
Small Curio Shop is open daily |
Laundry |
Arranged daily at no extra cost |
Credit cards |
Visa, Mastercard, Eurocard, American Express and Traveller Cheques are accepted |
Communication |
Telephone and Fax at Loldia House. Radio contact with other camps and Nairobi office
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Loldia Airstrip |
Length 1.500 m, gravel airstrip, Coordinates: S 0041.76 E 03618.99 |
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Classic Safari Camps of Africa |
| Getting there |
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Flights |
Safarilink has a daily scheduled flight from Nairobi directly to Loldia. The flight departs Nairobi Wilson Airport at 14:45, arriving at 15:05. This flight then departs Loldia for the Masai Mara. The flight departs Loldia at 15:10 and arrives in the Masai Mara at 15:50
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| Charter flights |
Daily. Duration approx. 25 minutes from Nairobi |
| Road transfer |
Drive from Nairobi (approx. 2 hours drive / 120 km tarred and gravel road)
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| General Info |
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| Seasons |
Open throughout the year. Peak season months August and September and 15th – 31st December. High season months January – March inclusive and June, July, October, November and 1st – 14th December. Green season - April and May
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| Children |
Of all ages are welcome and catered for. |
| Health |
Preventative Malaria medication is recommended |
| Camp Description |
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The Kenya of the pioneers was a land of expansive farms, carved from the highlands and the country around the beautiful Rift Valley Lakes. The virgin untamed land drew the early settlers, in those days roamed by Masai herdsmen and wild game. With only rudimentary tools and teams of oxen, forests were cleared and fences established to open the land to herds of cattle. Although life was hard the settlers enjoyed an outdoor lifestyle, walking, riding and hunting amongst the profusion of animal and birdlife in the Great Rift Valley.
Loldia Farm was established by a settler who came to Kenya by ox-wagon after the Boer War and is still owned by the same family today. He was a renowned horseman who chose this beautiful corner of Kenya to enjoy all that was best in the early Kenyan Lifestyle. Nestling under the acacia and wild fig trees on the green western shores of Lake Naivasha, the present Loldia House was constructed by Italian prisoners of war from stone quarried on the farm. Built around a courtyard, its main archway frames a stunning view of the dormant volcano Mount Longonot.
The house is set in lawns, which are grazed at night by hippos from the lake. Today's guest can savour the taste of this early lifestyle in Loldia's uniquely peaceful setting. The farm is ideally situated to visit the flamingo lakes of Nakuru, Elementaita and Bogoria, one of the great spectacles of Africa. Lake Nakuru also offers excellent viewing of the Black Rhino and the more elusive White Rhino amongst an abundance of other bird and wildlife and is one of the best places in Kenya to see leopard. Lake Bogoria is one of the few places where the rare and beautiful Greater Kudu can be seen. On the farm's 6.500 acres, guests may walk or ride through herds of dairy and beef cattle and a flock of farmed ostriches, interspersed with impala, waterbuck and other plains game. Boat trips are also arranged on Lake Naivasha for fishing and bird watching, and visits can be made to Hell's Gate with its spectacular canyon, hot springs and abundant wildlife. Activities can be tailor-made to suit each guest.
Loldia offers the highest standards of cuisine and personalised service. The House Manager, Peter Njoroge, has been described in England's Country Life magazine as "probably the world's best butler".
All meals, activities mentioned above as well as laundry are included in our price. National park entrance fees to visited National parks and drinks are to be paid separately. Please announce special dietary requirements to us in advance.
Please note: luggage restriction of 15 kg on all domestic flights. Extra luggage can be left at your base hotel in Nairobi. Safari arrangements and bookings can be made through your local ground handling agent or directly with Governors’ Camp.
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Things to do
Great Rift Valley
Loldia House is situated on a private farm of some 6,500 acres on the shores of Lake Naivasha. Here guests are free to explore the farm with one of our guides, to enjoy the interaction of farming activities and the wild animals which live alongside, and to explore the lakes and mountains of the Great Rift Valley.
The following excursions are available from Loldia House:
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• Day trip to Lake Nakuru
• Golf at nearby Green Park
• Visit an adjacent flower farm
• Nature walks on Loldia Farm
• Visit the remarkable Loldia School
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• Game and bird viewing by boat on Lake Naivasha
• Walking – Mt Longonot, Hells Gate National Park and Crater Lake
• Relax and enjoy the breathtaking views over Lake Naivasha
• Sundowners and night game drives
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Day trip to Lake Nakuru
One of the highlights whilst staying at Loldia House is a day trip to the picturesque Lake Nakuru National Park, which is world famous for it’s millions of colourful flamingoes and abundant rhino.
Guests depart from Loldia after an early breakfast and enjoy a drive through the Rift Valley on their way to Lake Nakuru, which is approximately 2 hours from Loldia House.
Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s smaller National Parks, yet it is one of the most beautiful. The park is abundant with a wide variety of wildlife, large numbers of rhino and millions of both Great and Lesser Flamingoes.
Enjoy game viewing around the park in our specially designed 4wheel-drive Landrovers before choosing a shady spot for a sumptuous picnic lunch. Return to Loldia House for afternoon tea and delicious cakes, on the lawn overlooking Lake Naivasha. A day trip to Lake Nakuru is included in the overnight rate. Park fees, are to be paid direct at the park entrance gate.
Boat Trips & Bird watching
Lake Naivasha, at over 6,000 feet, is the highest lake in the Rift Valley and one of its most beautiful. Fringed by papyrus and with the extinct Mount Longonot as a backdrop, this is a wonderful place to watch and photograph birds.
Over 400 species of birds have been seen in the Rift Valley, and Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru and Hells Gate all offer great bird viewing opportunities.
At Loldia House we have a resident ornithologist and you can enjoy this wonderful bird life on foot, by boat around Lake Naivasha, horse riding around the ranch and on game drives.
From boat trips on the lake you can get close to Cormorants drying their wings, Pink Backed Pelicans, Herons, colourful Kingfishers and Fish Eagles.
Other birds seen around the lake include the Goliath Heron, Jacana, Great White Egret, White Fronted Bee-eater and the Saddle- billed Stork. Lake Nakuru is surrounded by Acacia woodland and open grassland, and millions of Greater and Lesser Flamingoes fringe the lake in shades of pink. |
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