Lake Elmentaita Lodge, now a luxury hotel, was formerly Kekopey Ranch, built by English settler Lord Galbraith Cole in 1916. It still retains the features and atmosphere of an early colonial home - a red brick building with shady terraces, an internal courtyard, panelled walls and a sitting room with a library and log fire. The original building houses the hotel's social areas - dining and sitting rooms, bar and conference room.

Accommodation:

The lodges 33 twin and double bedrooms, each with private bathroom, are in newer "cottages" nestled away in the lush flowered garden behind the house. In front of the hotel, a large terrace overlooks Lake Elmentaita.

Facilities/Activities:

The hotel's huge private estate, now a Wildlife Reserve, stretches away to the hills. The lake, home to millions of Lesser Flamingos, is also an important stop-over for migrating birds - over 350 species have been counted by the lodge's resident naturalists.

- ox-wagon safaris - an original way of seeing the wildlife from the type of wagon used by early Rift Valley settlers like Karen Blixen, Lord Cole and Lord Delamere.

- Lord Cole's Memorial, built on a rocky outcrop, is an enchanting spot for a sundowner after a safari or for a champagne breakfast while watching the wildlife in the plain below.

- Horse riding within the Reserve

- Visits to the natural warm water spa which flows into the lake

- Visit to the Kariadusi pre-historic site where anthropologist Dr. Lewis Leakey found some of the oldest remains of mankind known to man

Please contact us for current rates