Ecoscapes Colobus Camp – accommodates 12 guests
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Luxurious self-catered tented accommodation with all the home comforts. 4 spacious and comfortable en-suite sleeping tents and a well appointed mess tent with dining, sitting and kitchen areas. Stylishly designed with up-cycled shipping palettes furniture and powered by solar: this sustainable, self-catered accommodation takes you off the grid. Each tent sleeps 3 people and the camp is nestled into our Acacia forest, set within verdant gardens. Located on an organic farm
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The central mess tent is the hub of the camp, with comfortable chairs set around a fireplace and the dining and kitchen area adjacent. The kitchen is well equipped. The camp runs on solar and the cooker is gas, taking you off the grid. Each sleeping tent has 2 beds, that can become a double bed, and a sofa bed. The outdoor seating circle is the perfect place to sit around the fire and have a BBQ or watch the colobus monkeys playing in the trees and life unfurl on the lake shore.
Lake Naivasha, in the heart of the Great Rift Valley, is renowned for its spectacular bird life with over 350 different species. Being a fresh water lake it is ideal for a range of water sports from fishing to water skiing. Other attractions include climbing Mt. Longonot, Golfing at the Great Rift Valley Lodge, game viewing and rock climbing in Hell’s gate, viewing flamingoes on the nearby Oloidien and Crater Lakes, visiting show case flower farms and the geothermal plant at Ol Karia. You can take boat cruises around the lake, bird and hippo watching, from our jetty or walk amongst the game on our own private game sanctuary. Your days can be as action packed or as relaxing as you want them to be.
The lake has a surface area of 139 square kilometers and an average depth of 6 meters. It is stocked with black bass , tilapia and carp and there is a thriving fishing industry around the lake.
The lake is at the highest elevation of the Kenya Rift Valley at 1890 meters (6200 feet) so the days are warm and the nights are pleasantly chilly.
The Lake Naivasha Riparian Association received the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award for its conservation efforts regarding the lake which is a renowned Ramsar site.
Ecoscapes is approximately two to two and a half hours drive from Nairobi, 45 minutes from the Moi South Lake turn off or 30 minutes from the Moi North Lake Road. Please be advised that the last 6-8km of road, either way, after the tarmac ends is a dirt road which requires a car with good clearance as it’s currently in bad condition.
We have a private airstrip which guests can use.
There is a shop and restaurant 8km away at Kongoni and a petrol station at Greenpark.
DIRECTIONS TO ECOSCAPES, LAKE NAIVASHA
If you take the Moi South Lake Road (the road around the lake with all the flower farms and hotels). Continue all the way around the lake until the tarmac ends at Kongoni. Keep going on the dirt road. You will pass Crater Lake Game Sanctuary on the right. Ecoscapes is the first farm that you get to on the right after Crater Lake. You will see farm buildings with red ocre coloured roofs and an airstrip, approximately 8km after the tarmac ends.
If you take the Moi North Lake Road (to Greenpark/Great Rift Valley Lodge) keep going round the lake past where the tarmac ends. You will continue round the lake past the big fig trees, past Korongo Farm and Wileli Farm on the left and Aquila Farm on the right. Ecoscapes is the first farm on the left after Wileli approximately 6km after the tarmac ends.
Please note that the dirt road is currently in bad condition and you should use a car with good clearance
The house is let on a strictly self catering basis. Please bring your own drinking water
We provide housekeepers who do the cleaning and can cook. There is good security with day and night guards.
The house staff will be available from 7.30am until 5.30pm. Please be considerate of their working hours and allow them to have breaks during the day. If you want a cook in the evening, this can be arranged at an extra cost.
Smoking is not permitted in the tents but you can smoke in the garden.
We supply toilet paper, soap and dishwashing detergent. In the kitchen we supply coffee, tea and organic milk from the farm. You can order farm fresh organic vegetables for your stay.
We have a BBQ and can sell you charcoal.
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