| Olerai House Hotel is a beautiful country hotel set | | | | picked fresh from the estate’s farm. Each |
| on the shores of Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Great | | | | meal is a gourmet delight with freshly baked |
| Rift Valley. Painted ochre-red, it nestles under | | | | bread, home made pasta, succulent farm lamb |
| yellow acacia trees and purple jacarandas and is | | | | and Olerai’s specially made cheese and |
| fanned by a cool breeze from the shores of Lake | | | | ice-cream. Breakfast at Olerai Lodge is always |
| Naivasha. It’s watched over in the far | | | | sumptuous, fresh and colorful. Lunch is served on |
| distance by the extinct blue volcano of Mount | | | | the beautiful Crescent Island with multiple wild |
| Longonot. | | | | animals and birds all around. It is quite spectacular. |
| There is no better way to arrive for a Kenya | | | | Dinner is by the crackling fire under the star-filled |
| safari holiday than to be met at the Nairobi | | | | dome of the night. |
| airport, not by driver tour guide but a private pilot | | | | There are no rigid timetables at Olerai House. You |
| and be flown out across the Great Rift Valley | | | | can rise at dawn with the fish eagles and |
| landing thirty minutes later on a beautiful farm in | | | | sunshine, step into Olerai's African gondola and |
| Africa, on the north shore of Lake Naivasha a | | | | drift along the lake-edge alive with birds and |
| hidden jewel, Olerai House hotel, an enchanting | | | | dozing hippos, or scramble over the back hills of |
| flower-covered farmhouse, shaded under tall | | | | the farm, lush with wild herbs, swim in the big |
| yellow acacias and watched over in the far | | | | tropical pool or play golf a few miles from the |
| distance by an extinct blue volcano, Mount | | | | farm. Excursions and walks around Lake Naivasha |
| Longonot. Here, you can spend your first days in | | | | are breathtaking. There are also visits to Hell’s |
| Africa, in exotic new surroundings of beauty and | | | | Gate National Park or take a walk to Colville’s |
| peace with all the luxuries of a home. | | | | Hill for a little taste of Kenya’s White Mischief! |
| Olerai House has five elegant double rooms with | | | | Later in the afternoon, you can stroll among the |
| bathrooms; all are beautifully furnished with natural | | | | zebras and sip sundowners at one of Kenya’s |
| materials and decorated with local art and colorful | | | | historical sites. |
| fabrics. Olerai House Hotel has added special | | | | A dawn flight toLake Bogoria , a soda lake and |
| touches to all the rooms and each has its own | | | | home to thousands of flamingos, is an Out of |
| individual style. Fresh flowers, home baked biscuits | | | | Africa experience. Flying over a skidding cloud of |
| and sweet smelling soap make each room a | | | | pink flamingos and the sheer white of dry soda, |
| welcoming sight. Olerai Lodge lies at the heart of | | | | one realizes there is little to compare with the |
| its own private game sanctuary. The surrounding | | | | grandeur of Africa. On landing you are whisked to |
| plains and woodlands will soon abound with wild | | | | the lakeshore for breakfast where eggs are |
| animals. Guests will be able to observe giraffe, | | | | cooked in the lake's steam jets - boiling cauldrons |
| zebra and antelope gathering to drink at a central | | | | spewing from the centre of the earth. Eagles slide |
| waterhole near the house. | | | | through the air above your head, and all around |
| All the food served at Olerai House is organic, | | | | are the sounds of Africa. |