Olanga House & Acacia Cottage guidebook

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Olanga House & Acacia Cottage guidebook

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A five minute drive away (or a 30 minute safe walk in the daylight – please don’t walk in the dark due to hippos). They serve amazing breakfasts, as well as delicious lunches and dinners. They also provide takeaway and it is quicker to make your order via whatsapp on the number above and drive there yourselves to collect when it’s ready.
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Ranch House Bistro
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A five minute drive away (or a 30 minute safe walk in the daylight – please don’t walk in the dark due to hippos). They serve amazing breakfasts, as well as delicious lunches and dinners. They also provide takeaway and it is quicker to make your order via whatsapp on the number above and drive there yourselves to collect when it’s ready.
A bit further afield is Camp Carnelly’s, an 18 minute drive away, which is a fun place for lunch and dinner as well as for boat rides. The pizzas are brilliant as are the varied G&Ts!
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Camp carnellys restaurant
Moi South Lake Road
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A bit further afield is Camp Carnelly’s, an 18 minute drive away, which is a fun place for lunch and dinner as well as for boat rides. The pizzas are brilliant as are the varied G&Ts!
A very special place for a pre-arranged cream tea or a formal three-course dinner with other guests. Great birdwatching and boating opportunities too. A 12 minute drive.
Elsamere Lodge
Moi South Lake Road
A very special place for a pre-arranged cream tea or a formal three-course dinner with other guests. Great birdwatching and boating opportunities too. A 12 minute drive.
Sanctuary Farm, 32 minutes away, have a new pop-up restaurant that can do breakfasts, lunches or dinners if booked in advance, and have a pop-up Happy Hour every Saturday from 4-6 with a pizza oven and small stalls too. Really good vegetarian food in particular and close encounters with grazing wildlife are guaranteed.
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Sanctuary farm
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Sanctuary Farm, 32 minutes away, have a new pop-up restaurant that can do breakfasts, lunches or dinners if booked in advance, and have a pop-up Happy Hour every Saturday from 4-6 with a pizza oven and small stalls too. Really good vegetarian food in particular and close encounters with grazing wildlife are guaranteed.
Almost exactly opposite Sanctuary Farm (so half an hour away) and just before the Shell Garage, Matteo’s is the best Italian around the lake and a good place for pasta and wine.
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Matteo's Italian restaurant and bar
Moi South Lake Road
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Almost exactly opposite Sanctuary Farm (so half an hour away) and just before the Shell Garage, Matteo’s is the best Italian around the lake and a good place for pasta and wine.
Flamingo Oloiden Camp, just 6 minutes’ drive away, is our most budget-friendly recommendation. They serve good fish, nyama choma (barbecued meat), spinach, ugali (maize flour porridge), chips (and chapati if you ask!). It is a lovely place to sit right by the lake, watching the boats and nature around you.
Oloiden Flamingo Camp
Moi South Lake Road
Flamingo Oloiden Camp, just 6 minutes’ drive away, is our most budget-friendly recommendation. They serve good fish, nyama choma (barbecued meat), spinach, ugali (maize flour porridge), chips (and chapati if you ask!). It is a lovely place to sit right by the lake, watching the boats and nature around you.

Sightseeing

We are so lucky to have an amazing tourism destination right on our doorstep and cannot recommend any of the below options run by the managers of Chui Lodge highly enough. We urge you to take at least one of them up (our fav is the game drive plus bush breakfast!). These experiences are normally only taken up by guests of the 5 star Chui Lodge up the road so we are very fortunate to be able to offer them to Acacia Cottage guests too. Please go to the bookings office next to the La Pieve shop or contact Oserengoni tourism manager Gilbert on: +254 729 144800
Oserengoni Wildlife Sanctuary
We are so lucky to have an amazing tourism destination right on our doorstep and cannot recommend any of the below options run by the managers of Chui Lodge highly enough. We urge you to take at least one of them up (our fav is the game drive plus bush breakfast!). These experiences are normally only taken up by guests of the 5 star Chui Lodge up the road so we are very fortunate to be able to offer them to Acacia Cottage guests too. Please go to the bookings office next to the La Pieve shop or contact Oserengoni tourism manager Gilbert on: +254 729 144800
Sam runs his own birding and safari business so he is happy to come with you on either a game drive or a boat trip if you fancy putting some names to the species you see! He can also arrange tours for you throughout Kenya. If you don’t have a car, we can also take you out in ours. +254 728 239298 or sam@sustainablebirdingcompany.com
The Sustainable Birding Company
48 Shanzu Road
Sam runs his own birding and safari business so he is happy to come with you on either a game drive or a boat trip if you fancy putting some names to the species you see! He can also arrange tours for you throughout Kenya. If you don’t have a car, we can also take you out in ours. +254 728 239298 or sam@sustainablebirdingcompany.com
Our closest national park is a 25 minute drive away and is particularly incredible if you take the opportunity to hire bikes and cycle it rather than drive it. Please do follow the rangers’ advice in the rainy seasons due to occasional flash flooding. Park fees are between 200 KES and 20 USD depending on your residency status, and opening hours between 6am and 6pm.
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Hell's Gate National Park
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Our closest national park is a 25 minute drive away and is particularly incredible if you take the opportunity to hire bikes and cycle it rather than drive it. Please do follow the rangers’ advice in the rainy seasons due to occasional flash flooding. Park fees are between 200 KES and 20 USD depending on your residency status, and opening hours between 6am and 6pm.
Elsamere is 10 minutes’ away and is a lovely spot to have a cream tea (book ahead) or just peruse the museum and shop learning about Joy Adamson and Elsa the lion. +254 726 443151.
Elsamere Conservation Centre
Moi South Lake Road
Elsamere is 10 minutes’ away and is a lovely spot to have a cream tea (book ahead) or just peruse the museum and shop learning about Joy Adamson and Elsa the lion. +254 726 443151.
Naivasha Kongoni Lodge is just 8 minutes’ drive away and if you find yourself longing for a swim this is the place. +254 707 394384.
Naivasha Kongoni Lodge
Naivasha Kongoni Lodge is just 8 minutes’ drive away and if you find yourself longing for a swim this is the place. +254 707 394384.
Sanctuary Farm is a 30 minute drive away and the best place to go horseriding alongside zebras and wildebeest. +254 722 761940.
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Sanctuary farm
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Sanctuary Farm is a 30 minute drive away and the best place to go horseriding alongside zebras and wildebeest. +254 722 761940.

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Oserengoni Sanctuary Game Drive and Bush Breakfast/Sundowner

We are so lucky to have an amazing tourism destination right on our doorstep and cannot recommend any of the below options run by the managers of Chui Lodge highly enough. We urge you to take at least one of them up (our fav is the game drive plus bush breakfast!). These experiences are normally only taken up by guests of the 5 star Chui Lodge up the road so we are very fortunate to be able to offer them to Acacia Cottage guests too. Please go to the bookings office next to the La Pieve shop or contact Oserengoni tourism manager Gilbert on: +254 729 144800
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Clothes for hot weather - AND for colder weather!

We think Naivasha's climate is the best in the world because it is, generally, hot during the day, cool in the shade, and borderline cold in the evenings/night - giving you the perfect excuse for curling up in bed after a long day of wildlife watching! So please don't pack as if you're going to a beach - jumpers, socks and maybe even a hat in the Jun-Sept season will serve you just as well as your daytime hot-weather clothing!