Visit to a Rose Farm - 5 minutes drive away, clients can visit a farm growing Roses for export to the Dutch flower auctions. A contribution is asked for towards staff welfare at the rose farm. Permission must be sought in advance from the rose farm manager through Kembu management.
Sundowners on Ngongongeri
- Walk out of the campsite gate, turn left down the hill, and right up through the farm village.
- Walk up on to the railway line and make your way to the left of the field where you will find a path going up the hill.
- Walk up the hill until you meet a fence line, turn Left and walk further up the hill until you find a path going back down on your left.
- Walk halfway down the track.
- On the Left we have cleared a nice spot under one of the big acacia trees to watch the evening light play across the Great Rift Valley
Hours like these are all too rare,
Happy those who get their share,
For although we may not know it,
Life has very few to spare...
Happy those who get their share,
For although we may not know it,
Life has very few to spare...
Community Tourism
We are very involved with the community - creating employment, education & improving the environment. Current projects include:
These can be seen on request as part of our complimentary farm walk program. Please contact us if you want to contribute to our efforts in any way.
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Indigenous Tree Planting
All round the farm we have started a demonstration program of planting indigenous, and useful exotic trees. We are currently trying to get a forestry nursery set up to encourage tree planting within the community. Please donate all your empty plastic water bottles for making drip irrigation units for the community. We are currently working with the action group FOMAWA (Friends of the Mau Watershed) who are particularly interested in restoring trees and shrubbery to our rivers and water catchment zones. Any donations will be given to the creation of a tree nursery to provide subsidized trees for the community. -
Kenana Knitters
A community project whose successful marketing with help from passing travelers like yourselves has found markets overseas and locally for their wool spinning and knitting. Currently looking for markets for their home made paper making from natural waste products.
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Kenana Primary School
Many people coming to Kenya want to help the children, they bring pens, exercise books and crayons, great gifts well meant, but quickly used up and of little consequence. We believe money should be spent on things that will not only help today’s children but help future generations as well. In the five years since Kembu was started we have managed to raise over US$ 25,000 towards the renovation and equipping of the local community/government owned school. With this we have built the ´Friendship Building´ and have repaired and maintained many other buildings. We have built a library in the roof of the friendship building. We have also instigated a program of buying text books for the school.
These can be seen on request as part of our complimentary farm walk program. Please contact us if you want to contribute to our efforts in any way.