Day Tour

1 Day Kiambethu Tea Farm Tour

Duration

1 Day

Destinations

Kiambethu Tea Farm, Limuru

Accommodation

Not applicable, day trip

Meals

Lunch included

Flights

Excluded

Overview

About this tour

Kiambethu is a working tea farm at Limuru, up in the cool highlands above Nairobi, and the same family has held it since 1910, when A.B. McDonell became one of the first people to grow tea commercially in Kenya. It sits at around 2,200 metres, which is the reason the tea is as good as it is.

The day is run as a visit to a family home rather than a tourist attraction, and that is the whole character of it. You get a talk on how tea reached Kenya and how the leaf is picked, processed and graded, a walk through the fields and a surviving patch of indigenous forest with a local guide who explains what the plants were traditionally used for, and then a home-cooked lunch on the lawn. Tea and coffee run throughout. Transfers, entrance, the guided tour, lunch and drinks are all included.

Day by day

Detailed itinerary

Your driver-guide collects you from your Nairobi hotel and drives up into the highlands to Limuru, about an hour, climbing through tea country to reach Kiambethu at roughly 2,200 metres.

You are met with tea or coffee and given a talk covering the history of tea growing in Kenya, how the leaf is picked, and how it is processed and graded, along with the story of the family who have farmed here since 1910. A guided walk follows, through the tea fields and into a remnant of indigenous forest where a local guide explains the traditional uses of the trees and plants along the path.

A home-cooked lunch is served on the lawn looking out over the farm, with time afterwards to sit in the gardens before the drive back down to Nairobi in the afternoon.

What is covered

Inclusions and exclusions

Included

Transport in a safari vehicle
Pick up and drop off at your Nairobi hotel
Services of a professional English-speaking guide / driver
Farm entrance and guided tea talk
Guided forest walk
Home cooked lunch, tea and coffee
Mineral Water
Statutory taxes

Not included

Personal Insurance
Items of personal nature
Alcoholic & Soft drinks
Meals unless stated as included
Optional activities
Gratuity for your driver guide
Visa to Kenya
Yellow Fever Vaccine

Before you go

Key information

Starting and ending point: Nairobi
English-speaking driver guide.
Entrance fees are included.
Hotel pick up and drop off within Nairobi included.
Transport in a safari vehicle with pop-up roof.
Departs daily, subject to availability. Private and group options available.

Good to Know

Good to know

Advance booking is essential as the farm takes limited numbers each day.
Limuru sits at altitude and is noticeably cooler than Nairobi. Bring a light jacket.
Lunch is home cooked and included. Please advise dietary requirements when booking.
The forest walk involves easy walking on uneven ground.

Dietary requirement(s) are catered for upon Request