A place where life is wild and beautiful — full of small pleasures, honest work, and moments of unexpected magic.
Nestled in the foothills of Mount Kenya, Olepangi is not a hotel or a safari lodge. It is a way of life. An invitation to step into the rhythm of the farm, connect with the land, and discover the beauty of living simply.
Some come to ride horses across the farm and out into the community. Others to lie in the long grass with a book and let the days unfold as they will. Some come in search of adventure — long walks through wild landscapes, flowing rivers, star-filled skies. Others come to eat — to taste the soil in every bite, to share long, lazy meals around a big table with strangers who feel like old friends by the end of the night.
However you come — you come as you are. And you meet Olepangi exactly where it is — in motion, unfinished, always becoming.
Life on the Farm
Days at Olepangi unfold slowly — with the sun, the seasons, and the small rituals that tether us to this place.
The first milking. The smell of coffee on the verandah. Fresh eggs collected by hand. The daily rhythms of the garden. The choir singing as they fold napkins. The thump of Jack Russells chasing shadows across the lawn. Gin and tonic as the mountain turns pink.
If you want ice cream, you'll need to milk a cow — particularly if you're a child. That's only fair.
We don't stage any of it for show — this is simply life as it is, with all its beauty and rough edges.
There are no curated moments here — only the gentle, steady pulse of farm life.
Safari Days
Olepangi sits at the heart of one of the wildest, most beautiful corners of Kenya — a perfect spoke in the wheel to explore the treasures of Northern Kenya.
From here, you can strike out for day trips to the Lolldaigas, Ol Pejeta, Ngare Ndare Forest, Mount Kenya, and Samburu — returning each night to the quiet embrace of the farm.
Come with friends and family. Fill the farm with your people. Or come alone and find your own rhythm.
Whichever way you choose — come home to Olepangi at the end of every day.
Food & Gin
We believe that food should taste like where it comes from — and that
everything starts with the soil.
Our kitchen is powered by the farm — eggs from our own hens, vegetables and herbs from our gardens, cream from our Jersey cows, honey from our bees. When we can't grow it ourselves, we source from our neighbours. What we can't find locally, we simply go without.
We grow snapdragons, dahlias, sunflowers, and lavender in quantities that could only be described as gloriously unnecessary — not because we need them, but because life is better with too many flowers.
And we make our own home-made, infused gin with only ingredients grown on the farm — nothing added, because it already tastes exactly as it should.
Horses, Dogs & All the Essentials
A few things we know for sure:
- Life must have Jack Russells in it — small dogs with big personalities.
- Horses are essential to the soul of humanity — even if they don't make a penny.
- You can never have too many books or too many flowers.
- Kier believes you can never have too many tractors or too many power tools.
- Singing together keeps us in harmony with each other.
- Gin is better than whisky.
- It's hard to hate up close — and the best way to break down barriers is to simply sit around a table together.
At Olepangi, the dogs rule the roost — led by Dame Gertrude Bell (Gerttie) with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (Monty) in hot pursuit, while Lady Clementine Churchill (Clemmie) and Zsa Zsa take the more refined approach of simply staying out of the way.
Nothing makes economic sense here — and yet everything makes perfect sense.
The Olepangi Invitation
Come as you are.
Come for horses, for food, for the flowers, for the wide open landscapes. Come for the silence. Come for the stories. Come to feel small beneath the stars. Come to simply be — and let Olepangi meet you exactly where you are.
As one guest once said — Olepangi is perfectly imperfect. It is wild and beautiful.
And we'd love to share it with you.
