Create a recreational retreat lodge-cum-campsite specifically targeting (but not limited to) the local tourist market.
We plan to bring new levels of customer satisfaction not previously experienced by the local domestic tourist. This has been achieved by introducing high levels of customer service, cuisine and personalized attention, hitherto the preserve of the high spending foreign tourist. This will has also been achieved through the personal involvement of the owners/directors who are all professionals in diverse fields, as well as integrating the employees in the various sections eg cuisine, hospitality and customer service into the operations so that they feel part and parcel of the entity.
Since the setting of the cottages is upcountry (in the picture risqué shadows of the Aberedare range), we share the commercial benefits of the venture with the local community. This involves not only procuring the building raw materials and the labour used to put up the cottages from the neighborhood but also sourcing all but the unavailable supplies locally. This includes furniture and furnishings, groceries, fruits and vegetables, and as many other items that can be obtained locally as possible. In this way we have been able to make the surrounding local community feel that they are also benefiting from the venture.
As the site for the cottages is situated within an area blessed with abundant flora and bird life. We plan to blend into the biodiversity by actively promoting eco tourism both within the cottages acreage and also in the surrounding areas. This will have the twin benefit of giving our clients the serenity of a quiet haven as well as giving back to the environment what we take from it.
To this end, we have already set aside part of the leased land as a conservation prototype. The area has a natural forest with many mature giant trees of different species, a small creek, different types of plants and trees, birdlife and fish. The area is still in its original natural state and part of the attraction will be walking along a nature trail within the miniforest.
We have also started an intensive flower and horticulture project on the adjacent farm. The flowers are for the export market while the various horticultural items are for the local market. Since we have a qualified farm supervisor, it has been an opportunity for us to impact professional farming methods on the local community, as the flower and horticulture farm has become a classroom for the whole village to learn modern faming methods at no cost to them. Most of the fresh green produce consumed in the lodge is also organically grown here with the option of directly picking your preferred vegetables for dinner!
