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Stay with us at Altitude Farm, and experience everything we have to offer. Farmhouse breakfasts and simple family food- cooked well. Taste our homemade and local produce.
Enjoy farm activities or forest walks, community cycling, and horseriding. Let others in your group be active whilst you relax... simply reading in a quiet part of the garden and admiring the beautiful mountain skyline that looks over our home. Book a massage or have a swim in our pool...
Many stay with us whilst a family member does the 3-day hike up Mount Kenya. We are ideally placed between both Narumoru and Sirimon Mount Kenya park gates. Some of us prefer to just admire it from our beds, and allow the serious hiker(s) to join us and have a good night's sleep, having completed their own trip.
Take a day trip to the many conservancies with the big five literally on our doorstep; Including the famous Ol Pejeta, but equally amazing Solio (home of 200 rhinos) Sanager, and Lloldaiga conservancies. Sample some of the very good eateries on the way into and within Nanyuki town nearby. Take a drive out into the African bush or up our mountain for a picnic by car or foot.
We are more than happy to tailor these farm stay adventures to suit you, pleasing every member of your family or group.
Click here for more information...At Everything Altitude, we are passionate about sharing our deep knowledge and love of horse riding with you, in our beautiful setting of East Africa. We are all about teaching you to the necessary level so that you can experience the thrill and adventure of a horseback Safari in the wild - alongside Africa's breathtaking Big Five...quite simply and undeniably the best way to experience African wildlife up close!
From our farmhouse home, set on five acres at the foot of Mount Kenya, we offer tailor-made adventures to suit the individual, group, or family - as horse-intensive as you wish! We offer day trips and weekend breaks, as well as all-inclusive, longer, immersive farmstays - staying with us at 7,000 feet above sea-level in our beautiful savannah and forest setting.
If you are already an experienced horse rider, then what we have to offer you is totally unique. From tailor-made day safari trips to suit your level of riding and your interest, to our exceptional, three-day riding adventure up the slopes of Mount Kenya on horseback.
We also offer regular horse-riding instruction and our unique FastTrack programme for adults - an intense programme of tuition designed to get you quickly and securely to the level where you can venture out to experience Africa's Big Five up close!
We have a wonderful farmstay home in the foothills of Mount Kenya. Beyond our stables and our fields, and above the forest ridge, our skyline is dominated by the beautiful mountain, which calls us to explore it. Our passion is to do this on horseback, of course! This is truly a magical place to live and from here we run Everything Altitude - offering horse-riding tuition, adventures on horseback, and a comfortable and welcoming farmstay for the horse-loving adventurer.
We are on the edge of the Mount Kenya National Park, and at the southern end of the famous Laikipia Plateau, with its patchwork of private and community-based wildlife sanctuaries which support phenomenal wildlife densities, second only to the Masai Mara. Day trips from our home to the wonderful nearby conservancies of Ol Pejeta, Solio, Sangare, and Lloldaigas are easily arranged, and we collaborate with many of these conservancies - our longtime friends and partners in adventure - so that our more experienced Everything Altitude riders can enjoy riding out to the Big Five on horseback!
Our small upcountry town of Nanyuki has a number of cafés and restaurants, some nice swimming pools, and a great secondhand clothes market - the mitumba - all only a 25 minute drive heading northwards from our farm.
John and Wizzy are partners in Everything Altitude, and along with John's two boys, Mahon and Allan, will be your hosts on the farm. Their combined knowledge of all things horse, and their passion for Laikipia’s landscape and wildlife, is simply huge. Whatever you choose from Everything Altitude, they, and their small but essential team, will ensure it will be an unforgettable experience.
Kenyan born and bred, John is a phenomenally talented and experienced horseman and polo instructor. He has spent decades working with horses and managing thousands of acres of land in Laikipia. You could not be in better hands while you are here for truly getting to know this beautiful country.
British-born, but Kenya has been home for 15 years. Wizzy is John's partner in crime in everything at Everything Altitude and is the make-it-happen person...whatever you want to do, her organizational skills will sort all. Wizzy has been a competitive rider and riding instructor across many equestrian disciplines and across two continents for several decades.
John's two sons complete the family unit, and when visiting children are present they will want for no more than to join forces with these two brothers in fun and adventure!
Man Friday extraordinaire! Sam can do anything. Sam cooks, drives, teaches, and guides on horseback. Basically, if it needs support, Sam is your man.
Catherine knows the house better than anyone else. She quietly and efficiently keeps the house looking great, and prepares wonderful meals with Sam's help.
Rachel is the sewing angel, with her own creative workshop on our farm. She produces the beautiful, bespoke product range that John and Wizzy design for Everything Altitude, and can undertake any dressmaking or sewing projects for our clients too.
Our cats and dogs roll their eyes and accept yet another canine visitor into their midst! However, they all love the visiting humans!
Without our equine family, we would not be who and what we are. Come and meet them here at Everything Altitude where you’ll get to know every horse’s individual story and character!