{"id":264,"date":"2017-01-19T14:59:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T14:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afamilysafariblog.naiad-digital.co.ke\/index.php\/2017\/01\/19\/kiangazi-the-best-lodge-for-family-in-lake-naivasha-kenyas-great-rift-valley-lakes\/"},"modified":"2017-01-19T14:59:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T14:59:52","slug":"kiangazi-the-best-lodge-for-family-in-lake-naivasha-kenyas-great-rift-valley-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afamilysafariblog.naiad-digital.co.ke\/index.php\/2017\/01\/19\/kiangazi-the-best-lodge-for-family-in-lake-naivasha-kenyas-great-rift-valley-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Lodge for Family in Lake Naivasha, Kenya."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kiangazi\u00a0House, in my view, is simply the most ideal\u00a0lodge in Naivasha if you\\&#8217;re travelling with kids. With a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, endless interesting and unique activities around both Lakes Oloidien and Naivasha, it is even perfect if you\\&#8217;re mad enough to travel with toddlers!<\/p>\n<p>We set off for our adventure in order to arrive at Kiangazi on a Saturday morning. After Kenya\\&#8217;s testing display of driving and traffic-jams, we arrived to peace, calm, cool Kiangazi, with the biggest smiles you ever did see!<\/p>\n<p>It really is a little gem. A beautiful 7-bedroom old ranch-style house (some rooms in the house, some are external cottages) with panoramic views across a green lawn, heavily populated waterhole (warthog, eland, zebra and impala), over Lake Oloidien and into the blue hills in the distance.<\/p>\n<p>We could go here on every holiday. The place is peaceful and beautiful. The staff are simply incredible, they aren\\&#8217;t over the top, but nothing seems too much. The food is extremely tasty,\u00a0home-cooked fare&#8230; and the activities, the activities, the fun was all about to begin.<\/p>\n<p>Their swimming pool, I mean \\&#8217;oasis\\&#8217; is something for a toddler to explore within, not just swim in. The lawns are rolling and perfect to exhaust the over-energetic.<\/p>\n<p>The game drive \/ sundowner \/ kids supper expedition is unforgettable; all piled up high on top of the 4&#215;4 \u00a0with Bernard, the most calming, interesting and informative guide, off we went to explore Oserengoni, our very own\u00a0wildlife sanctuary (OK we\\&#8217;re sharing it with one other tiny lodge, Chui Lodge). \u00a0This sanctuary\u00a0was created in the 90\u2019s with the sole purpose of giving the resident wildlife a place of safety as the flower farms &amp; population increased. The first animal we saw, can you believe it was a Zonkey (work that out!). We then saw endless warthog with hundreds of the sweetest little piglets, eland, impala, bush buck, zebra, buffalo, wildebeest&#8230; a surprise \\&#8217;sundowner\\&#8217; met as equipped with marshmallows ready to BBQ, amazing kids supper, the most delicious \\&#8217;bitings\\&#8217; and much needed glass of wine. All this\u00a0merriment were followed by an exciting night game drive back to a rosepetal bath!!<\/p>\n<p>An activity not to miss is the crisp morning drive to the lake shore, followed by a lovely refreshing walk along the shore where you discover a fabulous bush breakfast (fresh fruit, pancakes, donuts, omelettes, piping hot coffee &#8230; mmm) all being prepared for you by the lake by the smiling chef. After we were sufficiently full, we were whisked off on my favourite\u00a0drive by the lake, under all the Yellow Fever trees, again full of plains game and then to our\u00a0boat. What an interesting hour, along the shores of Lake Naivasha full of\u00a0beautiful vegetation, fisherman hard at work, the Colobus monkeys lolling around in the morning sun and general life on the lake&#8230; pheow, what a morning!<\/p>\n<p>Time to leave already. We didn\\&#8217;t have time to visit the Oserian flower farm, but its always good to leave something for next time!<\/p>\n<p>Oh &#8230; I forgot to say, we were given two beautiful bunches of roses on our departure &#8230;. how\\&#8217;s that for delicious!<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\\\"color: #800080;\\\">Practicalities<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #ff00ff;\\\">Kiangazi House<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 I love it, we loved it.\u00a0It is a great fun\u00a0place for adults and children of all ages.<br \/>\n<span style=\\\"color: #ff0000;\\\">Lake Naivasha, Great Rift Valley, Kenya<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0It is important to spend time on a lake in the Great Rift Valley and with the added bonus of a private sanctuary and the flower farm, this is up there.<br \/>\n<span style=\\\"color: #ff6600;\\\">For those travelling to Kenya\u00a0with kids<\/span> \u2013 If you are looking for privacy and the finer things, whilst being comfy, I highly recommend you spend some time here.<br \/>\n<span style=\\\"color: #ffcc00;\\\">Weather<\/span> \u2013 The weather was beautiful with clear, warm days when we were here in January 2017.\u00a0 January is generally warm in the days and chilly\\&#8217;ish at night. The\u00a0hottest month in Naivasha\u00a0is usually December. The wettest month is\u00a0usually April.<br \/>\n<span style=\\\"color: #00ff00;\\\">What to Pack?<\/span> \u2013 Shorts for the day with a shirt, a jumper and jacket, trousers and jumpers for the evening &#8230;. and swimming costumes for the brave and lots of suncream.<br \/>\n<span style=\\\"color: #339966;\\\">Price<\/span> \u2013 The rates are currently\u00a0USD240 which includes full board accommodation in this lovely personal house and all these amazing activities.\u00a0For rates or to book, please contact <a href=\\\"chania@thesafaricoltd.com\\\">me<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\\\"color: #3366ff;\\\">My advise<\/span> \u2013 Spoil yourselves, stay here, it is a really great place, it\\&#8217;s comfortable with children of all ages and you will dream of being back there afterwards. If you want a reduced rate, contact <a href=\\\"chania@thesafaricoltd.com\\\">me<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiangazi\u00a0House, in my view, is simply the most ideal\u00a0lodge in Naivasha if you\\&#8217;re travelling with kids. With a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, endless interesting and unique activities around both Lakes Oloidien and Naivasha, it is even perfect if you\\&#8217;re mad enough to travel with toddlers! We set off for our adventure in order to arrive &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/afamilysafariblog.naiad-digital.co.ke\/index.php\/2017\/01\/19\/kiangazi-the-best-lodge-for-family-in-lake-naivasha-kenyas-great-rift-valley-lakes\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Best Lodge for Family in Lake Naivasha, Kenya.<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[245,250,223,252,247],"tags":[103,59,51,104,105,106,99,107,108,109],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-child-friendly-places-to-stay","category-country-side-blogs","category-family-travel-deals","category-kenya","tag-childfriendly","tag-family","tag-kenya","tag-kiangazi","tag-lake","tag-lodge","tag-luxury","tag-naivasha","tag-oserengoni","tag-zonkey"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Chania Tundo","author_link":"https:\/\/afamilysafariblog.naiad-digital.co.ke\/index.php\/author\/chania\/"},"featured_img":null,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Chania Tundo","author_link":"https:\/\/afamilysafariblog.naiad-digital.co.ke\/index.php\/author\/chania\/"},"uagb_comment_info":8,"uagb_excerpt":"Kiangazi\u00a0House, in my view, is simply the most ideal\u00a0lodge in Naivasha if you\\&#8217;re travelling with kids. 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