The Kiambethu Estate is located at an altitude of 7000 feet above sea level, and has lush acres of tea plantations that seem to vanish in the horizon. Two English families, Mitchell & McDonnell in the early 1900's, built the Estate. These families are said to be the first to have ventured into the tea business. You will also have a lecture on the area and about the production of tea. In the afternoon, a walk through the tea plantations and forests will display the conditions needed for the growth of tea.

The lecture on growth of tea is a good learning experience. For instance, you will see tea pickers on the farm plucking the top two leaves and bud from each plantation. Tea needs good rainfall, which is plenty in the region so tea is picked all year round. After the tea is picked, they are sent to the factories to be processed and sold to local and export markets. Kenya is the third largest producer of tea after Sri Lanka and India.

Kiambethu Tea Estate
Drive 30 kms out of Nairobi passing kikuyu agricultural smallholdings in to the tea country at Limuru, and the home of Mr. And Mrs. Mitychell on Kiambethu Tea Estate.
Mrs. Mitchell is the daughter of one of the first people to grow tea in the area. She will entertain you with anecdotes of the family’s live and the story of tea planting in the area before escorting you on a short walk in to the nearby forest to see colobus and sykes monkeys.
A buffet lunch is served on the lawn and after lunch you can visit the Limuru church where Dr Louis Leakey the world renowned anthropologist is buried and which was built by Mrs. Mitchell’s father.

Price per person : USD 80