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Olerai House is one of Kenya’s best-kept secrets, a charming and relaxing getaway on the shores of Lake Naivasha, where you can immerse yourself in luxury and comfort in a beautiful farmhouse on a private wildlife sanctuary. Nature was left to take charge of this former cattle farm in 2001, and today, the farmhouse is shrouded in bougainvillea and the scent of wildflowers fills the warm air. Wild animals graze beneath soaring acacias, while down by the lake fish eagles swoop in for a kill or cry their haunting call as hippos harrumph close by.

Bright, individually-decorated rooms are furnished with expansive beds and crisp linens, and the en-suite bathrooms are stocked with organic soaps and lotions to soothe your skin. The chefs produce unforgettable meals with our tasty organically-grown or pasture-raised ingredients, picked fresh from the garden each day. The farmhouse drawing room is comfortably arranged around a crackling log fire where you can sip chilled wine, relax and warm your toes.

Soaring acacias, herds of plains game and riotous nature have replaced tractors, fertilizers and fences since this working farm was left to go wild. Today it is a pristine territory for you to enjoy, on foot, on horseback, or from the comfort of a swinging hammock. Zebra, antelope and giraffe pay you the compliment of ignoring you completely as you walk amongst them, and at night hippo come to crop the lawn while leopard pad silently down the avenue.

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The area incorporating Liuwa Plain has a long and rich history and is homeland of the Lozi people. The traditional Monarch of the area is the Paramount Chief or King, called the Litunga, meaning 'keeper or guardian of the earth'. Since 2003, the park has been managed by African Parks through a public-private partnership with the Zambian Government and the Barotse Royal Establishment. Located on the upper Munde stream, a site chosen for its sweeping vistas and complete wildlife immersion, King Lewanika will comprise six luxury villas including a two bedroomed family villa, with the capacity to accommodate a total of 15 guests.

In addition to its famed lions, Liuwa is home to the second biggest wildebeest migration in Africa, recovering cheetah numbers, a burgeoning hyena population, wild dogs, abundant zebra, buffalo, red lechwe and tessebe herds and more than 300 bird species. It is not uncommon to see millions of pratincoles and spectacular kaleidoscopes of crowned cranes and endangered wattled cranes which start flocking at the onset of the rains. Lady Liuwa is the world-famous matriarch around whom the park’s lion pride has evolved. According to local folklore Mambeti, the grandmother, was reincarnated into Lady Liuwa, the lioness, and is the reason why the lioness spends so much time in the same woodlands area frequented by the elderly lady in her twilight years and near to where she was buried.

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