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Coffee & tea farm tours
Coffee and tea, from the farm to the cup
Kenya’s coffee and tea grow in the cool highlands just outside Nairobi. Spend a day on a working farm: walk the fields, see how the crop is picked and processed, and stay for lunch.
The farms
Three farms we visit
Each visit is a day trip from Nairobi with hotel pick-up and drop-off. Farm visits work well on the day before or after a safari.
Tea farm · Tigoni, Limuru Road, Kiambu County
Sensory Garden & Tea Farm
A working tea farm in Tigoni, near Limuru, that offers guided farm tours by appointment. Visitors walk the tea fields and try tea picking, explore a sensory garden of fragrant herbs and make their own spice bag. The farm also has an animal section where children can meet rabbits and take donkey cart rides.
On the visit
- Guided tour of a working tea farm
- Hands-on tea picking, including picking competitions
- Sensory garden with fragrant herbs
- Spice bag making
- Rabbits and donkey cart rides for children
Coffee farm · Kabati, about 2 to 2.5 hours’ drive from Nairobi
Guka's Coffee Farm
A family coffee farm near Kabati where visitors follow coffee from tree to cup. The visit includes a walk through the coffee rows, hand-picking ripe cherries, learning about pulping, fermenting and washing, roasting beans on a charcoal jiko and a guided tasting. A traditional farm lunch is served, followed by a walk through the kitchen garden and orchards.
On the visit
- Tree-to-cup tour: picking, pulping, fermenting and washing
- Roasting beans on a charcoal jiko and guided coffee tasting
- Traditional lunch with farm-grown produce
- Kitchen garden, orchards, dairy goats and free-range chickens
- Introduction to regenerative farming
Tea farm · Limuru, Kiambu County
Kiambethu Tea Farm
A family-run tea farm in Limuru, at about 7,200 ft, farmed since 1910 by the tea pioneer A.B. McDonell and still run by his family. Visits start at 11am with an informal talk on the farm’s history and how tea is made, followed by a guided walk in the indigenous forest, then a drink on the verandah and a three-course lunch made with vegetables from the garden.
On the visit
- History of the farm and the tea-making process explained
- Guided walk in indigenous forest, home to colobus monkeys
- Resident guide explains local plants and their traditional uses
- Three-course garden lunch at the farmhouse
- Tours Thursday to Sunday, starting at 11am
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