Makoa-Farm, an intimate small lodge, is located on a lovingly restored old coffee estate. We accommodate our guests in comfortable, spacious rooms, most of which feature a spectacular view of Mount Kilimanjaro.
On Makoa-Farm we offer an activity package with horserides in and around the farm, catering for all sorts of different riding abilities, further various other activities like excursions, guided hikes, visits of tribal people, village walks, market visits, etc.
The landscape and scenery are as diverse as they are enchanting. Much of the farmland is devoted to conservation, bordered by two rivers, each filled with towering trees - a habitat we are committed to preserving. The birdlife is phenomenal, monkeys, small antelope and nocturnal game abound, and are frequently seen and heard.
The farm is near Kilimanjaro's Machame Gate with access to the spectacular rainforest on the mountain's lower slopes. The area is home to the Chagga people whose small villages and coffee farms dot the hillsides. On the plains to the south, Masai graze their cattle. The area is rich in diversity and surprisingly free of the tourist trappings.
At the same time this is an animal haven and much of our time revolves around animals of all kind - healthy, injured and orphaned ones. Orphaned or injured wild animals spend time as an in-patient in the veterinary clinic. Over the past 10 years we have been involved in the care, rehabilitation and housing of orphaned, injured, neglected, abused and abandoned wild animals, including hyena, bush pig, warthog, serval and genet cat, greater galago (bush baby), Sykes and Vervet monkey, jackal, different antelope species and many birds of prey, etc.
In addition to twenty two horses it is home to a variety of farm and pet animals such as donkeys, pigs, cattle, small four-legged creatures like rabbits and guinea pigs and different kinds of poultry and fowl. Rangi Nzuri and Schroeder, the pet pigs, Willy and Tonic, the wild pigs, and many others add to giving Makoa a delightful old country feel.
Produce from our own farm and kitchen garden (the bounty of which we happily share with monkeys, duikers and a myriad of other small creatures) is used to prepare the wonderful meals on offer.
