Soames Hotel is located just outside of Nanyuki town, set within a 100 acre property, surrounded by grassy fields with uninterrupted views of Mount Kenya.
Small and charming, Soames is a mid-range priced hotel, ideal for families, friends, solo travelers and business trips, either for a night or two, or just a coffee, lunch or dinner outing.
We consider ourselves to be a friendly, easy going hotel where guests are free to come-and-go as they wish, perfectly located just far enough out of town but easily accessible to town amenities, as well as the stunning Ol Pejeta Conservancy and Solio Reserve.
Natural space, the sun and the breeze, birds and flowers.
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What a lovely place, the views are amazing and the food even better. Very friendly service and very clean. Can highly recommend.
TAMARA TRIP ADVISOR
Really great stop in Nanyuki. The service is great. The staff are very friendly and attentive. Rooms are beautifully decorated and amazing views of Mt Kenya.
ANNABELLE TRIP ADVISOR
The outdoor dining terrace is beautifully located overlooking a lovely pond. The food was delicious and the staff simply lovely.
JOAN TRIP ADVISOR
We have eaten at Soames many times and it keeps getting better. Food is wonderful, especially the steaks, and very good value.
RICHARD TRIP ADVISOR
We loved this place - comfortable rooms and elegant public areas , delicious food and a lovely fire in the lounge in the evening.
GILL TRIP ADVISOR
Jack Soames came to Kenya, aged 32 years in 1920, and bought many thousands of acres in the Burguret area near Nanyuki.
Jack was a part of the wild ‘Happy Valley’ set that kicked off in the 1920’s when British aristocrats, with power and privilege, settled in Kenya’s Rift Valley. In 1941, the shocking and unresolved high society murder of Josslyn Hay, the 22nd Earl of Erroll, occurred.
Jack Soames stood as a prosecution witness in the trial against the accused - Sir Henry John Delves Broughton, the 11th Baronet, who was later acquitted at trial for lack of evidence.
In 1932, Jack Soames sold his farm – called Ol Loigululu - to Fowler, and in 1964 it again changed hands to Danish farmer Ole Jacobsen. In the 1990’s, after Jacobsen died, the farm was subdivide and sold. The original farm house remains as it was, together with 100 acres of land, on which today stands Soames Hotel.
We are located 7km from Nanyuki town and 2 km from Nanyuki Airstrip, on the Nanyuki-Naro Moru highway.
