Owners, Managers and Guides
Tom Silvester, Giles Davies and Jim Denooyer - Owners
- Loisaba was started in April 1998, by Tom Silvester (left), Peter Silvester and Giles Davies, on land leased from the Ancilotto Family.
- Loisaba House was built by Tom Silvester and Yoav Chen for Jim and Lori Denooyer, and was completed in 2000.
- The Cottage was built by Tom Silvester for a Helicopter pilot, and later taken over for tourism in 2004. It was extended in 2007.
Alastair Boyd & Kit Keyser - Managers
Alastair Boyd is a third generation Kenyan who has also travelled extensively. He worked for 4 years in France as a ski instructor, managed hotels in London (Blakes &The Hempel) and then ran a lodge in Pokhara Nepal for Tiger Mountain, but after 3 and a half years in New York (drama school and acting in theatre) he was given the opportunity to join Loisaba and jumped at the chance to return home. His love of
Kit Keyser is a well-educated, adventurous, 25 year old English girl who after travelling the world fell in love with the African way of life. Her enthusiasm for wildlife and the outdoors came from growing up on a small farm in Gloucestershire; riding, playing sport and helping out at the farm house bed and breakfast. After completing a degree course in History of Art, cooking in a lodge in
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