Eco-Friendly

Forest Dream - staying in an Eco-friendly forest

Forest Dream aims to give our guests the feeling of staying in nature. Our accommodation stands far apart from one another, letting our guests enjoy the sounds of the forest. Our tropical gardens have grown to attract the indigenous wildlife, like the wild flowering fruit trees which all monkeys and birds adore.

colobus-monkey

We have made many ECO changes, to ensure there is no electrical, food and water waste.

Using only LED lights
Water filtering systems
Recycling foods for our farm
Recycling water and using solar power for hot water
Expanding indigenous forests area for wildlife
Sponsoring the local Colobus Trust
Building road ladders for endangered monkeys
Replanting trees and vegetation
Demolishing local forest snares

The Colobus Trust

20 years ago Forest Dream director Kees Van Velzen came upon Diani Beach. He found the wildlife here so fantastic he decided
to live here. But unfortunately wild animals around were in the decline, like the endangered Colobus monkey. He set up
the Colobus Trust which now has managed to help the population of Colobus monkey to regain strength in their local surroundings.

Expanding the local forest

Forest Dream plays an important role to help the conservation of the indigenous wildlife in Diani Beach to stay as beautiful as
it was when we first arrived. We have managed to expand the natural forest grounds around our resort to ensure that birds and monkeys have a place to live in the future.

Forest Dream Farm – growing eco-friendly fruits and vegetables

We established a farm of 10 acres outside the forest where we grow vegetables and fruits. Taste our delicious mango's !
This is where our cook makes his choices for dinner. Having a wide variety of (happy) animals including cows, chicken, ducks
and others, giving them all the space they want. We have recently finished a Solar Water Irrigation Sustem on our farm
and this will provide all the water we need in the near future. We offer free excursions to our farm for Forest Dream guests!

Sponsoring local education

In Kenya 61.5 % of the population is illiterate! We have decided to help a local school by sponsoring them to ensure that those
children will get better chances in life. We believe strongly that only education is the answer to poverty.