In the lodge, coffee, tea and cocoa are available on the honor system.
They are rarely eaten, though they do show up in the form of overcooked steaks on certain lodge and tea-house menus along the route.
Lodging, meals, afternoon tea, tax and service will be $1,064 a day for two people.
Rooms have wood-burning fireplaces, and the main lodge offers free afternoon tea and port and sherry after dinner.
When I arrived, I was slightly aghast to be told that there was no electricity, no internet and barely any mobile reception, but this soon gave way to gratitude for the peaceful silence as I lay on a sun lounger outside my lodge, sipping fresh mint tea, unable to take my eyes off the surrounding landscape, all rolling, pastel pink mountains and olive trees.
We came across several villages each day, all of which had simple guest houses that made convenient stops for tea, meals and lodging.
Ndali Lodge sits in a stunning location on the rim of the crater above Lake Nyinambuga and is run by Aubrey - whose father, a tea planter, built the lodge - and his fiancee, Claire.
Tea meetings are celebrations held in society lodges or school halls, and feature both solo and group performance, theatrical rhetoric and oratory, and other activities.
Okello's destination is the village trading centre, a small collection of mud-brick buildings lit up by hurricane lamps, where a lodge owner will buy the milk to make tea.
Included in the cost of lodging is breakfast, made with eggs from the chicken coop and fruits and vegetables from the organic garden, and afternoon tea, but the inn does not serve dinner.
By 3 we were back in the lodge warming ourselves Each afternoon Barb would put out tea, lemonade and pastries.
