A new brand and booking website design for holiday cottages in Kenya
The Brief
Mary is an amazing, warm hearted lady, and a pleasure to work with…
As well as her charity venture Restart Africa, Mary runs Riftview Cottages, luxury family cottages in the beautiful GilGil, Kenya.
Her and the Riftview Team had a fantastic holiday accommodation and a next-level service, but needed a little with marketing their fantastic holiday cottages to the world:
The organisation helps to support Restart Africa, a charity which helps African Street children start their lives over again, but the business-facing side of the organisation didn’t have a brand or website in place.
Mary asked me to create a brand for the cottages, and create a WordPress website with online booking to showcase the beauty of the African experience at the holiday cottages.
Experience Kenya through an exotic new brand and booking website for unforgettable self-catering cottages in Kenya
The brand was designed to appeal to foreign markets and focuses on the unique experience on offer: Riftview’s access to exotic wildlife and birdlife, from the front porch of the property.
Logo Design
The emblem was taken from the amazing sunsets over the Kenyan horizon.
Brand Colours
I’ve used a minimalist palette, with a sleek grey and dusky orange, taken directly from photography of an unforgettable sunset over Kenya
Holiday Homes web development
The new website would be built and designed around the abundance of exotic wildlife, which guests can experience from the porch of their holiday cottage.
Intro Video
I integrated full screen drone video footage to create a high impact impression of the cottages for guests as soon as they land on the site
Testimonials
Testimonials are vital to establishing trust, and making sure guests pick your holiday cottage. This section puts user reviews with no distractions to establish trust.
Media Slideshow
A picture paints a thousand words! that’s why it’s best to show your guests the facilities on offer with a media slideshow.
Extras
I also designed a page for the booking site which would advertise the extra services and value on offer to guests
Pricing and Booking
I designed a pricing pages, as well as the integration of a online booking for rental accommodation l so guests can book online without leaving the site.
Features
I designed a page to advertise the features of the holiday cottages, as well as multimedia such as videos and pictures.
Nature
One of the most important aspects of the site was highlighting the unique selling point of the holiday cottages: close proximity to exotic nature available from the porch of the house.
Nature
I designed thumbnails to immerse guests the abundance of nature in the local area, which guest can experience from the porch of the house!
Parallax Animation
The footer on each page features animated movement to help draw users into the fantastic experience of Kenya
News Pages
I designed single post pages with full page photography to create high visual impact.
Things to Do
The website was filled with local things to do and see for guests so they can plan their visit in advance.
Explore
The hand drawn style of this grounds map helps introduce the user to the Riftview brand
Contact
The contact page uses minimalist design to encourage guests to call the Review Holiday Cottages team
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Can’t thank you enough for all your help, you went above and beyond!
You have done a fantastic job with the website it’s more than we could ever have hoped for.
You are a star!
Mary
Riftview Cottages
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