Outspan Hotel
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The Outspan Hotel is in Nyeri
, Kenya
. It was built up from an old farm by Eric Sherbrooke Walker
in the 1920s. Famous visitors include Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
and his wife Olave Baden-Powell
from 1938 until Baden-Powell's death in 1941. Jim Corbett
also lived there.
The hotel is liaisoned with the Treetops Hotel
, approximately 15 km away in Aberdare National Park
and Shimba Lodge in the Shimba Hills National Reserve
.
Nyeri
Nyeri is a town in situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya Kenya, which was the administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. It was built up from an old farm by Eric Sherbrooke Walker
Eric Sherbrooke Walker
Major Eric George Sherbrooke Walker, MC was hotelier and founder of the Outspan Hotel and Treetops Hotel in Kenya, as well as a decorated military officer...
in the 1920s. Famous visitors include Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Bt, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB , also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement....
and his wife Olave Baden-Powell
Olave Baden-Powell
Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell, GBE was born Olave St Clair Soames in Chesterfield, England...
from 1938 until Baden-Powell's death in 1941. Jim Corbett
Jim Corbett (hunter)
Edward James "Jim" Corbett was a British hunter, conservationist, author and naturalist, famous for slaying a large number of man-eating tigers and leopards in India....
also lived there.
The hotel is liaisoned with the Treetops Hotel
Treetops Hotel
Treetops Hotel is a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya near the township of Nyeri, 1,966 m above sea level on the Aberdare Range and in sight of Mount Kenya...
, approximately 15 km away in Aberdare National Park
Aberdare National Park
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and Shimba Lodge in the Shimba Hills National Reserve
Shimba Hills National Reserve
The Shimba Hills National Reserve is a small National Park in the Coast Province of Kenya, 33 km from Mombasa and 15 km from the coast. The reserve is an area of coastal rainforest, woodland and grassland...
.