Outspan Hotel Explained

Outspan Hotel
Image Alt:View toward Mount Kenya from the Outspan Hotel in 1936
Location City:Nyeri
Location Country:Kenya
Coordinates:-0.4209°N 36.9418°W
Number Of Rooms:45

The Outspan Hotel is in Nyeri, Kenya. It was built up from an old farm by Eric Sherbrooke Walker in the 1920s.

Walker had purchased of Crown Land in Nyeri and in 1928, opened the Outspan Hotel, overlooking the gorge of a river in the Aberdare Range.[1]

The hotel now has 45 rooms on of gardens.[2]

Background

In 1939, Baden-Powell and his wife Olave moved to a cottage he had commissioned on the grounds of the hotel.[3] The Paxtu cottage is integrated into the hotel buildings and serves as a small Scouting museum.[4]

The hunter Jim Corbett also lived there.[5]

Controversy

The hotel has recently been embroiled in controversy; The hotel was acquired under fraudulent circumstances by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua using taxpayer money.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Prickett, R.J . Treetops: Story of A World Famous Hotel . David St John Thomas Publishers . Nairn, Scotland . 1995 . 0-7153-9020-1.
  2. Web site: About Us.
  3. Book: Jeal, Tim . Tim Jeal

    . Tim Jeal . Baden-Powell . . London . 1989 . 0-09-170670-X. Baden-Powell (book) .

  4. Web site: Why did Baden Powell choose Nyeri, Kenya as his last home?. Scouts. World Organization of the Scout Movement. 24 January 2014. 24 July 2016. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605075158/https://www.scout.org/node/24290 . 5 June 2016. dmy-all.
  5. Book: Walker, Eric Sherbrooke . Eric Sherbrooke Walker

    . Eric Sherbrooke Walker . Treetops Hotel . . London . 1962.

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