Outspan Hotel

Outspan Hotel
Outspan Hotel, 1987
General information
Town or city	Nyeri
Country	Kenya
Coordinates	0°25′15″S36°56′30″E / 0.4209°S 36.9418°E / -0.4209; 36.9418
Opened	1928 (1928)
Other information
Number of rooms	45
Website
outspan.co.ke

The Outspan Hotel, located in Nyeri, Kenya, was developed from an old farm by Eric Sherbrooke Walker during the 1920s.

In 1928, Walker opened the Outspan Hotel on 28 hectares (69 acres) of Crown Land in Nyeri, overlooking the gorge of a river in the Aberdare Range. ^{[1] [ page needed ]}

The hotel now features 45 rooms on 8.1 ha (20 acres) of landscaped gardens. ^[2]

Background

In 1939, Baden-Powell and his wife Olave moved into a cottage he had commissioned on the hotel grounds. ^[3] The Paxtu cottage is now part of the hotel complex and serves as a small Scouting museum dedicated to scouting. ^{[4] [5]}

The hunter Jim Corbett also lived there. ^[6]

See also

• Treetops Hotel

References

1. Prickett, R.J (1995). Treetops: Story of A World Famous Hotel. Nairn, Scotland: David St John Thomas Publishers. ISBN   0-7153-9020-1.
2. "About Us".
3. Jeal, Tim (1989). Baden-Powell. London: Hutchinson. ISBN   0-09-170670-X.
4. "Why did Baden Powell choose Nyeri, Kenya as his last home?". Scouts. World Organization of the Scout Movement. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
5. "The Fate of the Iconic Scouts Museum in Nyeri – Kenya News Agency". 20 February 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
6. Best, Nicholas (8 January 2012). "The day Princess Elizabeth became Queen". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 3 October 2024.