Ngong Hills Nairobi

Great Rift Valley, Nairobi , Kenya
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    Mountain, Scenic/historic walking area, Trail

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  • 1

    Moo and the Museum

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    ... cousin (daughter of dad's sister). So, we were going to her parent's house. It was a bit of a drive, near the famous Ngong Hills. It's a very scenic area, many farms and pastures, green rolling hills and acacias. They live on a small farm with four cows ...

  • 2

    Pink Toenails

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    ... it for you and barbeque it on the spot. They don't serve salad. It was a fun drive, we got to go all the way to the Ngong hills, and a little bit past I think. I started feeling some of the magic of Africa. This area is known as Maasai Land. Every time a ...

  • 3

    Day 4 - Nairobi

    ... songs we sing in Northbrook. The congregation really welcomed us, and the church itself is an open-air church in the Ngong Hills. We gathered for tea after the service and met many in the congregation - very friendly and faithful people. After ...

  • 4

    A Nairobbery hideout and a dash for the border

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    ... . We cleared a spot in the backseat for Moses and took off along the jarring road to his village situated at the foot of the Ngong Hills. Upon our arrival Nancy (Emmanuel's wife) had a delicious meal of lentils and rice all cooked up ready for us. Once ...

  • 5

    Ostrich Balls and Crocodile Make Good Eats

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    ... of the hotels here are booked – we were the last ones to get a room for the night!  Today we walked around Ngong Hills an area that is very beautiful – fragrant flowers and trees, lush gardens – this is where Karen Blixen the ...

  • 6

    Giraffe Centre and Karen Blixen

    ... . It was such a beautiful house. Most of her belongings were donated back from her friends in Denmark and here in Kenya. You can see the Ngong Hills from her back garden, it was so pretty! After Karen Blixen, we made our way to the Giraffe Centre. ...

  • 7

    East to Nairobi

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    ... there. We had a clear view of the Great Rift Valley, which is always fascinating to see. Approaching Nairobi, we flew just to the south of the Ngong Hills, which figure prominently in the writing of Karen Blixen. At the base of the hills, I could see ...

  • 8

    Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro and Nairobi

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    ... and through breaks in the clouds I caught glimpses of the snow on its higher peak. Farther north as we approached Nairobi I could see the Ngong hills. Ngong means “knuckles” in Massai and it’s easy to see why that name was given; the ...

  • 9

    Travel to Nairobi

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    ... - it was worth a try. We had a view of Lake Victoria again, flew over the Serengeti Plain and almost right over the Ngong hills where Karen Blixen's lover Dennis Finch-Hatton is buried, as she recounts in Out of Africa. I actually went some years ago ...

  • 10

    Nairobi

    ... call him back an hour later when we reached Nairobi.  Antonio lives on a pleasant farm plot in Karen at the foot of the Ngong hills.  Karen was named for Karen Blixen.  Her farm, about which she wrote in Out of Africa, included most of the ...