Location
The Wanjohi Valley is near Aberdare National Park, east of the Great Rift Valley. The area around Naivasha was one of the first to be settled by white people and one of the hunting grounds of the hedonistic Happy Valley set. The area also includes Thomson's Falls.
Some members of the Happy Valley set lived in Gilgil, Kenya, just north of Lake Naivasha.
The colonial town of Nyeri in Central Province, to the east of the Aberdare Range, was the centre of Happy Valley settlers. The town had the atmosphere of a sleepy English village, an impression fostered by the cool air and morning mists.
Outside Nyeri is The Outspan Hotel, a colonial landmark which became a place of pilgrimage for the world's Scouts. A small cottage on the hotel grounds was the final home of Lord Baden-Powell and his wife, founder of the scouting movement, and he is buried outside Nyeri. The cottage has a small museum dedicated to Baden-Powell's life and memory.
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