History
The Lake Naivasha Country Club opened in 1937 as an intermediate staging post for Imperial Airways' flying boat (seaplane) service traveling from Durban to London. Previously known as the "Lake Hotel" in the 1930s, there were papyrus-thatched chalets.
The area was popular with members of the Happy Valley set during the years between the World Wars. Also on the shores of Lake Naivasha is the Djinn Palace, which gained notoriety in the Happy Valley days.
In 2008 the hotel was transferred from Block Hotels Group to Kenya Hotels Ltd who also run the Lake Baringo Club.
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