If you loved Out of Africa, then you might find this museum in the farmhouse where the Danish author lived between 1914 and 1931 pretty neat. It was an enchanting tour of the home of Baroness Karen Blixen, coffee plantation owner and author of the book Out of Africa. Immaculate grounds... and the tour guide shared many intriguing facts of Karen, her life and struggles of living in Kenya. On the front porch, resident artist, Joseph Muchina Mwnangi paints colorful works of art of Maasai villagers, and native wildlife. The museum in about 10 miles outside of Nairobi and we spent about 2 hours at the museum. Every guest gets a private tour all around the house and grounds included with the admission, but a heads up, the guides look forward to a small tip. Karen Blixen left after a series of personal tragedies, but the lovely colonial house has been preserved as this lovely museum set in these expansive gardens, a coffee mill and the back grounds house where there are giraffes!
I'm not sure or recall what these critters were called in what was where Karen Blixen milled coffee, but they were seen all over the mill, now out of operation of course. Maybe they were coffee addicts? But they were cute, skittering all around.
Definitely worth a visit if you find yourself in Kenya. I could love here.
