Maverick Camp, Rondavels and Homestay

Maverick camp Rondavels and Homestay hugs the slopes of Aberdare ranges, barely 156 Km North East of Nairobi, in Wanjohi Happy Valley. Wanjohi Valley lies on the slopes of Aberdare ranges, near Aberdare National Park, east of the Great Rift Valley. The area around Wanjohi Valley is Bushi, Miharati, Ndemi, Kariamu and Olkalou; stretching upwards to Lord Baden Powell’s grave and downwards stretching to Thompson’s falls with the weather of a sleepy English village. The valley is famous for hosting the so called Happy valley set whose height of influence was in the late 1920s. If there is something otherworldly lit other than the Happy valley story, it is the Wanjohi valley landscape. The view of Happy Valley to the south as you climb the escarpment and Lake Ol Bollosat to the north, AWESOME. In Shamata, which in Maa language means ‘high place’, this cold place is to the east of Happy Valley. Here, pioneer settlers, also well-known as the Happy Valley lot, built elegant colonial houses. If there’s something these settlers knew well, it was choosing locations. Spend afternoons doing village walks and visiting nearby shopping centers/ market. Enjoy evening at the fire place with a talk from the old village men narrating the good old days of Happy Valley, how the Wall Street recession of 1920’s led to decline of agri-tourism in this area and other mesmerizing village stories. The location is ideal for family outings, executive meetings, team building and hot lunch spot for the Aberdare Ranges and Mt. Kipipiri hikers. ~Welcome to Africa Escapades Homestay Experience~