Tea Hotel

Western Kenya


This grand property was built in the 1950s by the Brooke Bond company and still has a lot of (very faded) period charm. The hotel’s most notable features are the vast hallways and dining rooms full of mounted animal heads, and its beautiful gardens with their tea-bush backdrops. Many of the rooms, though, are literally falling to pieces.

Renovations are planned. In the meantime, the highlights are the gardens, the sense of history and the chance to set up a visit to one of the tea plantations.


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