Tag: Staycation

• Sunday brunch at the new Radisson Blu

  

  Every month, it seems, another Sunday brunch event pops up somewhere in the city. One of the latest additions is the Sunday Fire Lake Brunch at the new Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence by the Nairobi Arboretum. My wife and I tried it out last weekend, and we were impressed. Fire Lake is a great […]

  Jan Fox

  15/03/2020

  Uncategorized

  Brunch, Hotel, Nairobi, Nairobi Arboretum, Radisson Blu, Radisson Blu Arboretum, Recent, Staycation

• Creature Comforts at The River Cottage

  

  For the long Mashujaa Day weekend, my wife and I were on the hunt for a good value Airbnb on the outskirts of Nairobi. The criteria for our search was fairly basic: a small house or cottage with a garden, in a quiet neighbourhood. What we found was far from basic, but it otherwise fitted […]

  Jan Fox

  27/10/2019

  Travel

  Airbnb, Cottage, Karen, Nairobi, Staycation, The River Cottage, The River House

• An Indulgent Weekend at Hemingways

  

  Swollen clouds hung menacingly over the Ngong Hills, and as the rain fell I was glad to be indoors. But given the luxury of my surroundings, I had no desire to be outside anyway. I was sitting on the terrace of the Karen Blixen Suite of Hemingways Nairobi, looking out towards the drenched garden throug­­h […]

  Jan Fox

  26/05/2019

  Events, Travel

  Brunch, Brunch and Jazz, Cooking Lessons, Hemingways Collection, Hemingways Nairobi, Luxury, Recent, Spa, Staycation