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Karen Blixen Museum Day Tour

$ 1000.00

Karen Blixen Museum

No. of days : 1

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Category : Day Trips

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Karen Blixen Museum Day Tour

Karen Blixen Museum Day Tour, Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi, Karen Blixen Museum House Tour in Kenya

Start and end in Nairobi! With the Karen Blixen Museum Tour, you have a full-day tour package taking you through Nairobi, Kenya, at the Karen Blixen Museum. The Karen Blixen Museum Tour includes accommodation, an expert guide, meals, transport, and so much more.

Karen Blixen Museum Visit day tour is a short trip to one of the famous Kenyan museums in Nairobi. The Karen Blixen house is a popular museum as it depicts the life of early Kenyan colonial settlers. The Karen Blixen Museum is located in the house of the former landowner and coffee farmer Karen Blixen, who was a Danish lady who settled here with her husband. Karen Blixen Day visit is a guided tour around the house, which has all the colonial furniture and wildlife prizes owned by Karen Blixen. Karen Blixen Home is an old colonial house located in a leafy suburb within the former coffee estate near Ngong Hills.

About Karen Blixen Museum

Karen Blixen Museum was once the centerpiece of a farm at the foot of the Ngong Hills owned by Danish Author Karen and her Swedish Husband, Baron Bror von Blixen Fincke. Located 10km from the city centre, the Museum belongs to a different period in the history of Kenya. The farmhouse gained international fame with the release of the movie ‘Out of Africa’, an Oscar-winning film based on Karen’s an autobiography by the same title.

If you loved Out of Africa, you’ll love this museum in the farmhouse where author Karen Blixen lived between 1914 and 1931. She left after a series of personal tragedies, but the lovely colonial house has been preserved as a museum. Set in expansive gardens, the museum is an interesting place to wander around, but the movie was actually shot at a nearby location, so don’t be surprised if things don’t look entirely as you expect!

The Museum is open to the Public every day from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm, including weekends and public holidays. Guided tours are available at all times. A museum shop offers handicrafts, posters and postcards, the Movie ‘Out of Africa’, books, and other Kenyan souvenirs. The grounds may be rented for wedding receptions, corporate functions, and other events.

Safari Highlights:

Tour around the Karen Blixen Museum
The museum shop offers handicrafts, posters and postcards, the Movie ‘Out of Africa’, books, and other Kenyan souvenirs
Included in the Safari Cost
Arrival & Departure airport transfers are complimentary to all our clients.
Transportation as per the itinerary.
Accommodation as per the itinerary or similar, with a request to all our clients.
Meals as per itinerary: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Game Drives
Services of a literate English driver/guide.
National park & game reserve entrance fees as per itinerary.
Excursions & activities as per the itinerary, with a request
Recommended Mineral Water while on safari.
Excluded from the Safari Cost
Visas and related costs.
Personal Taxes.
Drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls, and other items of a personal nature.
International flights.

Itineraries

Itinerary Details

Depart from the hotel and drive towards the former home of the famous Karen Blixen, author of “Out of Africa” and one of the most famous colonialists in East Africa. The house, built in 1910, has a red tile roof and mellow wood paneling in the rooms. When Karen Blixen bought the property, it had 6,000 acres of land, but only 600 acres were developed for growing coffee; the rest was retained under natural forest. Much of the original furniture is on display in the house. The original kitchen has been restored and is now open for viewing. A Dove Stove similar to the one used by Karen Blixen is on display, as are the kitchen utensils. Reconstruction of the coffee factory, along with other old farm machinery, is underway. The aim here is to take an individual back in time and provide a visual impression of each settler's life in Kenya. Karen Blixen Museum has become a hub of various activities,s including private parties, research, and visitation, from all over the world. The income so generated is used to refurbish and maintain the Karen Blixen Museum and other regional museums. Depart from the Museum and back to the hotel.