This incredible 1930's Elizabethan manor stands as one of the finest examples of colonial excess in Africa. It is a wonderfully out of place edifice, beautifully restored and with just seven lovely bedrooms.
This delicate 115 foot Kenyan Cypress-clad pagoda stands 50 ft wide at its base and offers 4 double rooms and a single inside the nine story construction. Nestling within the surrounding yellow acacia 'fever' trees that surround much of Lake Naivasha, the design is completely accepted by wildlife, fooling short sighted hippopotami to think that the Tower is part and parcel of the landscape, a towering yellow acacia itself. Completed in 1993, Hippo Point is the eccentric folly of Dodo Cunningham-Reid, who wanted to build something special in Kenya for herself and others to enjoy.
Only available for exclusive use, remarkably guests are asked to pay the same per person rate regardless of group size, which makes it a real steal for couples.
As with the nearby tower, Hippo Point House is as good as this kind of madness gets, a truly world class folly.
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