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Treetops Lodge
The famous Treetops hotel started life in a very
humble way. In 1932 its first visitors gingerly climbed the wild fig
tree supporting the two room tree house. By 1952, Treetops had
expanded. Now a four room construction, Treetops welcomed, in
February of the same year, its most famous visitor. A young English
girl climbed the tree as a Princess one afternoon, to descend the
following morning Queen Elizabeth I I - her father, King George VI
had died during the night.
By now, Treetops reputation had spread far and wide and for the
globetrotter, the rich, the famous and the fashionable no visit
to Africa - Kenya was regarded was complete without experiencing
the Treetops adventure. Even today, with all the exciting safari
lodges and camps Kenya has to offer, 50 room Treetops heads the
list for many a visitor. Sited in the heart of the dense lichen
hung forest for the Aberdare National Park's Salient, Treetops
overlooks two waterholes and magnificent snowy peaks of Mount
Kenya.
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