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Hills made for fun and romance

Ngong Hills
Ngong Hills

Ngong Hills are by far the most noticeable landmark, visible from every corner of Nairobi. They are perhaps the most romanticised hills on the continent. And this is why.

In 1914, a young lady, Karen Dinesen came to Kenya on one of the most convoluted love story. A few years later, she met, fell in love and married Swedish Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke. The two started a coffee farm on the foothills of Ngong Hills. Her philandering husband put the relationship on rocks and the two called in quits a few years later.

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