Love nest that became rendezvous of the rich

With its beginnings set in idyllic romance, the story behind the Fairmont Mt Kenya Safari Club is inspired by love, conservation and the finer things in life, writes Ferdinand Mwongela

The Fairmont Mt Kenya Safari Club is an exclusive retreat in its own class. Set at the foot of the great mountain, it looks like a picture from a postcard with its white walls and imposing structure framed against the bluish mountain and the orange tinge of the rising sun in the morning.