Karen Blixen Museum

The Karen Blixen Museum is the farmhouse where writer Karen Blixen aqua Isaac Dinesen lived between 1914 and 1931 The baroness was a coffee planter and lady aristocrat who became one of Africa’s most legendary writers.

Her book “Out of Africa” was made into a movie filmed in and around the farmhouse on the edge of the Rift Valley.

The house was offered to the Kenyan government at independence by the Danish government along with the nearby agricultural college. It is placed in exquisite gardens on Karen Rd and is quite a fascinating place to stroll around. There is the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden along side a smart upmarket restaurant set in a very English country Garden with excellent food and a very friendly, popular bar.