Outspan Golf Country Club Hotel is located a kilometer from Nyeri town, Outspan is a comfortable hotel by any standard in Aberdare region and is set in a well tended tropical garden with views of Mount Kenya. The 45 rooms are spacious and airy, most with fire places and garden access.Outspan Hotel serves as a base hotel for Treetops Hotels, guests check in and have lunch before departing for Treetops Hotel. Lord Baden Powell, founder of the Scouting movement spent the last three years of his life in a cottage called Paxtu.Set in tropical gardens and rolling lawns, just 160 kms on a good road from Nairobi, Outspan Hotel is the nearest hotel to the spectacular Karuru Falls, and a good country hotel
To ‘outspan’ means to unyoke one’s weary oxen at the end of a day’s journey. Outspan Hotel is a gracious solid and comfortable hotel set in a well tented tropical garden with rolling lawns in the town of Nyeri in the Aberdares.
It presents spectacular views of Mount Kenya, framed by the white water of the Chania River. Outspan Hotel is the nearest hotel to the spectacular Aberdares National Park.

Outspan Golf Country Club Hotel Accommodation
Outspan Hotel offers guests a range of accommodations, with twin rooms, garden suites, or cottages. The rooms are spacious and airy, most with fireplaces and garden access. The rooms in the new Chania wing are wood panelled with a fireplace, balcony, satellite TV and minibar. The remaining rooms are older in style reminiscent of the 1920's with colonial sized bathrooms.
Outspan Hotel boasts of 42 spacious rooms and 3 cottages, airy and most of them having garden access.
-They are well furnished with:
King size beds
Colonial sized bathroom
Fire place
Internet access points
Satellite TV
Balcony

-There are 8 luxurious rooms in the Chania Wing that are wood paneled with:
Fire place
Satellite TV
Mini bar
Balcony
Outspan Golf Country Club Hotel Activities
GAME DRIVES
Outspan is home to 2000 Elephants and is the last remaining habitat of the elusive Bongo Antelope and the giant Forest Hog. Other animals to be seen include Black Rhinos,Buffaloes,Serval Cats,Leopards,African Wild Cat, Spotted Hyena, African Civet and the rare Golden Cat.
NATURE WALK
Outspan is famed for its expansive grounds, beautiful gardens and over 300 bird species. As you take a guided walk along river Chania, our naturalist will identify the flora & fauna, and a waterfall gorge where the river squeezes between black rocks. The highlight is the massive five hundred year old mugumo tree, sacred to the Kikuyu people.
COFFEE FARM VISIT
Nyeri is the home of the finest Arabica coffee in the world. At the Kihuri Coffee Estate, the farm manager will guide you round the 70 year old plantation and take you through conversion, harvesting and the grading process of coffee beans.
VISIT PAXTU MUSEUM
The Outspan Cottage Paxtu was built for Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Scouts movement. From October 1938, Baden Powell and his wife lived in the cottage until the Chief Scout’s death in 1941.Preserved as a museum with various memorabilia in his memory is Paxtu.
SOLIO RANCH
30km away from Outspan is Solio Ranch Rhino Sanctuary. It is home to about 200 white and black Rhinos which live in harmony with other wildlife including Buffalo,Zebra,Girrafe,and other game species such as Eland,Oryx,Impala,Waterbuck,Thompson’s Gazelle and Warthog. Cats include Lion, Leopard and Cheetah.Reseve is closed during rainy seasons.
BAR

Sherry Bar adjacent to the restaurant is open from 17.00hrs to 23.00hrs.

Kirinyaga Tavern an informal pub is open Fri & Sat 09.00hrs to 23.00hrs, Sun & Thurs 09.00hrs till late.

MEETINGS &CONFERENCES

SHERBROOKE WALKER ROOM

40 person’s classroom style

60-80 persons theatre style

Day conferences

KIRINYAGA ROOM

50 persons classroom style
60-80 persons theatre style
Day conferences.
CHANIA BOARD ROOM
10 persons classroom style
15 persons theatre style
Day conferences
CONFERENCE EQUIPMENT
LCD Projector
TV
Video
Overhead Projector
Screen
Material & Services –Flip chart, writing material, tea/coffee breaks and mineral water.
BUSINESS CENTRE
Service Offered:
Computer use –internet & e-mail.
Photocopying
Fax transmission, telephone calls local &international.
ACTIVITIES
Nature walk
Swimming
Tennis
Squash
Table Tennis
Snooker
Golf at Nyeri Golf Club

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