The story of Brackenhurst is a rich and fascinationg one that spans from 1914, when a family of English immigrants came to British East Africa to plant coffee and ended up setting up a thriving hotel that hosted groups of travellers during their stay in Kenya's interior.  Read these five articles for the whole story of Brackenhurst's transformation.  (Story by Rosalind Harrell)

Mr. Cane was a talented musician and Mrs. Cane was a keen gardener.  With her husband working as a censor in the Nairobi post office during the years of World War I and occasionally bicycling home, Mrs. Cane gradually began a profitable business of growing vegetables.  The produce was carefully...

During the time of expansion after World War I, the Canes constructed an  additional building from a disassembled army hut bought for 25 pounds and sent up from Nairobi on the train.  This particular building that stood directly in front of the present dining room served as a tea room...

Brackenhurst was soon able to accommodate about 100 guests.  Mr. and Mrs. Roy Howard, daughter and son-in-law of the Canes who lived nearby, assisted with management of the property. Later they moved to what is still called "The Lodge,"...

The years following World War II initiated a series of events that contributed to the closure of the hotel in June, 1964.  The week before closure, Mr. Warwick Mason wrote pessimistically in a Nairobi newspaper...