Karen Blixen Coffee Garden Restaurant (Tamambo) is located in a beautiful peaceful setting on Karen Road, near the Karen Blixen Museum and about half a mile from the Karen Golf and Country Club, it is the site of the original farmhouse which was the Blixen property. Karen Blixen Cottages are in Karen, a beautiful peaceful suburb approximately 20 miles from downtown Nairobi.

The Historic Swedo House at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden and Cottages, Ltd. was the original hunting lodge/farm house which was built around 1906 to 1908. It is located approximately a half mile from the Karen Blixen (Bogani House) museum, and is 15 minutes from downtown Nairobi.

The historic Grogan/MacMillan Manor House was moved brick by brick from downtown Nairobi to the Coffee Garden in 2008 to save it from destruction.

It is the site of the original farmhouse of the property, which now is near the Karen Blixen Museum (of "Out of Africa") and about half a mile from the Karen Golf and Country Club where guest can enjoy golfing, tennis, squash as well as other activities. The Coffee Garden sits only 5 ½ acres of land with large hundred year old trees and a beautiful garden with hundreds of different varieties of blooming flowers, and a large population of birds.www.crocodileracers.com

Cottages:

Cottage facilities house as many as 30 guests. Eight of the cottages have individual suites and three have two bedroom suites with a common large sitting room. The honeymoon cottage has a large bedroom and sitting room each with a fireplace.

Dining:

The Restaurant and Bar are now undermanagement by the Tamarind Group of restaurants that are famous for their Carnivore restaurant and the Tamarind Restaurants in Nairobi and Mombassa. The restaurant is the Tamambo Karen Blixen and is open for early breakfasts and reservations for late arrivals can be made.

The Restaurant is open for breakfast from 700hr daily and the kitchen remains open until 2200hr. (A light menu is available in the bar for late night snacks and a clay pizza oven is being built.) Diners have their choice of five areas for lunch or dinner. Residents can also enjoy dinner in their rooms or poolside.