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Blue Post Hotel is just off Thika road about 40 kilometers from Nairobi. Blue Post Hotel, lies on a promontory where the Chania and Thika rivers meet to form the Thika and Chania Falls. Nestled between two falls –Chania and Thika; the hotel was started in 1908; as a stopover for white settlers who lived and farmed in central Kenya.
Blue Post Hotel was initially owned by a white man named Cape, who later sold it to a Mr. Edward Sergent, until 1976 when it changed hands to the Kenyatta family. Before the present hotel, which has an African touch with Makuti roofing was built; the residence bar comprised of shades with blue pillars; and that's where it derived its name from.
Blue Post Hotel, is located between two rivers, the Chania and Thika, with their sources in the Aberdare Ranges. Natural waterfalls are a feature of both rivers. For Nature lovers, Blue Post is home to a variety of bird life as well as to a number of indigenous trees found only in this area.
Accommodation consists of 32 spacious rooms with GTV and DSTV-connected TV, located in two wings, the Chania Wing and Thika Wing. As a conference venue, the hotel can accommodate four seminars at a time, with seating for 20, 40, 60 and over 300 people.
Other facilities include cyber cafe, gift shop, children's park, wedding tents, chairs and tables for hire, craft centre, salon, disco and weekend entertainment (other days on request) plus rafting, horse-riding and nature walks.
