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Newsweek
US
October 2007

Newsweek Hot Spot

Hippo Point
Kenya

Recently restored by socialite and conservationist Dodo Cunningham-Reid, this romantic Garden of Eden – named one of the World’s most beautiful homes by Architectural Digest – has opened its doors to Africa’s most exclusive visitors, from celebs to European royalty.

Ambience: located on a 240-hectare private game sanctuary nestled between Lake Naivasha and Oloidien Bay, this beautifully restored colonial manor house boasts 14 rooms filled with the finest antiques, crystal and Italian linen sheets.

Food: Enjoy high tea from the balcony of an eight-story wooden tower, which provides breathtaking views of the water and the sanctuary’s many wild inhabitants. The estate also has an organic garden from which delicious healthy meals are prepared.

Spa: Relax in the tower’s meditation room, get a detox massage or schedule a yoga retreat for you and your friends.

Activities: Lie by the 200-meter pool surrounded by giraffes, zebras and curious baboons, take a duided wildlife or bird-watching tour (more than 360 species), go horseback riding among the fame, helicopter into the Masai Mara or go water-skiing among the hippos from the private jetty ($690 per person per night or $20,000 weekly for six people, with each additional guest $2,000 per week; hippo-pointkenya.com).

Alexandra Polier