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Kenya Ngong house for sale | Ngong Property
By property | February 2, 2009
Kenya Ngong house for sale | Ngong Property
5 bedroom double storey house,master bedroom ensuite with balcony boasting good views of the Ngong Hills, a study room & dressing room.
Extra features
Staff quarters,Double garage and adequate water supply.
Area 0.28 Ha
Tenure:Freehold
Price:USD 125,000
Contact:
Email: enquiries [at] tysonskenya [dot] com
Phone: +254 020 2222011 / 310660 / 310666 / 310884
Mobile: +254 722 207403 / 254 734 222002
Note*: On the slopes of the enchanting Ngong hills some 22 km southwest of Nairobi, Ngong is a striking mix of rich and poor.Near the hills is the town of Ngong. The land originally belonged to the Maasai tribe but in the early 1990s the traditional herdsmen began selling it to new arrivals – professionals, entrepreneurs, government officials – from all over Kenya, who built elegant homes here. Housing is mostly in two-storey maisonettes on small plots of land; prices are comparatively low due to the distance from town. The nearest social centre is Karen, a few kilometres down the Ngong Road towards Nairobi, but the famous Ngong Hills offer good walking and the possibility of seeing lion, buffaloes, warthogs and hyenas. Ramblers must be accompanied by a Kenya Wildlife Service warden. Ngong boasts a good range of small shops and other amenities, including a small post office and a petrol station. The area is well connected to the city centre by bus and matatu.
The Ngong Hills are peaks in a ridge along the Great Rift Valley, located southwest near Nairobi, in southern Kenya. The word “Ngong” is a Maasai word meaning “knuckles” due to the 4 hill peaks of the ridge, which stands alone rising from the plain around Nairobi. The Ngong Hills, from the eastside slopes, overlook the Nairobi National Park game reserve and, off to the north, the city of Nairobi. The Ngong Hills, from the westside slopes, overlook the Great Rift Valley dropping over 4,000 feet below, where nomadic Maasai villages have been developed.
The elevation of Ngong is 2061 meters (6765 feet) in altitude.
During the years of British colonial rule, the area around the Ngong Hills was a major settler farming region, and many traditional colonial houses are still seen in the area.
In the 1985 film Out of Africa, the four peaks of the Ngong Hills appear in the background of several scenes near Karen Blixen’s house. Local residents still reported seeing lions in the Hills during the 1990s.
The solitary grave of Denys Finch Hatton, marked by an obelisk and garden, is located on the eastern slopes of the Ngong Hills, overlooking the vast game reserve.
There is a walking trail along the tops of the Ngong Hills, and local residents have sometimes held Sunday church services on the southern peak, overlooking the Great Rift Valley.
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