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Historical Treetops in Kenya could reopen

Hope after 70 years from when Elizabeth became queen

07-02-2022 by Freddie del Curatolo

Kenya, February 6th, 1952. 
One of the oldest and most exclusive hotels in Kenya hosted Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on the very night that her father, George V, died in London and she, while admiring elephants and rhinos, found herself unwittingly queen. A few months ago it was closed after the great economic crisis caused by the pandemic, with the serious risk that it would be closed forever. 
"She climbed an African tree as a princess and came down as a queen," the chronicles said at the time.
We're talking about the historic Treetops Lodge, the hotel in Aberdares National Park, Nyeri County, built in the 1930s around a 300-year-old ficus tree as a series of stilts.
Those who were lucky enough to stay there had a unique experience, admiring all kinds of wild animals in the puddle below and even finding a few of them in the halls and restaurant of the facility.
Now, just as the world's media are remembering the 70th anniversary of Elizabeth's reign, rumors are swirling that Treetops is about to reopen, and that would be great news in the face of a renovation that seems necessary.
Visiting the hotel as an envoy of the Daily Mail to report from the place where, seventy years ago, Queen Elizabeth and her future consort Philip stayed during an unforgettable safari, British journalist Robert Hardman collected important evidence that points to the imminent reopening of Treetops, now that the pandemic seems to be less frightening and international travel, especially by African and nature lovers, has resumed.
Hardman was given permission to tour the facility, including the suite dedicated to "Princess Elizabeth." Fences and padlocks were removed specifically for his report, but the reporter found a lodge in perfect order, as if it could reopen at any moment.
"The management agreed to give me an exclusive tour of the place," Hardman recounted, "I took a look at the hotel and found it all clean and tidy. The 36 rooms, including the cozy 'Princess Elizabeth Suite,' have been mothballed, with plans to reopen at some point."
The article points out that the entire Nyeri community is hopeful that the historic hotel can reopen, because the impact on the local economy has been significant and in general those who live and work with hospitality and safari need its icon, to resume working with visitors.

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