Fairmont Norfolk Hotel has played a leading role in Kenya’s colorful history, and continues to be Nairobi’s finest and best-known luxury hotel. The town and later the modern city of Nairobi grew up around Fairmont The Norfolk hotel, which still has its own private tropical gardens. The hotel is still the traditional starting point for safaris and the Lord Delamere Terrace is modern Nairobi’s most famous meeting place, where drinks and light meals are served continuously from morning until midnight.
Opened in 1904 thus occupies a unique place in the history of Nairobi with generations of unfailing luxurious style evident in the old elegant rickshaws, ox-carts and vintage cars standing in the well manicured gardens amongst modern luxurious facilities.