Modern Arts Centre Stuck In Both Hemispheres
The Lily Pond, on the equator, Nanyuki, is an exciting new Arts Centre, offering galvanizing Kenyan art, gifts and healthy lunches - which makes a unbeatable special break on a Kenyan safari schedule.
The Lily Pond is situated just off the main Nanyuki "Nairobi road route into Samburu State Park, Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Sweetwaters), Meru Nationwide Park and Mount Kenya Safari Club and so makes an ideal stopover on the Kenyan safari trail.
The enormous art gallery displays East Africa's top modern artists, away from the bustle of town life.
You can decide to either soak up the atmosphere of this composed and special place, or meet the "Artists in Residence".The Art Gallery houses graduates from art faculties in Nairobi, who are on full time, long-term placements at the centre, making and showing new works.
This new place in Nanyuki,aims to operate as a springboard for young artists to launch their careers, whilst permitting visitors to buy original artworks.
Safari guests can also enjoy a healthy lunch on a deck, overlooking a giant lily pond.
The restaurant chefspreparelunches, taking fresh herbs them straight from their own herb garden and onto your lunch plate.
With the great Mount Kenya as a background, you can like watching the white egret, hunting the frogs in the pond!
The Lily Pond is net savvy, with fast, free, Wi-Fi in this attractive and tranquil environment.
What Kenyan safari guests find amazing is that the equator slices clean through the middle of the Lily Pond eatery deck. This indicates that they you begin with a good main course in the Southern Hemisphere, and finish with a luxurious desert in the Northern Hemisphere!
The new Arts Centre in Nanyuki is a family favouritefor lunches, with the signature dish being Karibu Kenyan - a local beef stew with mukimo, green gram curry and kachubari and chapatis naturally. Leave room for a desert as the Lily Pond homemade chocolate cakes served with thick cream are to die for. All washed down with a Kenyan Tusker or Malt.
This new Humanities Centre in Nanyuki, has just installed a new equator sculpture, the Wish Globe, which is installed exactly at 0000000.Everyone writes down their wishes and then hangs them onto the "Wish Globe".
Do you know that objects move in different directions in the Northerly and Southern hemispheres of the Equator? You can test the Coriolis effect at the Lily Pond, which is exactly on the Equator in Nanyuki.
The Arts Centre is also a one-off opportunity to buy special hand- crafted gifts like beaded sandals, recycled flip flop toys, African masks, Glass chimes, Metal geckos and plenty more surprising present ideas.
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The Lily Pond Humanities Centre offers inspiring Kenyan art, gifts and healthy lunches - which makes a matchless special break on a kenyan safari.Find out today, the exact location of this vibrant ArtsCentre on the equator in Nayunki, Mount
Kenya region of Kenya.
Kenya region of Kenya.