There was one inn that was the favorite “repairing” spot for Bill and his pals and by some quirk of fate it was for sale! After many drinks and lots of dreams the three bought the inn and turned it into the Mt. Kenya Safari Club. “The Club” was a watering hole for the glitterati and crowned heads of the 1950’s and 1960’s, and the hotel’s “gold book” was a veritable “Who’s Who” of that decade.

The club is located on the equator at 7000 feet above sea level on the slopes of Mt. Kenya which towers above the gardens and forests beyond the club. The view from the veranda bar alone is worth the trip. The inn was transformed into what became the most beautiful hotel in East Africa. The roughly 65 acres of grounds that comprised the Safari Club were surrounded by a 2000 acre mixed farm owned by a retired major in the British army. When the land came up for sale in 1960 it was a turning point in Bill’s life and in the life of a young American named Don Hunt.

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