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The Lake Naivasha Country Club is located on the opposite shore of Lake Naivasha from the town of Naivasha, Kenya. Built using old colonial architecture and opened in 1937, 〔 "Lake Naivasha Country Club – General Information" (wildlife, map, photos), Block Hotels, 2003, webpage: (BH-Naivasha-Club ). 〕 Lake Naivasha Country Club provides accommodation in rooms and cottages across 12 hectares (55 acres) of green lawns shaded by mature acacias and fever trees. 〔 "Lake Naivasha Country Club" (wildlife, map, photos), Go2Africa, 2003, go2africa.com webpage: (Nav ). 〕 The public rooms also display the British colonial style. The residents' lounge has a massive fireplace and large bay windows. The bar adjoins a billiards room, for playing billiards and snooker in the British tradition.〔 Views across Lake Naivasha are dominated by the shadow of Mount Longonot, 2,777 m (9,111 ft), a dormant volcano which, in 1983, was declared a Kenyan national park (52 km²). Mount Longonot also can be seen from the eastern escarpment on the scenic highway to the region. 〔 "Destination Kenya – The Rift Valley" (tourist sites), ''Daily Nation Online'' ("Kenya's Premier Newspaper"), accessed 2006-10-02, NationAudio.com webpage: (NationAudio-RiftValley ). 〕 == History == The Lake Naivasha Country Club opened in 1937 as an intermediate staging post for Imperial Airways' flying boat (seaplane) service travelling from Durban to London.〔 Previously known as the "Lake Hotel" in the 1930s, 〔 "Camp/Lodge accommodation in Kenya – Rift Valley and its Lakes – Lake Naivasha" (overview), @ctiveWEB NZ Ltd, 2006, webpage: (KE1-Navaisha ). 〕 there were papyrus-thatched chalets. The area was popular with members of the Happy Valley set during the years between the World Wars. Also on the shores of Lake Naivasha is the Djinn Palace, which gained notoriety in the Happy Valley days. In 2008 the hotel was transferred from Block Hotels Group to Kenya Hotels Ltd who also run the Lake Baringo Club.〔("Kenya Hotels Ltd" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Naivasha Country Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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