A day inside one of the wealthiest village in Africa, Tigoni in Kiambu Kenya
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- Next Neighbourhoods 2021: Tigoni, Limuru, Kenya
Tigoni is nestled 2,500m above sea level in a rural highland setting, yet is just 26km from the hustle and bustle of Nairobi’s CBD. The area is well known for its beautiful rolling landscapes with carpet- like tea plantations and for its cold misty mornings, making it a unique sub-market within this African regional hub. Agriculture is the predominant economic activity in the area with tea and coffee the main cash crops but, increasingly, the real estate opportunity is being realized.
Why is it primed for growth?
Land values are coming off a low base by contrast with other suburbs. The improving road networks within Tigoni and specifically the main highway into central Nairobi has reduced the commute to less than one hour. The Covid-19 pandemic has strengthened the appeal of Tigoni’s rural setting and clean fresh air and contributed to its emergence as an exclusive countryside address that is still easily commutable.
My favourite bits:
Tigoni is remarkably beautiful and has a distinctly English feel in many parts. Its rural verdant green setting make it ideal for outdoor activities such as cycling and running through the undulating tea plantations. Limuru Golf and Country Club and Kentmere Country Club also offer recreational activities and a sense of community fellowship.
What will my money buy me?
Land prices come at a discount when compared with other Nairobi submarkets. An average of KSh20 million will buy a vacant one-acre parcel, compared with KSh50 million-plus for the same amount of land in one of the established prime suburbs such as Karen. Tigoni is an excellent area to build a dream family residence, especially for those looking to retire or move to a more rural setting while remaining within easy reach of the city.
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Grape Vineyards are a major component in Capetown (South Africa) tourism circuit. Kenya should make a point to include Tea plantation tours as one of it's tourist packages.
Lot's of potential on that side, few people are doing it though.
@@AfrikanTraveller no KENYA TEA OR COFFEE IN LONDON
@@AfrikanTraveller did you EVER hear of MELLOW RELAXING MUSIC.
Its too dangerous in KENYA.
We saw TOB COHEN'S MURDER.
We do sell tea plantation tours...there is Kiambethu farm open to tourists
A small historical fact, the Maumau war was started due to land policy in Tigoni. It was the catalyst for the Maumau war. In the forties, the original land owners were expelled and moved to a drier poor area called Lari, so as to create a village for white military officers. The chief, Luka wa Karuri, took most land in the new village for himself and family. So in October, the Maumau had their first attack supported by the local population and it is known as the Lari massacre, where the chief and family were killed. The colonial government then declared a state of emergency. So Tigoni, is mostly owned by white families who benefited from colonial land policy.
*Luka wa Kahangara*. The mau mau uprising had already started before the Lari massacre. The trigger of the 1952 state of emergency declaration was the murder of loyalist Chief Waruhiu, after that of a British woman a week prior. The Lari massacre didn't happen until the following year.
Tigoni is NOT "mostly owned by white families" -- the majority left at independence. The only remaining families are less than 5. > 95% land ownership is black Kenyans. My parents' house and land was formerly owned by a white colonialist.
Thank you, instincts told me something was amiss here. I heard the massacre was blood bath.
Lari was white owned too. Luka probably lived there because he was a colonial chief. An 82 year old Kikuyu man told me that Lari was out of bounds for black people
Agree colonial attrocities still living on nothing to celebrate
@@mangoriozq Most of the land belong to our family but the Kenyan system is Soo damn corrupt and we have been frustrated by court's even after winning our case on the NLC under historical land injustice
As a Tanzanian, Tigoni was my first visit in 1995 at Hill Top primary school. Indeed, it has changed. Majirani Hongereni sana...much love East Africa!
Tanzanians should lobby their government to make it easy and cost effective to visit Tz...this would promote tourism and more business between the two countries
@@erinomitiIt's easy jirani..dust off your passport...
For the FIRST TIME we can see Africa 🌹🇰🇪 Kenya from above and yet so CLOSE to almost FEEL you want to Embrace IT.
Chris, born Kitale, my family owned a house, in Tigoni, turn left off the main road from Nairobi,down the hill past the Golf Club, then Tigoni lake on your right. Mr and Mrs Gunson, where retired Coffee farmers from Kitale, had a beautiful house on the left, just after the lake.
African traveller, have a look at the Brackenhurst hotel, on the right just before Tigoni village. Not sure if hotel is still there.
As a white Kenyan until independence, love to watch your channel and a great fan. Keep the Video’s coming. Kwahiri Bana.
Hi. You say owned; did they sell?
You actually have a good memories of the area...it's a lovely "cold" place not forgetting Kentmare country club,personally that the place I went through my Childhood to Adulthood Intiatiation if you get what I mean Inside those tea plantations coz it not far from h9m anyway. Salamika sana +44
Brackenhurst remains one of the hottest places around.
Yes brackenhurt is still there n more beautiful than nvr. I knw the Gibsons
No offense to you but in the time of pre independence your parents did not own they stole the land from the locals as it was norm colonial times just like the whites who still have vast land in kenya . Nanyuki is an example . A time is coming when Kenyans will demand their land back Just like what’s happening in South Africa and Zimbabwe .
stolen will always remain stolen and no pride in that .
Driving from Banana to Limuru is the most amazing relaxing drive you can have.
True.. you might also like th-cam.com/video/Tun9w4GOgg0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=K7H5L0iLMsKxCYDu
Kenya is a cool country, am aUgandan whose so obsessed with Kenya and soon l might be shifting to Kenya
You are welcome
@@dorischemutai9025 ma pleasure
Welcome sister
I pray to God that I will own a piece of the land in Tigoni. From my mouth to God's ears.
AMEN Amen Amen Amen
Me too I really love this place
Amen,me too Amen indeed.
Amen.
Wow that's from the heart. You will get it dear.
The greenery view is breathtaking
Beautiful place. Kenya is lovely, we only need to polish afew rough edges like cleanliness in cities, towns and residential areas, making pavements and use our resources on the right things. With this in place ,we'll only go abroad to visit.
also wish the council had left vacant land in every surburb for green parks and field sports that is accessible by the local residents and maintained by the council.
@@cybertroy2 true! Wonder whether we have planners or they all went to sleep.
@@lizzysnest3913 th-cam.com/video/BUeVa3hjG5Q/w-d-xo.html
All that shall happen. Just wait till Baba is in state house
@@lizzysnest3913 it's too late for that in inner Nairobi. All the land is taken/grabbed. The few remaining land spaces is forests and wildlife parks.
Spectacular! This is one of those "tell me I'm beautiful without saying I'm beautiful" moments. Amazing& the drone shots 👌
This makes me miss home, being in the desert 2 years, pleased to see our very beautiful country, and so we have the green mark in our flag
Home will always be best.
I miss seeing rivers, lakes or even overcast dark clouds too.
@@GanymedeAxis Where I am it's winter and I miss just the Kenyan weather, now I only see the sun after like 2 months
@@brianmuturi8534 I wish I never took the comfort and warmth of home for granted 😂
Kwanza na miss Ile makelele ya makanga kwa stage😀and see people walking in the streets
This is so lush and beautiful. Kenyan landscape is like no other. From an envious West African in crowded, smelly Accra😌
😄😄😄 Accra was not as smelly though.
@@AfrikanTraveller Some parts are actually ok😉Others....ugh🤦♀️.
Your Ghanaian brothers and sisters will come for your neck! 😂😂😂
Don’t worry, Even us … Nairobi is a shit hole
@@alexchui3511 They will oo...some Ghanaians are a very sensitive lot😄
This place is soo amazing, serene, it’s the BOOMB 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤛🏿
Glad you enjoyed it Bro.
reminds me of my hometown in Nyeri. i love seeing all the greenery of tea plantations. its so beautiful.
Love this village! The greenery and views are amazing! Thanks for bringing us village life! Its way better than life in the city .
Very True
Give me the ' village' any day!. The greenery,climate, beautiful homes,nó crowding.... Beautiful ! Beautiful!
Bro I’m first here,i will just watch till the end! 🤩🤩🤩
Thanks Bro, hope you enjoyed the beautiful countryside.
Kenyans with their WiFi won't let you be number one.
Tigoni; Mamma Afrika's area of outstanding natural beauty!!!
I lived in Tigoni lake house for a year, the place is amazing though very cold but it's very very beautiful, it's just amazing Kenya my Homeland
OMG 😲this is awesome...I love what I'm seeing..the drone shots 👌
Thank you 😊😊
Beautiful Kenya….it’s so green….that’s one of the things I love about your country. It’s all that rainfall you get.
Thank you Africa. Traveller! This was truly breath taking sceneries. The greenery runs miles on end! Wow, the landscape is like none other. I thank you so much. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Nice, i spent all my 14yrs of schooling in Tigoni. Back then (90s to 2000s) it was very white 🙄. I'm happy to see it opening up more to natives but it saddens me though the amount of $ we have to pay to buy back stolen land #smh. Beautiful place either way
Am happy ownership is changing atleast.
Restitution
@@AfrikanTraveller Not far from home actually I got Intiated from Childhood to Adulthood" "circumussion" near that fall and cowards boys have history of running to those plantantions ...
🤣🤣🤣+44
The shots are amazing. Keep doing the good work Afrikan Traveler.
Kenyans are outdoing each by the size of houses they build. If you asked me, I would rather build a smaller house but with a swimming pool. Thanks brother, for showing this other side of Africa that the West does not want you see. A Mzungu friend of mine recently spent some holiday in Limuru with the same air view and climate like this place and she had to be reminded many times that she is still in Kenya and not UK! Lol
Lol, they are still lots of them around
Africa traveler thank you
Kenyans don't own those houses...mostly by British
Swimming pool in Limuru??? It's always winter
Not true lol
Tigoni waterfall. I got so many good memories of the place.
I was here during the weekend and honestly, the place is fascinating 💟❤️❤️
Serene environment, clean roads, and finally had lunch at brakenhurst, a few metres past tigoni... This's officially my best place to chill out
i wish every part of our country looks like this.This is so beautiful
Very beautiful.. 👌
Just settled there some yrs now nice place but so cold ....
It has a rural England feel to it , even the weather 🥶
why must you compare it to Europe. It's our beautiful natural God~given Kenya. simple.
@@wanjirum4826 What’s the problem in comparing? What if I compared it to a place in the Congo, would that be okay with your ignorant reasoning? I know both rural England and this area, which happens to be my birth place, therefore making me well qualified to make the comparison. Tembea dunia ufungue akili, ûtige ûrimû !
It was England pre 1963 after loss of our lands in 18th century..kentmere and brackenhurst must be In 🇬🇧
@@bloggtalk5085 The Brits made it home away from home, hence the reason why it was known as the white highlands back then. I have to be honest with you, much as we disliked them, they made this place what we see today. Give it to the natives and they’ll subdivide it into quarter acre plots of shanties and worthless subsistence farming. You’re right, both Kentmere and Brackenhurst are in England.
Bros, you getting personal now.
That village is truly wealthy.
Tigoni is a very beautiful place, Kenya has an amazing landscape & it is a blessing to belong. As always, awesome video & great work!
The scenery around the Waterfall so perfect for photoshoot not forgetting the bamboo plantations
The place is super beautiful.
breath taking scenes.
Great video. I was born and raised in Tigoni, went to school in Tigoni Primary. Although we relocated a few years ago, I still have great childhood memories.
There are other places around there around riara ridge , brackenhurst , Kentmere, Denham , Kenchick ,redhills
Brackenhurst is a serene place!
I would bet for riararidge. My home
You are doing a great job, your videos are always top notch excellent presentation. Keep rising. Thank you for the good work
FASCINATING,BRAVO AT
Great video. Amazing scenery
🔥🔥haven’t watched it yet kidogo bundles ndo tatizo,but I know it’s just fire like the other ones,besides I’ll find some time and bundles to watch it🤝🔥🔥
Pole, you will enjoy it sana.
Woooow i see my retirement home there from me to God's ears Amen🙏
Amen to that Bro.
My home 🏡 ♥ 💓 ❤ this place has now been named as top residential place in the country I love you home..
Awwwww, this is so amazing, this is Kenya my home country ❤️
It's is beautiful😊
Great video Mr. Afrikan Traveller . My ocha is near Tigoni and whenever I am home I regularly drive, walk and cycle around these paradisal tea estates. A few months ago as I was cycling I kept seeing cars that looked yours hoping I would finally get to meet you making content in this area code. Looks like my timing was way earlier.
Otherwise this is very good content and as always I'm looking forward for more videos. Cheers
This looks like switzerland ..kenya ni mrembo sana watching from Uganda
Thank you for leaving a comment and watching.
no, this looks like Kenya. like many other African countries. you Don't have to bring Europe into this
@@wanjirum4826 it was only a comparison ..its not that deep
@@wanjirum4826 ukweli maze
@@wanjirum4826 I agree Kenya compares to Kenya or any other African country,. This africa
Wooh my birth place..Tigoni..wat a feeling,thnx Bro 4 this upload,imenitouch pahali,hahaa,Africa is beautiful 😍,Dubai,UAE
Karibu Sana Bro.
Stop comparing Kenya with America or European countries....those are different people have nothing to do with us...let us just do we...
I lived in Tigoni when young this brings back memories.
The drone shots are dope, background music 🎶 exquisite and commentary 👌
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing Africa with us.
Beautiful..
Great work with the drone views ,it’s giving me the cinematic motion in a movie .
Hey will appreciate ukifika channel yangu unijenge supporti 😎
Great job boss. Kenya is very gorgeous 😍 let's appreciate our motherland
This drone pilot is perfect, nice video kama ilivyo kawaida yako bro💖👍
Thank you Siz👌
Everything is too beautiful, but background music is disturbing.. pls put some African beautiful beats. Thank you soo much.
Penda venye unachange mindsets juu ya Africa👊keep it up
The drone shots are super amazing and breath taking! This place looks like rural UK or Ireland and you can see why Mzungu never wanted to leave Kenya and people had to take up arms. The place is really good for aerial photography (drone) because you won’t be distracted by curious onlookers. This is where the rich Kiambu and Murang’a billionaires hide! Thanks for sharing.
It can fit anywhere in the world.
@@AfrikanTraveller The terrain looks more like UK
@@jackmuraguri1836 actually, the UK is what looks more like Tigoni
Still puzzles me that Bamboo is a good alternative for Rebar in floor formation and affordable but Africans prefer steel Bars in matters House construction!Great Video And Serene Place!
Probably it's lack of information by most.
Yep GERMANY uses bamboo for floors
Why would a Kenyan use wood it can be burned down easily chopped up ,steal is for your security you police yourself
😍😍..magical Kenya 🇰🇪 at it's finest. Outstanding video @AT. Very well done 👏✔
I was in Lake house Tigoni, 1month ago and it's indeed beautiful.. when I retire I will build a house in Tigoni
#tigoni
#redhill
#kentmere
Waterfall cool,i used to down load rain app when i was morning my husband .
Tigoni is internationally beautiful.
Tigoni is a hidden Gem...Was wondering when will you ever showcase it.
Awesome bro. Just discovered this channel and I love it. The first Kenyan channel am following..uko na content bro. keep up
First to comment, now let me enjoy the video😎
Enjoy the trip.
Beautiful, good job. You like saying "super" super everything 😀
Tigoni my home,,,never knew it's this beatiful from above view
I would love you feature Mua hills sometime and you will be amazed how fast its growing
Thank you...And the area is mostly green with amazing houses
The ambience is to die for. Kenya is indeed beautiful, we are endowed with almost everything we just don't know how to manage what is naturally given to us (free of debt) and capitalize on it. Where is the exact location of the waterfall please?
Yeeess sir 💥💥 This place is a beautiful place. Awesome content brother 💯💯 Peace and love ❤️
Amazing I’m from cianda and I’m shocked kuna place sijui...hapo kwa waterfall nipee direction if you don’t mind
First heard of Tigoni in Nyashinki's song didn't understand at the time but now I can see y
Breathtakingly beautiful
Great aerial view that tea plantation looks so amazing indeed.
Uko mtaa
Thanks so much Kevoo.
@@doctorharry yes bro
@@AfrikanTraveller welcome bro
THANKS YOU FOR SHARING This video
Wow, my home area, watching from London and enjoying seeing my home area in bird's eye view.
Wow! Such a beautiful place.
Superb,,, making Africa great
Nice to see beautiful places in África so the world can be aware that more than just the horror of hunger and lack exist. Like everywhere else beauty abounds alongside the 'ugly.'
For me the epic true beauty is the trees & the greenery.
I have been here for the last 4 yrs the place is awesome with cool climate
It would be great if you could connect with one of the homeowners or the estate agents if any properties are for sale so that they could show us around the actual homes. Thank you anyway for the great drone shots and the surrounding locations.
Drone shots👏👏👏👏
I feel the music should have been more immersive. Otherwise this is such pioneering content.
Beautiful!!! Great job here Afrikan Traveler as usual.
Wow, our beautiful Kanya... New in the house watching and enjoying the view
Ooh my goodness 😍 tge waterfall
Thank you Afrikan _traveller for giving me the opportunity to tell stories in a creative way.i am humbled, God bless you.
Anytime Bro.
I like the place so cool and the nature is amazing
What dose one have to do to aquire properly here?
I just wanna come home. Wow love it.
Niiiiice wow
Made me remember my home town limuru 🙏🙏🤲🤲
Tigoni is majorly owned by the then colonisers scions and their sympathisers(loyalists) the natives of this beautiful village were removed by barrel of a gun to become squatters,its has good scenery though 😀
Whaaaaaaaaaaat!..so we are still colonised?!
@@aliathuman2078 exactly bro
Riich. In greeneery. Farminng. Housing. Culturre. Cleanliness. The whhoole. Infracstriutuure wwooow
This is another level!!..wow!! Big up man!! Those drone shots and the background music is insane!! Hope you can be such energetic!
Thank you, it was not easy though.
Its HORROR JAGGY MUSIC
Hmmm good job
The drone shots are amazing
Keep up the good work 💪💪💯
Kenya is beautiful and blessed
Exquisite Beautiful ~ Sir AfriKan Traveler 🙏🇰🇪
Thank you.