High on the ridges north of Nairobi, coffee bushes run in dark green rows under tall shade trees, and mornings start cool enough for a sweater. Red dirt tracks drop into river valleys, and at Paradise Lost a waterfall spills over caves where Stone Age people once sheltered. Up here, altitude decides what grows.
In town, golfers have teed off at Kiambu Club since it had three holes, and Ndumberi's coffee and dairy cooperatives sit just up the road. The highland weather stays mild all year, with long rains from March to May and chilly July evenings. A Local Friend can pull up a chair for you at a family table over mukimo, one no guidebook lists.
