In Laikipia it's not uncommon to have a view, but Ol Malo must have one of the best. Here you look down into the colossal views that stretch for hundreds of miles over the Laikipia plateau. Ol Malo faces southeast and it is no exaggeration to say that dawns here are all unique and mostly mind blowing.

When owner Colin Francombe talks you through the panorama from the verandah at Ol Malo, it feels as though you're standing on a great map of Kenya.

Some 100 kilometres to the south is Mt Kenya. A little closer are the Loldiga Hills, and a short distance to the east, Samburu lies just behind a ridge of hills. Go north from here and you enter Kenya's wild and lawless Northern Frontier district. Ol Malo lies on the edge of Laikipia, this area of Kenya feels tantalizingly like the edge of civilisation.

Ol Malo was one of the first of Kenya's bush homes, so of course a large part of staying here is getting a taste of what it's like to actually live here,

as the Francombes do. Colin, Rocky and their son Andrew are relaxed and affable hosts, so you quickly feel as though you've known them for a while. Conversation is easy and, inevitably when you enter a world as different as this is compared to most people's lives, there are numerous stories of animals, people and places. Ol Malo is still very much a home; the family dogs are much in evidence (they're well behaved so you won't be bothered by them if dogs aren't your thing) and family photos hang on the walls, giving a glimpse of enchanted african childhoods.

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