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Every year, a company needs to schedule some time off work besides the usual weekends and holidays for the entire team. This is highly beneficial since it enables team members to get to know one another better. It also helps foster great bonds and relationships which are very valuable if the company is to have a united team. In this spirit, the Brand2D team visited the Outspan Hotel and Treetops Lodge for their first ever teambuilding exercise. This saw the team members get to know one another on a personal level and most importantly, had them rejuvenated and ready to take on new projects with lots of gusto!

The Outspan Teambuilding Experience

Day 1

The teambuilding exercise began at the Outspan Malkia meeting room which was set to enable the Brand2D team to interact as a team through the various teambuilding exercises. The meeting room was endowed with the latest conference facilities including projectors and a public address system which made teambuilding an enjoyable experience for both the facilitators and the Brand2D team. During tea breaks, the team was treated to beverages and delicious snacks right outside Baden Powell’s Paxtu Museum. This gave them a chance to see the museum and familiarize themselves with the history of the Scouts and see where the Scouts’ Movement founder lived during his last days.

Teambuilding should foster building of relationships outside the work environment. This is facilitated by getting to know more about one another on more personal levels. It not only builds friendships, but in the long run it will most definitely help people understand one another better helping them work better together. The Brand2D team most definitely bonded on a whole new level through teambuilding at Outspan, where they used the expansive, well-manicured gardens that span 20 acres for various interactive activities. The activities created such as treasure hunts, football challenges and photography competitions helped build unity, create friendships and ultimately improved the relationships among the various team members. After teambuilding sessions at Outspan Hotel, some members of the Brand2D team sampled the Nyeri nightlife which is only 5 minutes to Nyeri town.

Day 2

Brand2D was treated to a one of kind experience at the world famous Treetops Lodge, located inside Aberdare National Park a sister property of Outspan managed by Aberdare Safari Hotels. Here, only 17km away from Outspan, we got an overwhelming welcome of various wild animals including elephants, buffaloes  in the surrounding waterhole and we would all see this through  the big well designed Large windows that surround the Lodge . We got in through a lamp to a welcoming reception where we got a welcome cocktail and small brief of our stay at the Lodge.  The rooms were all ensuite, spacious and all have large windows for

Brand2D was treated to a one of kind experience at the world famous Treetops Lodge, located inside Aberdare National Park a sister property of Outspan managed by Aberdare Safari Hotels. Here, only 17km away from Outspan, we got an overwhelming welcome of various wild animals including elephants, buffaloes  in the surrounding waterhole and we would all see this through  the big well designed Large windows that surround the Lodge . We got in through a lamp to a welcoming reception where we got a welcome cocktail and small brief of our stay at the Lodge.  The rooms were all ensuite, spacious and all have large windows for better view of the animals made our experience even more worth the stay.

Day 3

The team members embarked on a Game Drive in the Aberdares National Park where they enjoyed viewing more animals with the resident hunter who did a great job identifying various animals and indigenous flora and fauna found within the national park. The Lodge is also an ideal place to hold end event banquets where various teams are awarded for great performance during various teambuilding activities.

All in all, the teambuilding experience at the Outspan Hotel and Treetops Lodge was amazing and highly beneficial for the Brand2D team. It accomplished its goals of helping the team bond and get to know one another on a more personal level. It most definitely improved the relationships between different people eventually helping them work better together. Read more about the Brand2D experience here.

For an unforgettable teambuilding experience in Kenya, you cannot go wrong with Outspan Hotel and the Treetops Lodge. The Lodge also offer Find out more about our various conferencing facilities via this link.

The Queen’s 90^th birthday brings with it many memories of Her Majesty’s achievements. The Treetops Lodge holds a special place in history since here, while on the African leg of her Commonwealth trip, she ascended the British Throne.

Getting to Know Treetops Lodge

The Lodge has a rich history having been built as the first game viewing lodge on stilts in Kenya. The lodge was built by Major Eric Walker and Lady Bettie Shebrooke on a Mugumo tree (sacred fig). They got inspiration to build this lodge with the desire to shoot wildlife with cameras as opposed to guns.

During its opening on 6^th November 1932, the lodge only had 2 bedrooms. It has since grown to a fully equipped lodge with 36 en-suite bedrooms, a lounge, a dining room and animal hides where photographers and wildlife enthusiasts can view wild game at the water hole right next to the lodge.

A Visit by Royalty

The soon to be Queen visited the Treetops Lodge in 1952 accompanied by her husband, HRH Prince Phillip. Despite the Mau-Mau uprising in Kenya then, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip went through with their plans of visiting the spectacular Treetops Lodge which was the only place of its kind in the whole world during that time.

On the fourth day after their arrival in Kenya, Princess Elizabeth watched wildlife from the Treehouse Lodge. The experience was so great that the Princess had tea served where they were watching the wildlife since she did not wish to miss any of the action at the waterhole.

During that night, as recorded by the Treetops Hunter Escort , Jim Corbett there were sightings of about 90 elephants, 8 rhinos and a few waterbuck. Princess Elizabeth was up early the following morning to view more wildlife at the waterhole since many other wild animals came to drink early in the morning.

As she descended the Treetops Lodge, news was received that her father King George V had passed on in his sleep making her HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Her presence at Treetops Lodge during that night made her the first British Monarch since the accession of William IV in 1830, to be outside the United Kingdom at the moment of succession.

Her Royal Highness Returns

After HRH Queen Elizabeth’s hurried departure from Treetops Lodge in 1952, she returned with Prince Phillip 30 years later to visit the lodge which had grown to 40 bedrooms. She could not help but notice how much the forest had ‘retreated’. This had been caused by the elephants whose migratory routes had been interrupted by the installation of electric fences to prevent contact with humans.

As she planted a tree at Treetops, she inspired Treetops and Kenya Wildlife Service to step up and ‘return the bush’ through rehabilitating 152 square-kilometre Salient Zone of the Aberdare National Park.