Ol Donyo Sabuk (in Maasai), or Kyanzavi in Kamba, is a mountain in Kwanzaa Division, Machako's County, William Northrup McMillan was the first non native to settle here.

Driving on Garissa Road from Thika town, there are pineapple plantations on both sides, accentuated by little pockets of blooming eucalyptus.

By the river is St. Johns Kilimambogo Teachers College, and Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission hospital.

William Northrup McMillan was an American multi-millionaire and philanthropist who owned substantial farms in British East Africa.

The name of this park established in 1967, Ol Donyo Sabuk, means large mountain in Maasai.

Wildlife species that can be spotted here include buffalo, colobus monkeys, baboons, bushbuck, impala, duiker, and abundant birdlife.

[1] Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park is a common one-day trip out of Nairobi,[1] only 65 km (40 mi) away.

Near the summit lie the graves of Sir William Northrup McMillan (1872–1925) and his wife Lady Lucie.

[1] It was here in 1930, that one of Kenya's most colourful politicians, Tom Mboya, was born and brought up, when his father worked in then sisal farm as a labourer.

She had bundled up her few possessions, which included a then-coveted linen business, making a hallmark grand entry, and influencing what would turn Ol-Donyo into a famous trading centre.

Covering a ground enough for three basketball pitches, the villagers have spent more than a century wondering why a couple that had no children put up such a huge dwelling place.

Club House (Kilavu)The early notorieties of the ranch captured the imagination of many people during the First World War, when the castle served as a military hospital for British officers.

The wild parties held in the castle, where the notorious colonial maverick Colonel Ewart Grogan reputedly led the wine-tossing and supervised wife-sharing orgies, only spiced the sideshows that attracted international media.

The Asians use the site for recreation and spiritual rites, disposing of cremated ash in the river in the belief that it will go all the way to India through the Indian Ocean, hence acting as a shrine.