Credible Jewels, rooted in Nairobi, sells handcrafted jewelry including necklaces, bracelets, rings and watches set with freshwater pearls, sterling silver, 18-karat gold-plated elements, cubic zirconia and mother-of-pearl. Prices range from KShs5,800 for bracelets to KShs22,800 for rings, with free shipping on orders over $450.
Kioo Ngozi Leather, at Mithoo Business Center on Moi Avenue, sells belts, bags, shoes, wallets and signature leather watches made from full-grain pure leather and handmade in Kenya, delivering within 24-48 hours across Kenya. The brand has been featured on Citizen TV's Made in Kenya segment and Ramogi TV.
Rupa's Gift Centre has been a pioneer in engraving and trophy making since 1985, offering plaques, awards, corporate gifts, watch repair, Montblanc writing instruments and leather goods, plus cold cast sculptures, Asobu bottles, pewter glass, Sheaffer pens and souvenirs. Its Village Market branch is on the Ground Floor of New Phase 7, Gigiri, open Monday-Saturday 9:30am-6:00pm and Sunday 11:00am-4pm.
The Watch Hutt has traded in wrist watches and jewellery for over 15 years in the East African region as an official reseller of genuine branded watches with warranty. It sells watches for men and women and is centered on customer satisfaction.
Arnold Butler McDonell bought 350 acres in the Limuru highlands from the British government in 1904, and spent over a decade watching coffee, corn and flax all fail at the farm's 7,200-foot altitude.
Best for Guided tastings and farm-style lunch at the Limuru smallholding where
Arnold Butler McDonell bought 350 acres in the Limuru highlands from the British government in 1904, and spent over a decade watching coffee, corn and flax all fail at the farm's 7,200-foot altitude. In 1918, a friend visiting from India brought him a gift of a few Camellia sinensis assamica seedlings; McDonell planted twenty acres on a whim, and in 1926 sold his first harvest to the Mabroukie tea factory — the sale credited as the start of commercial tea production in Kenya.
Five generations of McDonell's family have lived on the land since, and the farm is now run by his granddaughter, Fiona Vernon, alongside her husband Marcus. Visitors touring Thursday through Sunday walk through the original gardens and surrounding indigenous forest, home to colobus monkeys, before a guided tea tasting and a farm-style lunch served at the family's own home — a working farm and family residence opened to visitors rather than a built-for-tourism estate.
Where much of Kenya's tea trade runs through large estates supplying export markets in bulk, Kiambethu is still the same smallholding McDonell turned to tea out of desperation after a decade of crop failures — and still in the hands of the family that made that gamble pay off a century ago.
A Nakuru gift and interiors shop, Malaika sells handcrafted Kenyan pieces from beaded purses and watches to sisal kiondo baskets, wooden trays and soapstone. Made from local materials, its products are available in the Westside Mall store and by countrywide and worldwide delivery.