A one-bedroom apartment on a new ridge in Greater Nairobi, with a gym, a king bed and city views. The kitchen and washing machine decide it: this suits a longer stay by car, and it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of the door into the centre.
01What it is
1BR Apartment with Gym King Bed City Views and Prime Location is a four star apartment rather than a hotel room, and the facilities list reads like one: a kitchen with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, plus a balcony, a bathroom with a shower, WC, hairdryer, towels and toiletries, a TV and a CD player. Free wifi and a 24 hour front desk, lifts, luggage storage, an iron and board, a fitness center and non smoking rooms complete the list. There is no restaurant, no bar and no pool on it, and no desk or workspace is named either.
What that adds up to is a self contained flat on a ridge built for the car and the conference room, with a gym in the building and a front desk that never closes. 1BR Apartment with Gym King Bed City Views and Prime Location works for a longer stay, for two people, or for anyone in Nairobi on business who wants cooking and laundry rather than a lobby. It does not work if you want to step out to dinner, because after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0325 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one if you want a flat with a kitchen and a gym rather than a hotel room, and check the apartment details before you commit. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where is the apartment?+
It sits on Gatundu Crescent in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It is 4.62 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 58 minutes on foot in a direct line, so most people staying here will be arriving and leaving by car.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
One bedroom with a king bed, a kitchen with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, a balcony, a bathroom with a shower, hairdryer and towels, free wifi, a TV, an iron and board, and a fitness center in the building. There is a 24 hour front desk, but no restaurant or bar.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
Not comfortably. The apartment is in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District, and the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 3.72 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on a car or a ride for everything.
How do I check whether it is free?+
Check availability through app.impt.io. The listing shows the apartment, the gym and the king bed, and most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date while you sort out the rest of the trip. Nothing is charged beyond what the booking confirms.
