A two bedroom apartment on Othaya Road in Kileleshwa, in the new concrete ridge country north west of the centre. It suits two people or a small group staying several nights with a car, and it does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the Central Business District.
01What it is
The 2 Bedroom apartment in Kileleshwa is a four star self catering flat on Othaya Road. It lists a kitchen, a washing machine, a bath, a balcony, a TV and wifi, which is the shape of a stay measured in nights rather than a single one. The building adds a garden, a fitness center and a swimming pool, free car parking and non smoking rooms, and it takes pets. The list is thin on service: no restaurant, no bar and no front desk routine appear anywhere in it, so you are cooking and washing up rather than being looked after.
What that adds up to is a base for people who are in Nairobi for a stretch and would rather not eat out every night. The 2 Bedroom apartment in Kileleshwa sits 4.13 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 5.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suit a family, a couple or colleagues with a car and a reason to be north west. Do not book it if you want the centre on foot, or a bar and a kitchen downstairs.
02The supplier's photographs
0315 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 directly if you want the whole flat rather than a room, and check the dates against the listing 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 exactly is the 2 Bedroom apartment in Kileleshwa?+
It is on Othaya Road in Kileleshwa, in Greater Nairobi. That is 4.13 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 5.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a car.
What does the apartment actually include?+
Two bedrooms, a kitchen, a washing machine, a bath, a balcony and a TV, with wifi and internet access. The building lists free car parking, a garden, a fitness center, a swimming pool and non smoking rooms, and it allows pets. There is no restaurant or bar on the list.
Can I walk from Kileleshwa into the Central Business District?+
You can, but it is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line to Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, and the streets here are built for the car. Most people staying this far out drive or take a ride in, and the same applies after dark, when the area is quiet.
How do I check availability for the 2 Bedroom apartment in Kileleshwa?+
Put your dates into the listing on app.impt.io and it will show what is open for the flat. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold dates while you sort out flights and a car without committing to the whole stay up front.
