A 3 star aviation house at Wilson Airport on Langata Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. Conference rooms, a pool, a garden and a playground carry it. The thing that decides it is that you are not in the CBD here, and getting in is a car ride.
01What it is
The Aero Club of East Africa is 3 star and sits along Langata Road at Wilson Airport, in Greater Nairobi. On the list: a restaurant and a cafe, bars and a pool bar, a lounge and a terrace, a garden, meeting rooms, a banquet room, a business centre, free wifi and a free newspaper, concierge, laundry, luggage storage and a safe. There is an outdoor pool and, separately, a kids pool, plus a playground, so families are clearly in mind. Wheelchair access and a smoking area are listed too. The list is thin on the practical side of a city stay: no airport transfer is named, no gym, and one line, surcharge, tells you some things sit outside whatever you are already paying.
For someone flying out of Wilson Airport, or attending a conference on this ridge, the Aero Club of East Africa lands you where the day already is. New concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room is the street feel here, and that shapes the evening. After dark there is not much: the site's own line is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. It suits pilots, crews, conference delegates and families who want a pool and space for children. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk to Nairobi's centre, or who wants the centre on foot at all.
02The supplier's photographs
0323 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book the Aero Club of East Africa only once you have accepted that your evenings happen on the ridge and that the centre is a car ride, because that is the whole trade here. 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 Aero Club of East Africa?+
It is on Langata Road at Wilson Airport, inside Greater Nairobi rather than the CBD. It sits 2.85 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 4.46 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 56 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the hotel actually have on site?+
The listed facilities include a restaurant and a cafe, bars and a pool bar, a lounge, a terrace and a garden, meeting rooms, a banquet room, a business centre, free wifi, concierge and laundry. There is an outdoor pool, a kids pool and a playground. The list is thin on a gym and on any named transfer service.
How do I get into central Nairobi from here?+
By car. This is Greater Nairobi, so the centre is a drive rather than a walk, and the site's own description of the area after dark is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Plan your evenings in the centre around a vehicle, not your feet.
What does the guest score of 4.5 out of 5 mean?+
It is the score as recorded here, taken from 739 reviews, for a 3 star property. Treat it as a record of what past guests made of the place rather than a promise about your own stay. Check what matters to you, such as quiet rooms and the pool area, before you commit.
