Airbnb stays is a short-stay apartment-style property on Thindigua Highway, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The outdoor pool, kitchen and free parking suit a self-driving stay of several nights. If you want the Central Business District on foot, this is the wrong side of town.
01What it is
Airbnb stays is a three star short-stay property on Thindigua Highway in Greater Nairobi. The list is long on apartment fittings: kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, water, desk, iron and board, carpeted rooms, fan, safe, TV and radio. Bathroom items run to shower, WC, towels, toiletries, bathrobe and slippers. Outside there is an outdoor pool, a kids pool, garden and picnic area, and food and drink come as breakfast, bars and a barber and beauty salon. Practical cover includes free wifi, internet access, free car parking, car rental service, 24 hour security with security features, lifts, laundry, dry cleaning and cleaning, plus non smoking rooms and family rooms. The list thins where it matters most at night: no restaurant is named, and the bar is the only thing on site after dark.
Airbnb stays reads as a self-contained base rather than a hotel with a front desk rhythm. The kitchen, laundry and parking point to a stay of several nights, and the pools and family rooms point to children coming along. What it does not offer is the Central Business District at your door. The site's own note on the street is that it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and that you cross it by car. It sits 9.39 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 118 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 8.58 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Book Airbnb stays if you have a car, a family and a week. Do not book it if your Nairobi is meetings on Kenyatta Avenue and dinner on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 6 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Airbnb stays directly if you want the pool and kitchen rather than a room near the centre, and confirm the unit type 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 Airbnb stays?+
Airbnb stays is on Thindigua Highway in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. It is 9.39 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 118 minutes on foot in a direct line. The site treats this as a car-first location, so plan to drive or be driven.
What does Airbnb stays have on site?+
The property lists kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, desk, fan, safe, TV, wifi and free car parking, with breakfast and bars for food. Outside are an outdoor pool, a kids pool, garden and picnic area. Security is 24 hour, and there are lifts, laundry and family rooms.
Can I walk from Airbnb stays into central Nairobi?+
It is not a walking proposition. The property is in Greater Nairobi, and the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 8.58 km from Ngara and the Globe. The site's own note says the area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and that you cross it by car.
How do I check availability and book?+
Use app.impt.io to see what is open for your dates and book. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking is confirmed through that app. Availability shifts with the season, so check the dates you actually need rather than assuming the unit is held for you.
