A one-bedroom apartment on the ninth floor of a block on Kindaruma Road, in Kilimani, on the ridge south-west of the centre. It is a self-catering base with a kitchen, laundry and parking, in a quarter built for the car and the conference room. If you want the centre on foot, this is the wrong side of town.
01What it is
Arcadian Masters 1 Bedroom HEARTLAND Kilimani is a four star apartment, not a hotel room, and the list reflects that: a kitchen and kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator, a washing machine, an iron and board, and a bathroom with shower, WC, towels, toiletries, a hairdryer and slippers. There is free wifi, a desk, a safe, a TV, carpeted floors, lifts, non smoking rooms, family rooms and wheelchair access, plus 24 hour security, cleaning, laundry service and free car parking. The grounds add a garden and a playground. The list is thin on the things a hotel normally carries: there is a fitness center and a tennis court, but also bowling, canoe, golf and horse riding, which are clearly pulled from a generic catalogue and do not describe anything in Kilimani.
What that adds up to is a serviced flat on a ridge, and you should read Arcadian Masters 1 Bedroom HEARTLAND Kilimani as somewhere to sleep and cook rather than somewhere to be. Its own street is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 3.74 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line, so you are not walking into the centre for dinner. This suits a longer stay, a family, or anyone with a car and business in Kilimani or Upper Hill. It does not suit a first visit built around the CBD on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 5 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 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 this one if you want a kitchen and a parking space rather than a lobby, and check the apartment type carefully before confirming. 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 Arcadian Masters 1 Bedroom HEARTLAND Kilimani?+
It is on Kindaruma Road, in the Heartland Homes development, Garden Block B, ninth floor, in Kilimani. That is in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge south-west of the centre. It is 2.05 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
Can I walk from the apartment into central Nairobi?+
It is a long walk and not one to plan an evening around. The centre is a car or taxi ride away, and the street itself is built for cars. If your days are in the CBD and your evenings there too, look for somewhere closer in rather than here.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
A kitchen and kitchenette with microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, iron and board, and a bathroom with shower, WC, towels, toiletries, hairdryer and slippers. There is free wifi, a desk, a safe, a TV, carpeted floors, a lift, 24 hour security, cleaning, laundry service and free parking.
How do I check whether it is free for my dates?+
Use the booking link on this page. Availability, the apartment type and the cancellation terms are shown there before you confirm anything. If the dates you want are gone, the same page lists other places in Kilimani and in the centre.
