A four star two bedroom apartment on Kangundo Road in Greater Nairobi, with a pool, a gym and parking. The thing that decides it is the address: this is a morning goods market area, not the centre, and after dark the street is closed and dark. Suits drivers and longer stays, not nights out.
01What it is
The listed facilities are mostly domestic and self catering, which is what a two bedroom apartment is for: a kitchen and a kitchenette, a bathroom, a washing machine, a TV, a balcony and a terrace, free car parking and parking listed separately. There is a swimming pool and a gym on the property. It is a four star property with twelve photos on file. What the list is thin on is anything about the block itself: no reception, no bar, no restaurant, no airport transfer, so you should not arrive expecting staff to sort out your evening.
For someone staying here, that list adds up to a base for a group or a family who want to cook, wash clothes, park a car and use a pool without leaving the compound. The four star rating covers the fittings, not a service floor. The trade is the location. Kangundo Road is 13.47 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 169 minutes on foot in a direct line, and this is Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. Beautifully Furnished Two Bedroom Apartment suits people with a car and a reason to be in this part of the city, and it does not suit anyone who wants to walk to the centre, move around at night or treat the address as a city base.
02The supplier's photographs
0310 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one if you want a self catering apartment with parking and a pool, and not if you want the centre on foot; it is a quiet booking made well ahead. 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 this apartment?+
It is on Kangundo Road in Nairobi, in the part of the city this site calls Greater Nairobi. It stands 12.43 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is not in the central business district.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
Two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a kitchenette, a washing machine and a TV, plus a balcony and a terrace. Free car parking and parking are listed, along with a swimming pool and a gym. There is no restaurant or bar.
Can I walk into the centre from Kangundo Road?+
You can, but treat it as a serious walk and not an errand. The property is 13.47 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 169 minutes on foot in a direct line. A car is the practical answer here.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you see what is open for your dates before you commit. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking is confirmed once you complete it there. Book ahead rather than turning up.
