A two bedroom apartment in a new tower on Kindaruma Road, with a pool, a gym and parking, in Kilimani rather than the centre. The thing that decides it is the car: this is a residential ridge built for driving, and without one the address is a long way from the part of Nairobi you came to see.
01What it is
Brand New Cozy 2br Residence With Heated Pool&Gym is a four star apartment, and the list reads like a serviced flat rather than a hotel: a kitchen with a refrigerator, microwave and toaster, a washing machine, an iron and board, coffee, towels and toiletries, a safe, a desk and a fan. There is a balcony and a patio, a lift, free wifi, free car parking, and a wheelchair accessible route. The thin part is the rest of a hotel: no restaurant, no bar, no room service and no concierge appear anywhere on the list, so you eat in or you go out.
For the right person that is the point. Brand New Cozy 2br Residence With Heated Pool&Gym gives you space, a working kitchen and a washing machine, which is what a family or a two person work stay in Nairobi actually needs, and the pool and gym fill the hours a hotel lobby otherwise would. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre at the door. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Bring a car, or plan on using one.
02The supplier's photographs
0331 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 this one only once you have decided how you are getting around, because the apartment is the easy part and the driving is the thing that shapes the stay. 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 residence?+
It is at Block C Hse No. C903 Himalaya Heights on Kindaruma Rd. in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi. That is 4.11 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 52 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.45 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment have in it?+
A kitchen with a refrigerator, microwave and toaster, a washing machine, an iron and board, coffee, towels and toiletries, a safe, a desk, a fan and a TV. There is a balcony and a patio, a lift, free wifi, free car parking and a wheelchair accessible route. There is no restaurant or bar on the property.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
Practically, yes. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and there is free parking on site. After dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Without a car you are dependent on hired transport for everything outside the apartment.
How do I check whether it is available?+
Availability and dates are checked through app.impt.io, which is where the booking is made. Most rooms can be cancelled free. The residence is a four star apartment with twelve photos on file, so you can see the rooms, the balcony and the pool before you commit to a stay.
