A three star with garden, pool, casino and conference rooms on Karen Rd, built around the car. The deciding fact is the drive: it sits well outside the centre, so it suits people who came for a meeting or a family weekend and do not suit anyone who wants to walk to the city.
01What it is
Bush House and Camp is a three star property on Karen Rd off Ngong Langata Rd, and its list of facilities is long and built for groups rather than for the solo city visitor. There is a restaurant, a bar, a cafe, breakfast, a casino, a spa, a garden, a terrace and a picnic area. For work there is a meeting room, a computer room, free wifi, free internet in the lounge and a 24 hour front desk with concierge and express check out. Practical items include free car parking, coach parking, a shuttle service, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, a safe, shops, a playground, wheelchair access, multilingual staff and wedding services. The list is thinner than it looks in one respect: it offers no airport transfer detail, no clear statement of what the shuttle covers, and no room-level description at all.
What that adds up to at Bush House and Camp is a car-based stay in Greater Nairobi, not a base for walking the centre. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If your trip is a conference, a wedding or a family stop with a vehicle, Bush House and Camp covers the ground and gives you space. If your trip is the Central Business District on foot, a hotel bar in the evening and nothing to arrange, this is the wrong side of town, and the distance from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, will wear you down.
02The supplier's photographs
0335 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Bush House and Camp if you want the garden, the parking and the quiet of a ridge property, and check availability against your dates 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 exactly is Bush House and Camp?+
It is on Karen Rd off Ngong Langata Rd in Greater Nairobi. It is 11.31 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 142 minutes on foot in a direct line. That places it well outside the Central Business District, so plan on driving or using the shuttle service rather than walking in.
What does Bush House and Camp actually have on site?+
The listed facilities include a restaurant, bar, cafe, casino, spa, garden, terrace, picnic area, meeting room, computer room, free wifi, free car parking, coach parking, laundry, dry cleaning, a safe, shops, a playground, wedding services and wheelchair access. The list is thin on room detail and on what the shuttle service covers.
Can I stay here without a car and get into the centre easily?+
It is possible but awkward. The property is in Greater Nairobi, not in the centre, and the nearest quarter this site covers is 9.42 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. A car, a taxi or the shuttle is the practical way to move.
How do I check availability and cancel if my plans change?+
Check dates and rooms through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so a change of plan is not usually costly. The property also lists a 24 hour front desk and express check out, which helps if you arrive late or leave early.
