A three star homestay in Imara Daima, on the south eastern side of Greater Nairobi, well away from the centre. Free wifi, free parking and wheelchair access are what it lists. The distance decides this one: fine if your business is out this way, wrong if you want the Central Business District on foot.
01What it is
Caju Homestay is a three star property on Imara Daima, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The listed facilities are short: free wifi, free car parking and wheelchair accessible. Those three cover the basics for a car borne stay, and the parking matters here because this is not a quarter you cross easily without a vehicle. Wifi is the working essential and it is listed. Wheelchair accessibility is stated, which is worth checking directly if you need it, since the listing does not say which parts of the property it covers. There is no restaurant, no bar, no airport transfer and no gym on the list. Nothing about the property suggests it is trying to be more than a plain place to sleep and work from.
What Caju Homestay adds up to is a base for someone whose day sits in Greater Nairobi, arriving by car and leaving by car. It is 8.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 107 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 7.37 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street it sits on trades at 5am and shuts after that; the area is mornings only. That suits an early start and a quiet evening. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre, the halls and the hotel bars on the doorstep. If your Nairobi is the Central Business District, stay in the Central Business District.
02The supplier's photographs
033 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
Caju Homestay is a plain, car dependent base, so book it only once you know your days are on this side of the city. 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 Caju Homestay?+
It is on Imara Daima, in Greater Nairobi, outside the Central Business District and its ten covered quarters. The two reference points on file are Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue and Muthurwa with the east markets. Plan on reaching it by car rather than on foot from the centre.
What facilities does Caju Homestay list?+
Free wifi, free car parking and wheelchair accessible. Those are the whole of the listed facilities, so there is no restaurant, bar or transfer service to count on. The free parking is the one that matters most, since this is a car oriented part of Greater Nairobi.
Can I stay here and spend my days in the Central Business District?+
You can, but the distance is the thing to weigh. Caju Homestay is 8.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 107 minutes on foot in a direct line. If the centre is your day, a property inside the centre will serve you better.
How do I check availability at Caju Homestay?+
Availability and rooms are handled through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. Nothing is held on this page. Confirm your dates there before you arrange anything around the stay, particularly if you are relying on the wheelchair accessible listing.
