A 4 star apartment property on Mkungu Close in Greater Nairobi, with a pool, gym, sauna and balcony, and self catering kitchens in the units. Its distance from the centre is the one thing that decides whether it is right for you.
01What it is
El Mufasa Skynest Urban Luxury is a 4 star apartment building on Mkungu Close in Greater Nairobi, not in the central quarter itself. The listings point at a place built for longer stays: apartments with kitchens, refrigerators, ovens, microwaves, toasters and washing machines, plus air conditioning, fans, desks, safes, ironing boards and hairdryers, and rooms that are carpeted and non smoking. Leisure facilities carry most of the weight here: an outdoor pool, a pool bar, a gymnasium, squash, darts, a games room, a steam room and a sauna, with a spa and fitness centre also listed. For eating and working there are restaurants, bars, a banquet space, a business centre, a lounge and a terrace. Wifi is free, parking is free and there is a garage. Where the list is thin is on detail: it does not say which apartments have a balcony, which have a bath or shower, or how the rooms differ from one another.
What El Mufasa Skynest Urban Luxury adds up to is a self contained compound rather than a base for walking the city. You get the pool, the gym, the sauna, the kitchens and the parking on site, so a day can pass without leaving the property, and that is the reason to choose it. It sits in Greater Nairobi, 2.74 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so it is not a place you step out of into the thick of the centre. It suits people staying several nights or longer who want space, cooking and facilities, and who are happy to take a ride when they want the middle of town. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of the lobby into the business district.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 34 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 sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book El Mufasa Skynest Urban Luxury directly if you want the apartment layout and the on site pool and gym, and check which unit type you are getting before you confirm. 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 El Mufasa Skynest Urban Luxury?+
It is on Mkungu Close in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district. The site puts it 3.26 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 41 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a property you reach by vehicle rather than on foot from the centre.
What facilities does the property actually have?+
The listing covers apartments with kitchens and laundry equipment, air conditioning, free wifi and free parking, an outdoor pool and pool bar, a gym, squash, darts, a games room, sauna and steam room, restaurants and bars, a business centre and a lounge. It does not specify which apartments have a balcony.
What is it like getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
This is a daytime quarter. The halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. El Mufasa Skynest Urban Luxury sits 2.74 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so plan on a ride in and back rather than a walk.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability and unit types are shown when you book through app.impt.io, and you confirm there rather than by phone or email. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so check the terms on the unit you pick before you commit, especially if you need a particular layout.
