A three star guest house with a conference room, on the Parklands side of the city rather than in the centre. The parking is free and the front desk never closes, and the distances decide it: you are 3.4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line.
01What it is
Fourth Parklands Guest House & Conference lists the practical things first. There is a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, a laundry service, a safe and a smoking area. You can eat on site at a restaurant and a bar, and breakfast is on the list. For work there is a business center and a meeting room, and the property is wheelchair accessible with a terrace and a playground. The list is thin where a hotel is judged in the evening: nothing here is a draw in its own right, and the surcharge line is left unexplained.
What that adds up to is a working address, not a leisure one. Fourth Parklands Guest House & Conference sits 2.71 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the street itself is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so you cross it by car. That suits a driver here for a meeting or a conference, and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot at night.
02The supplier's photographs
0317 facilities the supplier lists
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, on the edge of the centre in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten quarters, not the one you are sleeping in. Treat it as a base you travel in and out of: anything in the CBD means a crossing by car rather than a walk from your door.
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the grid, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin, and the Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge. The fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, Museum Hill is the next rise beyond, and the street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, to be crossed by car. The quarter itself lies 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book directly if you want the free parking and the conference room held for you, rather than arriving to find them promised to someone else. 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 is Fourth Parklands Guest House & Conference?+
On 4Th Parklands Avenue in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area rather than the central business district. It stands 3.4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line. Coming and going is easiest by car.
What does the property actually have?+
A 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a restaurant and a bar, breakfast, a business center, a meeting room, laundry, luggage storage, a safe, a terrace, a playground, a smoking area and wheelchair access. The evening side is plain: there is nothing here to go out for.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
You can, but the property is 2.71 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the road there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market before first light. After dark it is a transport edge, so cross it by car.
How do I check availability?+
Availability at Fourth Parklands Guest House & Conference is checked through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. Book there to hold the free parking, the conference room or the meeting room, and to have the CO2 and IMPT terms applied to the booking.
