A five star apartment on Dhahabu Avenue in Nyayo Estate, out in Greater Nairobi and a long way from the centre. The distance and the after dark advice decide this one: it suits a self-contained stay in the east, not a base for the central quarter.
01What it is
Furaha Masionette apartment Nyayo Estate is listed at five stars and carries a long, uneven facilities sheet. What matters for a stay is genuinely there: kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, washing machine, air conditioning, free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security. There are family rooms, a garden, a terrace, a balcony, a fitness centre, a spa and a pool with a kids pool and pool bar. The thin parts are just as plain: no guest score is on file, and the list runs off into archery, canoe, bowling, mini golf, casino and a night club, which is a supplier sheet copied onto one apartment rather than anything a host here has confirmed.
What Furaha Masionette apartment Nyayo Estate adds up to depends entirely on why you are in Nairobi. It is a self-catering apartment with a kitchen, a washing machine and parking, and that is a good fit for a family or a group staying several days in the east of the city, working locally or visiting people nearby, who want to cook rather than eat out every night. It is a poor fit for a first visit built around the central business district, because every trip in and back is a real journey, and the evenings around it close down. The after dark line for this area is blunt: closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 61 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 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
Booking here is a matter of deciding first whether you want to be this far east, because the apartment is only right if you do. 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 Furaha Masionette apartment Nyayo Estate?+
It is on Dhahabu Avenue in Nyayo Estate, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The listed position puts it 9.77 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 123 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as an eastern base and not a central one.
What does the apartment actually provide?+
The listed facilities include a kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, washing machine, air conditioning, free wifi, free car parking, family rooms, a garden, a terrace, a balcony, a fitness centre, a spa and a pool with a kids pool. The sheet also lists things like archery and a night club, which you should not rely on.
How do I get into the central business district from here?+
You travel. The property sits 8.54 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the centre is further on from there. Plan on a vehicle each time rather than a short walk, and do not count on walking back after dark.
Is the area around it safe in the evening?+
The site's line on this area is that it is closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only. The street itself is a working market street, with trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. Treat evenings as a time to be inside or elsewhere.
