A one bed apartment on Kindaruma Road in Kilimani, listed at four star, with a gym, a kitchen and free parking. The deciding fact is the address: this is a residential ridge built around the car, and it sits well away from the central quarter. Come with a vehicle, or expect to ride in.
01What it is
The listing for this Gorgeous 1 bed in Kilimani near Yaya Centre with gym is a self catering flat rather than a serviced room, and the facilities are the ones that matter for that: a kitchen with a microwave, a refrigerator, a washing machine, free wifi, a desk, a TV and a smoke detector. Parking is free and on site, and pets are allowed. The building also has a gym. The list is thin on the things a hotel normally supplies: there is no restaurant, no bar, no laundry service and no reception desk named anywhere in it. What you get is a flat with a car park under it.
What this Gorgeous 1 bed in Kilimani near Yaya Centre with gym amounts to is space and independence in a part of Nairobi that was designed for people who drive. Kilimani sits on new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. If you want a kitchen at night and a parking space at the door, this works. If you want the central quarter on foot, or a bar in the lobby, it does not. It also drops you 2.21 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one if you want a flat in Kilimani with the car park included, and check the dates against the gym and kitchen 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 this apartment?+
It is on Kindaruma Road in Kilimani, on the seventh floor of the B705 block at 2 Heartland Home Gardens, in Greater Nairobi, 3.88 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 49 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is a residential ridge address, not a central one.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
A kitchen with a microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, free wifi, a desk, a TV, a smoke detector and free car parking. The building has a gym, and pets are allowed. There is no restaurant, bar, room service or reception listed, so plan meals and arrivals around that.
Can I stay here without a car?+
You can, but you will be riding rather than walking. This is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and it sits away from the central quarter. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, not the centre, so most trips out will be by vehicle.
How do I check whether it is free for my dates?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see the dates the apartment is open and confirm a booking. Cancellation terms and the free cancellation that applies to most rooms are shown there before you pay. There is no price list on this site.
