A four star apartment property on Kasarani Mwiki Road in Greater Nairobi, with kitchens, balconies and free parking. It works if you have a car and want an apartment rather than a room. It does not work as a base for walking the centre.
01What it is
Haven is a four star apartment property on Kasarani Mwiki Road. The list is long on the things you use inside: a kitchen with microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a balcony, a desk, carpeted rooms, family rooms, free wifi, free car parking, non smoking rooms, a safe, a shower, towels, toiletries, slippers, a TV and a WC. Cleaning, laundry service, an iron and board, and 24 hour security are also listed. The list is thin on the outside of the building. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no pool named, and nothing at all about what faces the rooms. Water appears as a facility, which is worth reading plainly: it is on the list because it is not assumed.
What that adds up to is an apartment block with services rather than a hotel with a life around it. Haven gives you a kitchen, a fridge and a balcony, so you can arrive with shopping and stay in for the evening, and the desk and wifi let you work. The address is the deciding fact. Greater Nairobi, out along Kasarani Mwiki Road, is not the centre, and the street there is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge, crossed by car, not on foot. Haven suits someone driving, staying several nights, wanting space and a kitchen, and treating the centre as a daytime trip. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out to dinner, or who has no car.
02The supplier's photographs
0328 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. 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 it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Booking Haven is the same as booking any apartment on this site: confirmed online, with the cancellation terms shown before you pay. 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 Haven in Nairobi?+
Haven is on Kasarani Mwiki Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. It sits 10.3 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 10.95 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 137 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does Haven list in its apartments?+
The property lists a kitchen with microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a balcony, a desk, carpeted rooms, family rooms, free wifi, free car parking, non smoking rooms, a safe, a shower, towels, toiletries, slippers, a TV and a WC. Cleaning, laundry service, an iron and board and 24 hour security are also listed.
Can I stay at Haven without a car?+
Haven is a car property. It lists free parking, and the street is a flyover, a roundabout and a market, which after dark is a transport edge rather than an evening one and is crossed by car. Without a vehicle the address leaves you dependent on lifts and taxis for everything.
How do I check availability at Haven?+
Availability is checked online through app.impt.io, where you choose your dates and see which apartments are open. The cancellation terms are shown against each option before you confirm, so you can compare what is free to cancel and what is not.
