A four star hotel on Mawensi Rd in Upper Hill, built for people who arrive by car and spend their day in conference rooms. The outdoor pool is the one thing here that is not about work. If you want to walk out of your door into bars, restaurants and street life, this is the wrong ridge.
01What it is
Kamake Gardens Upper Hill lists free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, multilingual staff, an outdoor pool, a smoking area and wheelchair access. The car parking and the wheelchair access are the two that matter most in Upper Hill, where the quarter is built for the car and the conference room. The wifi and the multilingual staff cover the working visitor. The laundry service covers anyone staying more than a night or two. The list is thin on food and drink: no restaurant or bar is named, so you should not assume the hotel feeds you beyond breakfast, and nothing on the list suggests a gym or any treatment room.
What that adds up to at Kamake Gardens Upper Hill is a place that does the practical things well and leaves the social side to the hotel bar and the road. The pool is a real one and gives you something to do between sessions without getting into a car. Upper Hill itself is new concrete on a ridge, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That verdict decides the stay. Kamake Gardens Upper Hill suits conference delegates, drivers and anyone who wants parking at the door and a quiet night. It does not suit people who came to Nairobi to walk to dinner.
02The supplier's photographs
037 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Upper Hill and Community
Upper Hill and Community sits on the western ridge, not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That suits people here to work and people who want their evening contained. It does not suit anyone expecting street life outside the door. The streets are built for the car and the conference room, so plan to move by vehicle once the working day ends.
Read the whole of Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Kamake Gardens Upper Hill through this site and the confirmation covers the free cancellation window, the CO2 removal and the credit back without you chasing any of it. 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 Kamake Gardens Upper Hill?+
It is on Mawensi Rd in Nairobi, in the Upper Hill and Community area. The address puts it 1.06 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community, and it is 2.65 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 34 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a car for most trips.
What facilities does Kamake Gardens Upper Hill have?+
The property lists free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, multilingual staff, an outdoor pool, a smoking area and wheelchair access. It is a four star hotel. No restaurant or bar is named on the list, so treat the food and drink side as thin rather than settled.
Can I walk into the centre from Upper Hill and Community?+
You can, and the direct line from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 34 minutes on foot. The area is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Most people here take a car.
How do I check availability at Kamake Gardens Upper Hill?+
Use the booking link on this page, which goes through app.impt.io. It shows the rooms open for your dates and the free cancellation window on each. The CO2 removal and the credit back are applied automatically to a confirmed booking, with nothing added to your bill.
