A three star hotel on Acacia Drive in Greater Nairobi, well outside the centre. It lists bars, a restaurant and wifi, and the area rewards a car and a purpose. Book it if you are driving to meetings and want quiet at night; skip it if you came for the city on foot.
01What it is
Karen Camp Hotel lists three things: bars, restaurant or restaurants, and wifi. That is the whole of it. For a three star property the list is thin, with no pool, no gym, no airport transfer and no workspace named, so you should treat the bar and the restaurant as the extent of the on site offer. The wifi is the one facility that matters to most visitors, and it is there. Everything else you would want, you arrange yourself.
Karen Camp Hotel sits on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room, which tells you what the days here are for. It is 14.57 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 183 minutes on foot in a direct line, so this is not a base for walking into the centre. It suits someone with a vehicle and a fixed schedule, and it does not suit a visitor who wants the Central Business District on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
033 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is 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. 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Karen Camp Hotel if your days are already fixed elsewhere in Greater Nairobi and you want the bar and the restaurant waiting at the end of them. 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 Karen Camp Hotel?+
It is on Acacia Drive, off Maralu Lane, off Karen Road, in Greater Nairobi. The site puts it 12.81 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 14.57 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 183 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What facilities does Karen Camp Hotel list?+
Bars, restaurant or restaurants, and wifi. That is the full list, and for a three star property it is thin: there is no pool, no gym and no transfer service named. Plan on the bar, the restaurant and the wifi being the offer, and arrange anything else yourself.
Can I walk into the Central Business District from here?+
No. The site measures it at 14.57 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 183 minutes on foot in a direct line, and Greater Nairobi is built for the car. You need a vehicle or a ride for every trip into the centre, both by day and after dark.
What does the guest score of 4.3 out of 5 mean?+
It is the average from 271 reviews, so it reflects a settled body of opinion rather than a handful of stays. Read it as a solid three star result, not a luxury one. It tells you the basics work for most people, and tells you nothing about the facilities the hotel does not list.
