A three star apartment block on Tala Road off Kiambu Road, north of the centre. It is a driving base: if you have a car or will take one everywhere, the space and the garden work. If you mean to walk into the CBD each morning, it does not.
01What it is
Karura Forest Studio Apartments lists the basics of a serviced apartment block and not much else. There is a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking that is also listed as car parking and parking, a restaurant, dry cleaning, a garden, a gymnasium, a smoking area and a wheelchair accessible route. A shuttle service is on the list, and so is a swimming pool. What is thin is the detail: no kitchen equipment, no laundry beyond dry cleaning, no airport transfer named, and no room types, so you are booking on the strength of the facilities alone.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a place that rewards a car. Karura Forest Studio Apartments sits in Greater Nairobi, 5.54 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 6.35 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 80 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits a driver who wants a garden, a gym and a pool at a lower star rating than the centre offers. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants to step out into the CBD.
02The supplier's photographs
0314 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 well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs. Of those ten quarters, Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest, and it is still a separate place: the northern edge of the grid, where the city loosens and the roads north begin. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is the quarter's own measure, not a walk from your door.
Treat the location as the wider city. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge and the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, which makes the quarter best for early markets, and the walk up to the National Museum, if you are already there. Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. You are not.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Karura Forest Studio Apartments if you are driving and want a quieter block north of the centre, and check the room type carefully before you confirm, because the listing is thin on detail. 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 Karura Forest Studio Apartments?+
It is on Tala Road off Kiambu Road, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 5.54 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 6.35 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 80 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does.
What is around it after dark?+
This stretch is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The site's line is that it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and that you cross it by car. For dinner or a drink you are better off planning a ride rather than a walk, and the property's own restaurant is the closest thing on the doorstep.
Does it have parking and wifi?+
Yes. Free car parking is listed, and it appears several times in the facilities as car parking and parking, which suggests the block is built around drivers. Free wifi is listed too. The facility list also gives a 24 hour front desk, a garden, a gymnasium, a restaurant, dry cleaning and a shuttle service. A swimming pool and a wheelchair accessible route are listed as well.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through the booking link on this page rather than by calling the property direct, since there is no phone number on file. Enter your dates and the number of people, and the system will show you what is open. If you need a specific arrangement, such as a wheelchair accessible room, say so when you book.
