A five star serviced address on Karen Plains Road, west of the city, with a garden, a terrace and parking on site. The deciding fact is the drive: you are 10.93 km from Upper Hill and Community, well away from the centre, so this suits anyone staying put and does not suit a stay on foot.
01What it is
Keira Homes Karen Plains lists a full set of rooms rather than a stripped-back one. There is air conditioning, free wifi and internet access, a safe, a TV and an iron and board. The bathrooms carry a bath, a WC, a hairdryer, towels and toiletries, with a bathrobe, and some rooms add a jacuzzi. The kitchen side is real: a kitchen or kitchenette, a refrigerator, a toaster and coffee. Outside there is a garden, a terrace and a balcony, with a bar and free car parking. Where the list is thin is that nothing here is described beyond the facility names: no room count, no layout, no description of the outlook or the floor you end up on.
Put together, Keira Homes Karen Plains is a self-contained address on a ridge west of the centre, on new concrete built for the car and the conference room. For a group or a long stay that wants to cook, park, spread out and not think about the city at all, the list does the work: kitchen, laundry kit, bathroom, safe, wifi, garden. For anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into the centre, this is the wrong shape of stay. Access is by car, and the trade is space and quiet for distance and dependence on a vehicle. It suits drivers, families and people on a conference schedule. It does not suit anyone on a short centre trip without their own transport.
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 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 Keira Homes Karen Plains as a self-contained address and plan the drive in and out around 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 Keira Homes Karen Plains?+
It is on Karen Plains Road in Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi. The site measures it at 12.69 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 159 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat it as a base for the western side, not for the centre.
What does the property list in the rooms?+
Air conditioning, free wifi and internet access, a TV, a safe, an iron and board, and a bathroom with a bath, a WC, a hairdryer, towels and toiletries. Some rooms include a jacuzzi and a balcony. Cooking facilities are listed as a kitchen or kitchenette with a refrigerator, toaster and coffee.
How far is it from the city centre?+
The site puts it at 10.93 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is not a walk you make on a whim. Plan on a car for anything in town, and note that parking here is free.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you book the room. Most rooms can be cancelled free there. Nothing on this page is a price or a hold on a room, so go to the booking page to see what is open for your dates.
