Serviced apartments on Keiyo Rd in Parklands, with kitchens, a pool, a gym and a sauna. The location suits you if you want your own rooms and easy parking; it does not suit you if you plan to walk into the centre and back after dark.
01What it is
KenGen Furnished and Serviced Apartments is a three star block of self-catering flats on Keiyo Rd in Parklands, off Kolobot Rd. The apartment list is the strong part: kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, desk, balcony or patio, bath and shower, towels, toiletries, iron and board, safe, TV and DVD. The wider list covers the pool, kids pool, gym, sauna, steam room, squash, tennis court and playground, plus restaurant, bar, night club, room service, buffet, free wifi, free car parking, laundry, housekeeping, cleaning, 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security and lifts. Where it thins out is overnight: the front desk is the reliable thing, and the social or business life of the building is not spelled out.
What that adds up to is a place built for people who want a kitchen and their own door, not a lobby to sit in. KenGen Furnished and Serviced Apartments suits families, longer stays, and anyone driving who wants parking and a pool at the end of the day. It suits you less if you are in Nairobi for the centre on foot: the block sits at a transport edge, and the area is one to cross by car after dark rather than on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 26 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. 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 quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book KenGen Furnished and Serviced Apartments if you want self-catering rooms and a pool rather than a hotel lobby. 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 KenGen Furnished and Serviced Apartments?+
The address is Keiyo Rd, Parklands, off Kolobot Rd, on the Ngara and the Globe side of the city. It is 1.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 21 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 1.12 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. The street itself is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does.
What do the apartments include?+
Each apartment is set up for self-catering, with a kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus a desk, balcony or patio, bath and shower, towels, toiletries, iron and board, safe, TV and DVD. The building adds free wifi, free car parking, laundry, housekeeping, restaurant and bar, a pool, a gym, a sauna and a steam room.
Is Ngara and the Globe good for walking into the centre?+
It is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the honest answer is that you cross it by car. Walking works in daylight if you are heading to the centre, but the roundabout and flyover traffic and the early market make the pavement hard going, and you should not plan to walk back after dark.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Go through app.impt.io, where availability for KenGen Furnished and Serviced Apartments is shown and bookings are held. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, which matters if your dates are still moving. There are no prices on this site, so the booking page is where you see what a stay comes to.
