A three star suite address on Kangundo Rd, on the ridge side of Greater Nairobi, built for people arriving by car. Three and a half kilometres out from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, 2.84 km from Upper Hill. The deciding question is whether you have a vehicle and a reason to be out this way.
01What it is
Kijala Suite by Homes By Della lists a small, practical set of things: a 24 hour front desk, free car parking, parking more generally, a smoking area, and wheelchair access. That is the whole of it. There is no restaurant, no gym, no pool and no airport transfer on the list, so anyone who wants to eat or drink without leaving the building should read that list carefully. The front desk running around the clock matters most here, because it is the one thing that makes a late arrival on a road like this straightforward.
Kijala Suite by Homes By Della is a three star property, and the list is honest about what that means: it covers the mechanics of a stay, a bed, a desk, a place to park and someone on duty, rather than resort facilities. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so the property suits someone with business in Greater Nairobi or Upper Hill who will drive in and out. It does not suit anyone planning to walk the Central Business District, and after dark there is little beyond hotel bars without a ride.
02The supplier's photographs
035 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Kijala Suite by Homes By Della if the Kangundo Rd position works for your diary and you are arriving with a car. 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 Kijala Suite by Homes By Della?+
It is on Kangundo Rd in Greater Nairobi, out on the ridge rather than in the centre. That is 3.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line, so most people staying here treat a car as part of the booking, not an optional extra.
What does the property actually provide?+
The list is short and workmanlike: a 24 hour front desk, free car parking, parking, a smoking area and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant or bar named, and no leisure facilities, so plan on eating out or arriving already fed. The front desk is the useful part for late arrivals.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
It is possible but dull. The direct line to Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 45 minutes on foot, and the stretch is built around traffic rather than pedestrians. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. A car or a lift is the practical choice.
How close is it to the quarters this site covers?+
The nearest is 2.84 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That makes Upper Hill the working base this address pairs with, and the rest of the centre a deliberate trip rather than a stroll from the door.
