A three star apartment block on Gatundu Road, in the ridge of new concrete north of the centre. It lists kitchens, laundering and round the clock staffing, which decides it for you: good for a longer stay with your own cooking and washing, weak if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Kilimani view apartment lists apartments rather than rooms, and the list is built around that: kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, sink, plus washing machine, iron and board, housekeeping and cleaning. There is free wifi, a desk, a safe, a TV, bath and shower, towels and toiletries, slippers, non smoking rooms, family rooms, high chairs, lifts, a lounge, a garden, a terrace, a patio and a smoking area. Practical extras include 24 hour front desk, 24H. Security, express check in, free car parking, car rental, currency exchange, an ATM and a market. The list is thin on anything that is not self catering or administrative: no restaurant, no bar, no pool, no gym, and no stated airport transfer.
What that adds up to is a self contained base in a purpose built ridge of Greater Nairobi. Kilimani view apartment is on Gatundu Road, and the address is 4.31 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Book it if you want a kitchen, a washing machine and a quiet block for several nights, and you accept that the centre is a drive. Do not book it if you are in Nairobi for two nights of dinners and meetings on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 8 more on the supplier's own record. 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 well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Kilimani view apartment through this page and confirm the dates you actually want, because the apartment side of Nairobi fills up around conferences. 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 Kilimani view apartment?+
It is on Gatundu Road in Greater Nairobi, part of the ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. The site puts it 4.31 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is a drive, not a stroll, to the centre.
What does the property actually list?+
Apartments with a kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, sink, washing machine, iron and board, housekeeping and cleaning. Also free wifi, a desk, a safe, a TV, bath and shower, towels, toiletries, slippers, family rooms, high chairs, lifts, a garden, a terrace, a patio, free parking, 24 hour front desk and 24H. Security.
Can I walk into the central business district from Greater Nairobi?+
You would be walking along a ridge road built for cars, past hotel bars, in a quarter that empties after dark. It is possible in daylight and dull rather than unsafe, but most people staying here take a ride. If walking to meetings in the centre matters, this is the wrong side of town.
How do I check availability for Kilimani view apartment?+
Check dates on this page, through app.impt.io. Booking is confirmed there, most rooms can be cancelled free, and the apartment side of Nairobi tightens around conferences, so confirm the nights you want before you build a trip around them.
