Lux Suites Kipande Family Apartments is a three star apartment block on Kipande Road in Ngara, with free parking, lifts, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. The parking and the shuttle decide it: this is a place for people arriving by car or booking rides, not for anyone wanting the centre on foot after dark.
01What it is
Lux Suites Kipande Family Apartments lists four facilities: free car parking, lifts, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. For a three star apartment block on this side of town that is a practical set rather than a decorative one. The parking matters most, because Ngara and the Globe is a transport edge, and a car is how you cross it. The lifts and wheelchair access make the building workable for families with small children, older travellers and anyone who cannot manage stairs. The list is thin elsewhere: no pool, no gym, no restaurant, no bar, no breakfast room, nothing that would keep you inside the building for an evening.
What that adds up to is a self-contained base at the northern lip of the centre. Lux Suites Kipande Family Apartments is 0.97 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 13 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 0.6 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. The street is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and you should cross it by car. Book this if you have a vehicle, need step-free access and want an apartment rather than a hotel bar. Do not book it if you want to walk out to dinner.
02The supplier's photographs
034 facilities the supplier lists
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 Lux Suites Kipande Family Apartments directly if you want the parking space and the lift confirmed before you arrive, since those are the two things the building actually offers. 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 Lux Suites Kipande Family Apartments?+
The property is on Kipande Road in Ngara, in the part of the city called Ngara and the Globe. It stands 0.6 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe, on a stretch defined by a flyover, a roundabout and an early market. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is within walking distance in a direct line.
Does the property have parking and step-free access?+
Yes. Lux Suites Kipande Family Apartments lists free car parking, lifts and wheelchair accessible facilities. Those three are the core of what the building advertises, and they suit anyone arriving with a vehicle or needing to avoid stairs. The list does not include a restaurant, a bar or a gym.
Can I walk into the central business district from here?+
You can, in a direct line: the property is 0.97 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 13 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area after dark is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so the return leg is better done by car or by the shuttle the building lists.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability is shown when you book through app.impt.io, where the rooms for Lux Suites Kipande Family Apartments are listed. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so a change of plan does not have to cost you the stay. Check the listing before you commit to dates.
