A three star apartment block on Kiambu Road, with kitchens, parking and wifi, 8.14 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The deciding fact is the car: with one, this is a practical base. Without one, the address works against you and the centre is a trip, not a stroll.
01What it is
Lux Suites Tsavo Sunset Apartments lists the working parts of a self catering stay rather than hotel extras. Each unit has a kitchen or kitchenette with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, plus a bathroom with shower, WC and towels. There is free wifi and internet access, a desk, a safe, a TV, an iron and board, and lifts. Cleaning, laundry service and luggage storage are listed, and there is free car parking on site. Non smoking rooms are available. Where the list is thin is anything beyond the room: no restaurant, bar, gym or meeting space is listed, and beyond the star rating and the facilities above, the property is quiet about itself. Twelve photos are on file, so the room and the block are what you have to go on before booking.
Lux Suites Tsavo Sunset Apartments is a base for someone who wants a kitchen, a parking space and a door that closes, not a lobby to sit in. It suits longer stays, families, and anyone working on or beyond Kiambu Road who would rather cook than eat out, and the secure parking and self contained rooms make that straightforward. It does not suit a visitor who wants the centre on foot. The quarter the site covers nearest to it is 8.14 km from Ngara and the Globe, and 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: use a car. If your Nairobi is meetings and museums in the middle of town, sleep nearer the middle.
02The supplier's photographs
0323 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. 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 street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one if you have a car and want a kitchen rather than a 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 Lux Suites Tsavo Sunset Apartments?+
It is on Kiambu Road, in Greater Nairobi, north of the centre. It is 8.95 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 112 minutes on foot in a direct line. That figure is a direct line, not a route, and it tells you what matters here: this is a drive in, not a walk in.
What do the apartments have in them?+
Kitchens or kitchenettes with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with shower, WC and towels, free wifi, a desk, a safe, a TV, an iron and board, and lifts. Cleaning, laundry service and luggage storage are listed, and parking is free. Nothing beyond the room is listed.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
For most purposes, yes. The street is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts early, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one: cross it by car. Free parking is listed, so a car is an asset rather than a problem. On foot the centre is not realistic.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability is shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so a change of plan does not have to cost you. Confirm your dates there and the terms that apply to the room you pick are shown before you commit.
