A three star guest house on the ridge at Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, built around parking, a desk that never closes and a shuttle. It suits you if your business is Upper Hill or a conference, and you expect to ride rather than walk.
01What it is
Maskan Guest House Kilimani lists the practical things a working stay needs: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, breakfast, laundry, dry cleaning and luggage storage. There is a shuttle service, express check out, a smoking area and wheelchair access. That is a full back-of-house list for a three star, and a thin front-of-house one: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no meeting room of its own.
What that adds up to at Maskan Guest House Kilimani is a place that handles arrival, sleep, laundry and departure well and offers little reason to stay in through the day. It sits 1.62 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so Upper Hill offices and the conference hotels around them are the obvious draw. Book it if you have business there or a car. Look elsewhere in the centre if you want the day to happen outside your door.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 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 Maskan Guest House Kilimani if your days are in Upper Hill or at a conference on the ridge and you want parking and a desk that stays open. 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 Maskan Guest House Kilimani?+
It sits in Greater Nairobi, on the Kilimani ridge, at 2.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 36 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street is new concrete built for cars and conference rooms, so you are arriving by vehicle rather than stepping out into the centre.
What does the property actually provide?+
A 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, laundry, dry cleaning, luggage storage, express check out, a shuttle service, a smoking area and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant or bar listed, so plan your meals and evenings elsewhere.
Can I walk into the Central Business District from here?+
You can, but it is a long walk on a car-oriented ridge. Maskan Guest House Kilimani is in Greater Nairobi, not the centre, so most people take a ride in and back. After dark, the area around it is hotel bars and little else.
How do I check availability for Maskan Guest House Kilimani?+
Check dates through app.impt.io, where the room list and cancellation terms for this property are shown. The guest house is a three star with twelve photos on file and no guest score recorded here, so the facility list is the best guide to what you are booking.
