A furnished three bedroom apartment on a high floor of a Kilimani block, with lifts, parking and two pools. It suits a group or a family with a car, and it does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door and into the centre.
01What it is
Nyumbani Oasis is a four star three bedroom apartment at Wood Avenue in Kilimani, on the sixteenth floor of Block B at Staroot Residency. The list is long on the domestic: a kitchen with fridge, microwave and toaster, a washing machine, iron and board, towels, toiletries, bathrobe and slippers, a desk, a safe, a fan, a cot, a TV and free wifi throughout. The building side covers 24 hour security with security features and a smoke detector, lifts, free car parking, housekeeping and cleaning, non smoking rooms and wheelchair access. Two pools, an outdoor and an indoor one, a kids pool and a fitness centre round it out. Where the list is thin: nothing about how the apartment is laid out room by room, nothing about views, and nothing about food beyond coffee making in the kitchen.
What this adds up to for a stay in Greater Nairobi is a serviced flat rather than a hotel room, and that is the decision. Three bedrooms, a kitchen and a washing machine mean a family or a small group can settle in, cook, and run a week without eating out, and a car can sit in the free parking. The catch is the setting. This is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so you are not stepping onto a street of cafés and shops. It is 2.87 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 4.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. Take Nyumbani Oasis if you have a car and want space and a pool. Leave it if you want the centre at your door.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 2 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 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 this one if you want the apartment and the parking more than the address, and check the lifts and the pools are working before you commit the week. 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 Nyumbani Oasis in Nairobi?+
It is in Kilimani, at Wood Avenue, Staroot Residency Block B, sixteenth floor, house number B1. That is in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. The nearest of the quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, and Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is the central point the site measures from.
Does the apartment have a pool and a gym?+
The facilities list includes an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, a kids pool and a fitness centre, all within the building rather than nearby. Lifts serve the floors and there is free car parking on site. It is worth confirming the pools and gym are open for your dates when you book.
Can I walk into the centre from Kilimani?+
You can, but the route and the heat make it a poor plan for a daily commute. The centre is 4.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the streets around the apartment are built for cars. Plan on driving or taking a ride.
How do I check whether the apartment is free?+
Put your dates into the booking link on this page and it will show what is open. Because it is a single three bedroom apartment rather than a block of rooms, popular weeks go early, so it is worth checking before you fix flights. Free cancellation applies to most bookings.
