A four star house and cottage property on Kikenni Road in Greater Nairobi, spread across gardens with a pool, a tennis court and parking on site. The thing that decides it is the car: this is a ridge address built for driving, and you will want one for everything.
01What it is
Ol Losowan House and Cottages is a four star property on Kikenni Road in Greater Nairobi, and what it lists is mostly space and self sufficiency. There are kitchens and kitchenettes, refrigerators, a fireplace, a desk, a balcony, a patio and a terrace, plus a garden, a picnic area, an outdoor pool, a Jacuzzi and a tennis court. Rooms are non smoking and family rooms and cots exist. Bathrooms come with a bath or shower, toiletries and towels, and there is free wifi, free car parking, laundry, housekeeping and 24 hour security. Where the list is thin is transport: bike rental is the only movement it offers, so you are otherwise on your own for getting anywhere.
For the right visitor, Ol Losowan House and Cottages works because it holds you on site. If your day is a car ride out and a car ride back, the garden, the pool and the kitchen take the edge off Greater Nairobi, which is a new concrete ridge built for the car and the conference room. Nights here are safe and dull, hotel bars and a ride anywhere else, so treat the property as the evening. It suits families and longer stays with a vehicle, and anyone who wants quiet over street life. It does not suit anyone without a car, or anyone wanting to walk out to dinner or into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 1 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Ol Losowan House and Cottages if you are driving and want the garden, the pool and the kitchen to carry the stay. 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 Ol Losowan House and Cottages?+
It is on Kikenni Road in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It sits 10.95 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is a car address, not a walking one.
What does Ol Losowan House and Cottages have on site?+
A garden, an outdoor pool, a Jacuzzi, a tennis court, a picnic area and free car parking. Indoors there are kitchens and kitchenettes, a fireplace, a desk, a balcony or patio, free wifi and laundry. Bathrooms have a bath or shower, toiletries and towels, and family rooms and cots are listed.
Can I get into central Nairobi from the property without a car?+
It is awkward. The property is 12.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 161 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the only transport it lists is bike rental. Plan on a car or a ride, and treat the centre as a daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon.
How do I check availability at Ol Losowan House and Cottages?+
Check dates and room types through the booking link on this page. House and cottage accommodation differs, so confirm which one you are taking before you commit, and check that the kitchen, pool and parking you want are attached to that unit.
