A one bedroom apartment on Lumumba 1St Avenue, in Roysambu, north of the centre in Greater Nairobi. It is not a place for a walking holiday in town; the one thing that decides whether it suits you is whether you have a car, because the street here is a transport edge rather than an evening one.
01What it is
Pearl apartment roysambu one bedroom is a four star listing with a short, practical facility list. The rooms are non smoking and hold a safe, a TV and a WC, with towels and an iron and board provided, so you can settle in and press a shirt without asking for anything. There is free wifi and internet access, free car parking with a general parking entry, and a balcony. A sauna is on the list, as are pets allowed. The list is thin on the things a longer stay usually needs: there is no kitchen, laundry or reception detail, and eight photos are on file, so ask about any facility you cannot do without.
What that adds up to is a self-contained base on the northern edge of Greater Nairobi, at 9.8 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Pearl apartment roysambu one bedroom suits a driver or a couple with a car who wants a quiet room, parking at the door and a balcony, and who treats the centre as somewhere to go rather than somewhere to be. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to the sights, or anyone who wants bars, restaurants and company on the doorstep.
02The supplier's photographs
0314 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
Checking a self-contained apartment like this one is worth doing early, since the accommodation here is small and the dates go quickly. 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 Pearl apartment roysambu one bedroom?+
It is on Lumumba 1St Avenue in Roysambu, in Greater Nairobi, well north of the centre. The site records it at 10.49 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 132 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Ngara and the Globe. Treat it as a base you drive in and out of.
What facilities does the apartment list?+
The list is practical rather than deep: free wifi and internet access, free car parking and a general parking entry, a balcony, a safe, a TV, towels, an iron and board, and a WC. The rooms are non smoking. A sauna is listed, and pets are allowed. Ask about anything else you need before you commit, because the list is thin on kitchen and laundry detail.
Is it easy to get into the centre from here?+
By car, yes, and by foot, no. The street there is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the advice for after dark is to cross it by car. The centre is a long way south, so plan on driving or being driven, including in the evening, and do not count on walking in.
How do I check availability?+
Book through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold dates while you arrange transport, which matters because the apartment sits off the centre. Check the calendar there for the nights you want, confirm the booking, and keep in mind that the listing holds only eight photos, so ask for more if you need them.
