A 3 star hotel on Gituamba Gachie Rd, out on the northern edge of Greater Nairobi, where the road meets a flyover, a roundabout and a market. What decides it is your car. With one, the parking and the shuttle make it workable. Without one, the distance from the centre is the whole story.
01What it is
Ruaka View lists bars, a restaurant, free car parking, general parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, and carries a 3 star rating. For a visitor, the useful entries are the parking, which is free, and the restaurant, since eating on site saves you a run back into town. The bar is a bar. The list is thin on anything else: no gym, no pool, no business centre, no airport transfer beyond the shuttle, and nothing said about the rooms themselves. Nine photographs are on file, which is what you have to work from.
What that adds up to is a straightforward stop for someone with a vehicle. Ruaka View sits in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre, 10 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 126 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 9.43 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so you cross it by car. Suits drivers, self-catering business trips and anyone breaking a journey north. Does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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 Ruaka View if you are arriving by car and want the parking and restaurant settled before you travel, and check the room type against the nine photos on file. 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 Ruaka View?+
On Gituamba Gachie Rd, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so plan to cross it by car rather than on foot.
What does Ruaka View have on site?+
A restaurant, bars, free car parking, general parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, under a 3 star rating. That is the whole list. There is no pool, no gym and no business centre, and the property says nothing specific about the rooms, so the nine photographs on file are your best guide.
How do I get from Ruaka View into the centre?+
By car or by the shuttle, not on foot. Ruaka View is 9.43 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and further again from the core. The road outside is built for vehicles, and the walk in is long and not an evening route.
How do I check availability at Ruaka View?+
Use the booking link on this page to see which room types are open for your dates. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you compare. If you are arriving by car, confirm the parking when you book, since it is the main reason to stay out here.
