A four star two bedroom apartment in Greater Nairobi, held up by its own kitchen, laundry and parking rather than by anything around it. The address decides the booking: it sits 1.97 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so you want a car, not a stroll.
01What it is
Safari City Two Bedroom Apartment is listed as a four star apartment with two bedrooms, and the facilities are the ones that make a flat work rather than a hotel room: a kitchen with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a dishwasher and a washing machine, coffee, towels, a bathroom with WC and shower, air conditioning, a balcony, a garden, a TV, free wifi and internet access, free car parking, non smoking rooms, a smoke detector, and wheelchair access. The list is thin on the things a serviced property usually adds: no stated reception, no bar or restaurant, no gym, no airport transfer, no child care, no breakfast and no daily housekeeping, so you shop and cook for yourself.
For the right visitor, that is the point. Safari City Two Bedroom Apartment gives you a whole flat on a ridge of new concrete, which suits a family, a pair of colleagues or anyone on a longer stay who wants a kitchen and a washing machine and a parking space at the door. The property is in Greater Nairobi, 3.09 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 39 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the streets around it are built for the car and the conference room. It is not for anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre. Book it if you are driving, working nearby, and eating in.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 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 Safari City Two Bedroom Apartment early if you need the whole flat for specific dates, because two bedroom self catering units in this part of Greater Nairobi go to longer stays first. 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 Safari City Two Bedroom Apartment?+
It is at A304 Heartland Gardens, in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 1.97 km away. The centre is a car trip, not a stroll, so plan on driving or being driven.
Does the apartment have a kitchen and laundry?+
Yes. The listed facilities include a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus a dishwasher and a washing machine. There is also a bathroom with WC and shower, towels, coffee, air conditioning and a balcony. There is no restaurant or breakfast on the list, so you cook.
What is the area like after dark?+
Safe and dull. Hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That is the honest description of the streets around this ridge. The apartment itself is non smoking and has a smoke detector and free car parking, which is what you want if you are coming back late by car.
Who is this apartment right for, and who should skip it?+
It suits a family, two colleagues or a longer stay that needs a kitchen, a washing machine and parking at the door. Skip it if you want to walk out into the centre, eat in a hotel restaurant, or rely on reception and daily housekeeping, none of which are on the list.
