Safari Homes and Tours is a three star place on Muthama Access Road in Greater Nairobi, well outside the centre. What decides it is the location: it works for people who need parking and a quiet morning start, and does not work for anyone who wants the Central Business District on the doorstep.
01What it is
Safari Homes and Tours lists the practical things a driver or a working stay needs: free car parking and parking, a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, breakfast, laundry service and dry cleaning, luggage storage, a concierge and a terrace, with wheelchair access. The list is thin on anything beyond that. There is no restaurant, no bar, no meeting room and no airport transfer, and no guest score is on file, so nothing here is vouched for by past visitors.
For someone staying at Safari Homes and Tours, that adds up to a functional base rather than a destination. The parking and the round the clock desk suit people arriving by car or landing late, and the terrace gives you somewhere to sit. The trade is position: this is Greater Nairobi, and the city you came for is a long way off. Safari Homes and Tours suits self drivers who want space and quiet and do not mind the distance. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to meetings, see the markets first thing or spend evenings in the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, 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 Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Safari Homes and Tours only once you have accepted how far out it sits, because the location, not the room, is the decision here. 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 Safari Homes and Tours?+
It is on Muthama Access Road in Greater Nairobi, 15.82 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 198 minutes on foot in a direct line. That puts it outside the Central Business District and outside the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually provide?+
The listed facilities are free wifi, breakfast, free car parking and parking, a 24 hour front desk, concierge, laundry service, dry cleaning, luggage storage, a terrace and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant or bar on the list, so plan meals elsewhere.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
You do not walk it. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 14.75 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, and the site's own line about the area is that it is a daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon. Treat a car as necessary.
How do I check availability for Safari Homes and Tours?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search through app.impt.io, which is where bookings for this property are handled. Look at the dates you need before committing, since the distance from the centre is the main thing to weigh.
