A serviced apartment tower in Greater Nairobi, 4.07 km from The Railway Quarter and 4.92 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 62 minutes on foot in a direct line. The outdoor pool, kitchen and free parking decide it. The industrial setting decides against it for anyone without a car.
01What it is
Sapphire 34 Next Gen Mall is a three star apartment property in Nextgen Park on the third floor, and the list runs to self-catering rather than hotel service: kitchen and kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board. Rooms have air conditioning and a fan, a desk, a safe, a TV, a balcony, and a private bathroom with shower, WC, bidet, hairdryer and toiletries. The building adds an outdoor pool, garden, terrace, picnic area, playground and table tennis, free wifi, free car parking, lifts, 24 hour security, a concierge, express check in, family rooms, laundry service and a shuttle service. Where the list is thin is the part a hotel normally covers: there is no restaurant, no bar and no gym named, so you cook or you go out, and cleaning is listed as a service rather than a daily promise.
What that adds up to at Sapphire 34 Next Gen Mall is an apartment you run yourself inside a secured tower, with the pool and the grounds doing the work a lobby would do elsewhere. That suits a family or a longer stay, anyone who wants a kitchen and a washing machine and parking that costs nothing extra, and anyone whose days are already planned around this side of Greater Nairobi. It does not suit a visitor who wants to walk out of the door into the centre. The street feel there is wide industrial land and sheds, and after dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so daylight only, and a car back. Book it as a base with a vehicle, not as a place to step out of.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 15 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 the centre. They sit well outside it, in the inner suburbs, past the ten quarters this site covers. The nearest of those quarters, for orientation only, is The Railway Quarter, on the southern edge of the grid, and that is as close as the connection goes. You are in the wider city here. Anything in the CBD means travelling in and out, so plan the day around that rather than around a short step from your room.
The Railway Quarter itself is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, the museum, and understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift; the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so keep it to daylight and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book Sapphire 34 Next Gen Mall if you want a self-catering apartment with parking and a pool, and you accept that the centre is a drive rather than a stroll. 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 Sapphire 34 Next Gen Mall?+
It is in Greater Nairobi, at Nextgen Park, Sapphire Tower, Apartment 4 on the third floor. It sits 4.07 km from The Railway Quarter, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The surroundings are wide industrial land with sheds, so plan on arriving by car.
What does the property list for self-catering?+
Kitchen and kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board, plus coffee and water. Apartments have air conditioning, a fan, a desk, a safe, a TV and a balcony, with a private bathroom, towels, toiletries, slippers and a hairdryer. Free wifi and free car parking are listed.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
The centre is 4.92 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 62 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street is industrial and unlit in stretches after dark, so the sensible arrangement is daylight movement and a car back, or the shuttle service the property lists.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown through app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms can be cancelled free. If you need family rooms, express check in or the shuttle, confirm those when you book rather than on arrival.
