A three star on Daidai Rd, out in Greater Nairobi's industrial land. What decides it is the car: free parking, a terrace, and enough listed services for a workable stop, in a stretch that is unlit after dark and wants daylight and a ride back.
01What it is
Savannah Sunset is a three star property on Daidai Rd, in Greater Nairobi, and the facilities it lists are practical rather than plush. Free car parking heads the list, along with luggage storage, dry cleaning service, a terrace and a smoking area. Note the surcharge line: at least one item or service is charged on top, so ask which. That is the whole of what the property puts in writing. There is no restaurant, no gym and no airport transfer on the list, and nothing about meals, so do not read in more than is there.
What that adds up to for someone staying at Savannah Sunset is a plain, car dependent stop: you park, you store bags, you get laundry done, you use the terrace, and you drive to whatever the day needs. It suits a working visitor or a driver who values the parking and treats the room as a base, and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot, food and drink in the building, or an evening stroll. The street itself is industrial and the area goes unlit in stretches, so this is a daylight and car back address.
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 The Railway Quarter. They sit just outside the ten quarters this site covers, on the edge of the centre, and The Railway Quarter is only the nearest of the ten. What that means in practice is that you are in the wider city, not in the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The nearest quarter is the southern edge of the centre: wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift, and the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue; the quarter is 0.89 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is best for the museum, and for understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches. Daylight only, and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Savannah Sunset is one to book ahead if you are set on the parking and the terrace, since the listed facilities are the whole of the offer. 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 Savannah Sunset in Nairobi?+
It is on Daidai Rd in Greater Nairobi, the industrial side of the city rather than the centre. The site measures it at 3.52 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a straight line, not a route, so treat it as orientation only.
What facilities does Savannah Sunset have?+
The property lists free car parking, dry cleaning service, luggage storage, a smoking area and a terrace, and it notes a surcharge applies to something. There is no restaurant, gym or shuttle in the list. Check what the surcharge covers before you rely on any one facility.
Can I walk into the centre from the hotel?+
Walking is not the plan here. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 2.69 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and Daidai Rd sits on wide industrial land with sheds, unlit in stretches after dark. Drive in, and drive back.
How do I check availability at Savannah Sunset?+
Look it up on app.impt.io and put in your dates. Rooms can be cancelled free on most bookings, so you can hold a room while you sort out your car and your route into the centre. The property is three star, on Daidai Rd in Greater Nairobi.
