A three star apartment block off Kiambu Road, on the northern edge of Greater Nairobi, 8.3 km from Ngara and the Globe. It has parking, lifts, housekeeping, a smoking area and nothing else of note. The thing that decides it is a car: with one, this works; without one, it does not.
01What it is
Scenic View Thindigua Apartments is a three star block on Thindigua, off Kiambu Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The facilities it lists are practical and thin: free car parking, lifts, housekeeping, multilingual staff and a smoking area. That is the whole list. There is no restaurant, no gym, no pool, and nothing said about air conditioning, kitchen equipment or the internet. Parking and housekeeping are covered; everything else you need to bring or arrange for yourself, and the smoking area is likely to matter to anyone who smokes, since the rooms may not allow it.
For someone staying here, the parking and the lifts do the heavy work, and the multilingual staff help with the day to day. Scenic View Thindigua Apartments suits a driver with business on the northern side, or a longer stay where a car and a lift to the floor are the point. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre or spend evenings out: this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and you cross it by car. Confirm what is in the apartment before you rely on it.
02The supplier's photographs
035 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 Scenic View Thindigua Apartments once you have sorted your car, because the parking is the reason to be here and the block is not walkable to the centre. 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 Scenic View Thindigua Apartments?+
It is on Thindigua, off Kiambu Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the CBD. It stands 8.3 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 9.11 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 114 minutes on foot in a direct line. A car is assumed.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
Free car parking, housekeeping, lifts, multilingual staff and a smoking area. That is the full list on file. There is no restaurant, no gym and no pool, and nothing is stated about air conditioning, kitchen equipment or internet access. Treat the list as the whole of what is promised and check anything else before booking.
How do I get into the city centre from here?+
By car. The street has 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 rather than on foot. The 8.3 km to Ngara is the nearest quarter this site covers.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page to see what is open for your dates. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and bookings go through app.impt.io. Because the block is small and close to the northern business side, it is worth checking well ahead if you need several apartments at once.
