A one bedroom serviced apartment on a ridge in Kilimani, in a tower built for cars and conference traffic, with a pool, gym and sauna indoors. It suits a driver here on business who wants the whole flat rather than a room. It does not suit anyone here to walk the centre.
01What it is
Skyline Haven 1BR Kilimani Pool Gym Sauna is a four star apartment, not a staffed hotel room, so what you get is a whole flat: a kitchen or kitchenette with a microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, a lounge, a desk, a safe, a TV and free wifi. There is a balcony or terrace or patio off it, a bathroom with a bath, shower, bidet, WC, towels, toiletries and a hairdryer, and a fan with carpeted floors. The building lists a fitness center, an indoor pool, a sauna, lifts, free car parking and non smoking rooms. Where the list is thin is service and food: no restaurant, no bar, no room service, and no guest score on file.
The ridge address is the point of Skyline Haven 1BR Kilimani Pool Gym Sauna. This is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you are in Nairobi for meetings in Kilimani or Upper Hill and you have a car or a driver, the flat, the parking and the gym do the work and the indoor pool and sauna fill the evenings. If you want to walk out of the door into the centre, this is the wrong end of it, and a one bedroom flat in a tower will feel like an expensive base you never sit in.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 6 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Skyline Haven 1BR Kilimani Pool Gym Sauna only once you have settled how you will get to your meetings, because the flat is easy and the location is not. 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 Skyline Haven 1BR Kilimani?+
The address is Wilma Towers, Elgeyo Marakwet, Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi. It stands 3.56 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 5.16 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 65 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on driving or being driven rather than walking into the centre.
Is this a hotel or an apartment?+
It is a one bedroom apartment in a tower, listed at four star, with the flat's own kitchen or kitchenette, washing machine, lounge and bathroom, plus building facilities: indoor pool, gym, sauna, lifts and free car parking. There is no restaurant or bar listed, so you cook or you go out for food.
What is the area like in the evening?+
The site's own line on the ridge is that it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. The tower is built for the car and the conference room, so the night is quiet and you will need transport for anything beyond the building. Do not expect a walkable evening quarter.
How do I check whether the flat is free?+
Check availability for your dates against the booking link, since a single apartment moves fast and there is no front desk to call for a same day room. Confirm that the kitchen, washing machine and parking you need are included in the booking before you commit, and read the cancellation terms on the listing.
