A two bedroom apartment on Langata Road, close to Wilson Airport and within reach of Upper Hill. It is a self contained, car oriented stay. If your day is built around a flight from Wilson or an office in Upper Hill, it works; if you want to walk into the centre, it does not.
01What it is
Spacious 2bdr Home 5mins TO Wilson Airport is a three star apartment at Esterina Apartments on Langata Road. The listed facilities are practical rather than generous: free wifi, free car parking, a laundry service, dry cleaning, a smoking area and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no airport shuttle on the list. Book it as an apartment with parking and a washing machine behind the desk, not as a hotel with services. The list is thin, and you should plan around that rather than expect more when you arrive.
What that adds up to is a self catering base on a ridge south of the centre, in an area the site describes as new concrete built for the car and the conference room. Spacious 2bdr Home 5mins TO Wilson Airport sits at 5.31 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line, so you are not walking into town. It suits two people with a car, a work trip to Upper Hill or an early flight from Wilson. It does not suit anyone without a car, or anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
037 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 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 this one if you have a car and your business is south of the centre, and check availability through the booking app before you commit. 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 this apartment?+
It is at Esterina Apartments on Langata Road, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 3.44 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 5.31 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What is listed at the property?+
Free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, dry cleaning, a smoking area and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant or bar listed, so it is a self contained apartment rather than a serviced hotel. Parking and laundry are the two that matter most here.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
The centre is 5.31 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a long walk in this city, and the street is built for cars. You need a car or a ride to get anywhere, including after dark when the area goes quiet.
How do I check dates and availability?+
Use the booking app at app.impt.io, where this apartment is listed. Availability and any room details sit there, and most rooms can be cancelled free. The property has no guest score on file, so judge it on the location and the facilities rather than on reviews.
