An apartment block on Chady Road near the airport, with kitchens, free parking and 24 hour security. It is a four star listing. The reason to stay is the airport and the reason not to is the centre: you are a long way from Kenyatta Avenue and the markets.
01What it is
Sulwe Homes 5 Minutes From Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is a four star apartment property on Chady Road, in Amalia Apartments, out in Greater Nairobi. The list is mostly self catering and practical: kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board, plus towels, toiletries, slippers and a safe. There is free wifi, air conditioning, a fan, a TV, a balcony, and cots and high chairs for children. On site you also get free car parking, 24 hour security, housekeeping, laundry service, room service, a fitness centre, a playground, a market, a barber or beauty salon, and bars. The list is thin on anything about the airport itself, no shuttle or transfer detail is given, and while it says bars and a market it says nothing about a restaurant or where you eat a full meal. The aerobics entry is facility list padding rather than a reason to book.
What that adds up to is a self contained flat rather than a hotel stay: you can cook, wash clothes and park a car, which suits a family or a group in transit. Sulwe Homes 5 Minutes From Jomo Kenyatta International Airport works for a night before an early flight, for a crew or contractor working near the airport, or for anyone who wants a kitchen and a washing machine and does not need the middle of town. It does not work if your days are in the Central Business District. The address is 13.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 174 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the nearest quarter this site covers is 12.73 km from Muthurwa and the east markets. It is also a four star apartment with no guest score on file, so treat the star rating as a classification rather than a promise. Come for the airport and the kitchen; do not come for the city.
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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one by confirming what you need from the airport side first, because the listing gives no transfer detail and the location is the whole decision. 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 Sulwe Homes 5 Minutes From Jomo Kenyatta International Airport?+
The address is Chady Road, Amalia Apartments, in Greater Nairobi. That is the airport side of the city, not the centre. The listing is 13.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 174 minutes on foot in a direct line, so plan on road transport rather than walking into town.
What do the apartments include?+
The listing gives you a kitchen or kitchenette with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, iron and board, towels, toiletries and slippers. There is free wifi, air conditioning, a fan, a TV and a balcony. Cots and high chairs are listed for children, and parking is free.
Is it practical for the Central Business District?+
It is not. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 12.73 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, and the centre is further still. This is an airport side base, best for a flight, a nearby work site or a self catering stay, not for days spent in the CBD.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you book through app.impt.io. The listing carries no guest score on file, so read the facilities against what you need: a kitchen and parking if you are driving, and a short run to the airport if you are flying.
