A five star hotel on Red Cross Road in South C, with a pool, spa, casino and shuttle, and a guest score of 4.5 from 5166 reviews. Its distance from the centre decides it: you want a car and a driver. It suits anyone who prefers a compound to a street corner.
01What it is
The Boma Nairobi lists a long, resort style set: outdoor pool, kids pool, health club, sauna, steam room and spa, plus a casino, bars, a cafe and restaurants on site. There is a 24 hour front desk, concierge, bell boy, business center, meeting room, banquet and wedding services, free wifi and free parking. A garden, terrace and lounge fill out the grounds, and the list is thin on anything that puts you on the street: no airport transfer detail beyond a shuttle service, and no driver or tour desk to speak of.
What that adds up to is a self contained five star property in Greater Nairobi, on wide industrial land with sheds, and the reason any of this is here. The Boma Nairobi keeps you inside its walls, which is the point. Suit it to someone with a car, a driver or a shuttle booking, who wants a pool, a spa and a casino under one roof and does not mind being 3.86 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out and walk into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 8 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 the centre. They sit well outside it, in the inner suburbs, past the ten quarters this site covers. The nearest of those quarters, for orientation only, is The Railway Quarter, on the southern edge of the grid, and that is as close as the connection goes. You are in the wider city here. Anything in the CBD means travelling in and out, so plan the day around that rather than around a short step from your room.
The Railway Quarter itself is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, the museum, and understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift; the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so keep it to daylight and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book The Boma Nairobi if you want the facilities on site and can arrange a car, because the street outside is not one to wander. 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 The Boma Nairobi?+
It is on South C Red Cross Road in Greater Nairobi. It sits 4.66 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 59 minutes on foot in a direct line. The surrounding streets are wide industrial land with sheds, so plan to arrive by car rather than on foot.
What does the hotel list for guests?+
The list covers an outdoor pool, kids pool, health club, sauna, steam room and spa, plus a casino, bars, a cafe and restaurants. There is a 24 hour front desk, concierge, business center, meeting room, banquet and wedding services, free wifi, free parking, a garden and a terrace.
What is getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi like?+
The Boma Nairobi is not in the central business district. The centre is 3.86 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The area after dark is industrial and unlit in stretches, so treat it as daylight only, and take a car back.
What does the guest score mean?+
The Boma Nairobi holds 4.5 out of 5 from 5166 reviews, a large sample and a high average. Read it as strong satisfaction with the compound and its facilities rather than a verdict on the location, which is industrial and away from the centre.
