A four star apartment block off Gitanga Road in Kilimani, on the new concrete ridge with the conference trade. It is 4.07 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The decisive thing is your car: everything here assumes one.
01What it is
The Manna at Valley Heights Apartments in Kilimani lists the equipment of an apartment rather than a hotel room. There is a kitchen and a washing machine, a microwave and a refrigerator, an iron and board, a desk, a safe. Bedrooms are non smoking, with bath, shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. The building adds lifts, free car parking, 24 hour security and a fitness center, plus free wifi and internet access, cleaning and laundry service. The list is thin on two things: nothing for eating in the building beyond your own kitchen, and nothing about the quarters or view from the balcony and patio.
What that adds up to is a stay built around the car and the room. The Manna at Valley Heights Apartments suits anyone with business in Kilimani, Upper Hill or the wider ridge, and anyone who would rather cook and park than take a lobby and a queue. It does not suit a visitor who wants the centre on foot. The centre distances are given plainly: 5.44 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 69 minutes on foot in a direct line. Trade the walk for a ride and the address works.
02The supplier's photographs
0330 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 your days are on the ridge and your evenings are in the apartment. 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 Manna at Valley Heights Apartments?+
On Gitanga Road in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi. The site measures it at 5.44 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 69 minutes on foot in a direct line, so most people staying here arrive and move around by car or by ride.
What does the property actually list?+
Kitchen, washing machine, microwave, refrigerator, iron and board, desk, safe, bath and shower, towels and toiletries, non smoking rooms, lifts, free car parking, free wifi, 24 hour security, a fitness center, cleaning and laundry service.
Can you stay here without a car?+
The area is built for the car, and the centre is not a walk in practice. If you have no car, plan on rides, and read the after dark line first: safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That is a fair summary of the evenings.
How do you check availability?+
Use app.impt.io. Rooms can mostly be cancelled free there, and availability is live. The site holds no prices to quote, so the booking page is the only place to see what is open for your dates.
