A three star apartment block in Greater Nairobi with a full kitchen and free parking, which is the point: you cook for yourself and you drive yourself. The listed address is industrial, and it is unlit in stretches after dark, so this is a daylight, car-backed base, not a place you wander out of at night.
01What it is
The Purple Gem Airbnb South B Oak South Apartments lists a self-contained flat rather than a hotel: kitchen, microwave, refrigerator, desk, air conditioning, balcony, and both a bath and a shower, with towels, toiletries and slippers provided. Free wifi, free car parking and 24 hour security are all on the list, which matters here. Also listed are room service, housekeeping, laundry service, cleaning and breakfast, plus bars, a market, a picnic area and a barber and beauty salon. Non smoking rooms, family rooms, a safe and smoke detectors round it out. The list is thin on what a business traveller might expect: nothing about airport transfers, nothing about a gym, and no restaurant beyond breakfast, so treat the kitchen as the kitchen and not a backup.
For someone staying here, The Purple Gem Airbnb South B Oak South Apartments is a practical self-catering unit with parking and a guard on site, which is more than many places at three stars in Greater Nairobi offer. The trade is location. It is 3.9 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so you are not in the centre and you are not walking to it. The street itself is wide industrial land and sheds, and after dark it is unlit in stretches. It suits a driver who wants space, a kitchen and a quiet street over a lobby and a location. It does not suit anyone relying on foot or public transport, or anyone who wants to step outside into bars and dinner.
02The supplier's photographs
0333 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 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 this one if you are arriving with a car and want a kitchen rather than a hotel lobby. 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 The Purple Gem Airbnb South B Oak South Apartments?+
The listed address is Nairobi Road Rover Park Apartment, in Greater Nairobi. It is 4.78 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 60 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.9 km from The Railway Quarter. The street is wide industrial land with sheds, so the address is not walkable into the centre.
What is in the apartment itself?+
A kitchen with a microwave and refrigerator, a desk, air conditioning and a balcony, plus a bath, a shower and a WC. Towels, toiletries and slippers are listed. Wifi is free and there is free car parking on site, along with 24 hour security and smoke detectors in the rooms.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from here?+
No. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is The Railway Quarter at 3.9 km, and Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 4.78 km and 60 minutes on foot in a direct line. The surrounding streets are industrial and unlit in stretches after dark. Take a car both ways.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability is shown through app.impt.io, where you book. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, so check the terms on the room you pick before confirming. Nothing is charged outside that booking flow, and the site itself lists no rooms or prices.
