A 3 star camp on Mokoyeti Rd W on the ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It suits people with their own transport and time, and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
01What it is
Wildebeest Eco Camp lists a broad, family shaped set of facilities: an outdoor pool with a pool bar, a garden, terrace and playground, a games room with table tennis, family rooms and cots, a restaurant, bar, buffet, lunch service and special diets, plus a kitchenette, refrigerator and lounge. Rooms come with bathroom, shower, WC, toiletries, towels, desk, safe, balcony, and non smoking and wheelchair accessible options. There is 24H. Security, free car parking, free wifi, internet access, laundry, luggage storage, currency exchange, room service and a shuttle service. The list is thinner on detail: no gym, no business centre, no spa, and nothing beyond a 3 star, car oriented layout.
What that adds up to is a self contained place where you eat, swim and sleep on site, and where the car does the rest. Wildebeest Eco Camp sits in Greater Nairobi, 9.38 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 118 minutes on foot in a direct line, so it is not a base for walking the centre. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That suits families, drivers and longer stays. It does not suit anyone who wants the Central Business District on foot.
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 Upper Hill and Community, 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 Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Wildebeest Eco Camp if you have a car and want the pool, the garden and the family rooms rather than a room in the middle of the city. 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 Wildebeest Eco Camp?+
It is on Mokoyeti Rd W in Greater Nairobi. It is 7.5 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so it is a car based place well away from the Central Business District rather than a walkable city centre hotel.
What facilities does Wildebeest Eco Camp have?+
It lists an outdoor pool, pool bar, garden, terrace, playground, games room, table tennis, restaurant, bar, buffet and lunch, plus free wifi, free car parking, 24H. Security, laundry and a shuttle service. Rooms include bathroom, shower, desk, safe, balcony and family rooms with cots.
Can I walk into the centre from Wildebeest Eco Camp?+
No practical walk to the Central Business District. It is 9.38 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 118 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a vehicle or the shuttle service rather than walking, day or night.
How do I check availability at Wildebeest Eco Camp?+
Use app.impt.io. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, and availability is confirmed at the time of booking. If you need family rooms, a cot or wheelchair accessible rooms, check those points before you commit, as the property lists them but does not list how many.
