A three star apartment block off Ngong Road in Racecourse Gardens, built around self catering rather than hotel service. Whether it suits you depends on one thing: you need a car, because this is Greater Nairobi, not the centre, and the evenings here are quiet.
01What it is
Zakati Haven Homes is an apartment property, so the useful part of the list is the kitchen side: a kitchen, a kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator and a market, which together mean you can feed yourself rather than eat out every night. Add free wifi, a desk, a TV, an iron and board, a safe and a private balcony, plus towels, toiletries and slippers. The building has lifts, free car parking, 24 hour security, housekeeping and cleaning, laundry service, a garden, a fitness center and an outdoor pool, and it lists wheelchair accessible rooms and non smoking rooms. The list is thin on the things a hotel normally supplies: there is no restaurant, no bar and no reception described here, so treat it as self contained rather than serviced.
For someone staying at Zakati Haven Homes, that adds up to a base rather than a full service hotel. The apartment format suits longer stays, families and anyone working on their own schedule, and the secure parking and kitchen make it practical if you have your own transport. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of a lobby into 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. Choose Zakati Haven Homes if you want space and quiet, and look at Upper Hill or the centre itself if you want to walk.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 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 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 Zakati Haven Homes directly if you have already decided on self catering off Ngong Road, and check what the apartment includes before you commit. 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 Zakati Haven Homes?+
It is on Igiria Kirui Road off Ngong Road, in Racecourse Gardens, within Greater Nairobi. It sits 8.69 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 109 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 7.17 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on a vehicle.
What does the property actually list?+
Apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, balcony, desk, safe, TV, towels and toiletries. The building lists free wifi, free car parking, 24 hour security, lifts, housekeeping, laundry service, a garden, a fitness center and an outdoor pool. There is no restaurant or bar on the list, so cater for yourself or travel out.
What is it like getting into the centre from here?+
This is Greater Nairobi, not the Central Business District, and the distances are not walkable for a normal day. The centre is 8.69 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 109 minutes on foot in a direct line. A car, a shuttle or a ride is the realistic way in, and the area after dark is safe and dull.
How do I check availability at Zakati Haven Homes?+
Availability and the apartment type you want are confirmed at the point of booking through app.impt.io, where most rooms here can be cancelled free. Check that the unit you are offered has the kitchen, washing and parking arrangements you need, since the apartments vary and the property has no hotel front desk described.
