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Hotels in Nairobi currently start at about € 43 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 104 and € 100 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 120 properties we can book here, 86% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 78% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.7/10.
Nairobi is the gateway to Kenyan safaris and the traffic is the thing that catches people out: an address that looks close to the airport can be ninety minutes away at the wrong hour. Westlands and Karen are the two areas most visitors use, for quite different reasons.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 120 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 22 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 43 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 69 |
| Typical (median) price | € 104 |
| Upper quarter | € 163 |
| Typical 3-star | € 65 |
| Typical 4-star | € 100 |
| Typical 5-star | € 179 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
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9.9 km from the centremuseum in Kenya
13.9 km from the centretourist village in Langata, Nairobi
7.7 km from the centrezoo in Langata, Kenya
12.7 km from the centrerestaurant in Kenya
4.8 km from the centreCommemorative park in Nairobi, Kenya
4.5 km from the centrepark in Kenya
1.3 km from the centreNairobi sits in Kenya at 1.2921° S, 36.8219° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Restaurants, malls and business hotels, the practical base.
Green suburbs near the giraffe centre and elephant orphanage.
Cheapest rooms, busy by day, quieter and less pleasant at night.
Practical for early safari departures and late arrivals.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Safari prices vary hugely by park fee season. Yellow fever vaccination may be required depending on your route.
Stable at 1.09 times between ordinary weeks. July to October is the dry season and the great migration period, and the busiest for safari connections. The long rains fall from March to May.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Nairobi stayed within a factor of 1.09, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Westlands for restaurants and convenience, Karen if you want the giraffe centre and elephant orphanage nearby, or an airport hotel if your flight leaves at dawn. Traffic makes that last one more useful than it sounds.
A night either side of a safari for most people. Karen's wildlife attractions can fill a comfortable day if you have one spare.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 43 per night for two people, the typical price is € 104, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 163. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 86% of the rooms available in Nairobi can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
Stable at 1.09 times between ordinary weeks. July to October is the dry season and the great migration period, and the busiest for safari connections. The long rains fall from March to May.
The KES (KSh). Mobile money (M-Pesa) is everywhere; cards work in hotels and malls.
10% in restaurants; tips for safari guides are customary and significant.
The best-known places are Nairobi National Park, Karen Blixen Museum, Nairobi National Museum, Uhuru Park, Bomas of Kenya. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Nairobi stayed within a factor of 1.09, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.