Safari Park Hotel Nairobi Combines Culture, Modernity and Style

Safari Park Hotel Nairobi, located just off the Thika Highway near the Moi International Sports Center at Kasarani, is one of the popular Nairobi Hotels.

Thika Highway leads directly to Mount Kenya so the hotel is a great spot for adventurers seeking to climb the highest of the mountains in Kenya and second tallest mountain in all of Africa.

Safari Park is situated on huge 50 acre beautiful grounds. So, guests can take in amazing views from every angle.

Accommodations

The hotel has 205 spacious rooms all of which are furnished with hardwood poster beds and hand-carved furniture and exhibit safari-themed decor. The rooms have large windows and many have verandas from which guests can take in the hotel's well-kept gardens.

The rooms are equipped with a reading desk and chair, electronic in-room safe to help you secure your valuables such as money and passports and, satellite TV to keep you entertained while indoors.

Each room is also equipped with tea and coffee making facilities, a refrigerated mini-bar, hairdryer, umbrellas and mosquito nets to keep mosquitoes at bay. Cabled internet and WiFi enable guests to keep abreast with business and international developments from the comfort of their rooms.

Services and Amenities

The Safari Park Hotel Nairobi's services and amenities cater to both the business and leisure needs of the guests.

Safari Park offers well over 20 conference, meeting and banquet venues with capacities ranging from 4 to 1200 delegates
The hotel's business center is fully equipped with photocopy and fax services and offers secretarial and internet services.
Safari Park's restaurants offer 5 dining options that ensure that guests' culinary preferences are catered for.
Café Kigwa is a cross between a New York deli and Paris café while La Piazzetta offers Italian cuisine notably pasta and pizza. Winners Pavilions specializes in Chinese cuisine while Chiyo offers a Japanese menu including some tempting sashimi and sushi choices. When the carnivore in you beckons head to the Nyama Choma Ranch which is famous for its flame-grilled beef, pork, goat, ostrich or crocodile meat.
You don't even have to leave the Safari Park hotel Nairobi to find amazing entertainment options. You can enjoy the mesmerizing Safari Cats dancing and acrobatics show or groove the night away at Cats Club Discotheque or just unwind at the Piano Bar.
A fitness center that includes a modern gymnasium, aerobics studio, large swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam facilities, 2 squash courts, 3 floodlit tennis courts and a 2.2 km jogging track. The hotel also offers taekondo and salsa classes all of which ensure that you keep fit during your stay at the hotel.

Resident Guest Reviews

This section highlights what real travelers liked and disliked about the Safari Park Hotel Nairobi.

What Guests Liked

This hotel is located on the outskirts of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Because it is located away from the hustle and bustle of city life, it is quiet and peaceful.
Safari Park is set on huge lush grounds with several ponds and waterfalls and are frequented by hundreds of beautiful birds.
The huge elephant sculpture in the reception and the Kenya animal names on the rooms' are constant reminders that you are in Africa.
The rooms are excellent for a number of reasons:
They are large and clean.
Their hardwood floor and furniture add an exotic touch to them.
Each has a large desk and comfortable chair which are great for burning the midnight oil.
The safes are easy to program and are a hassle-free way to secure your valuables.
The balconies provide incredible views over the hotel's lovely gardens
The staff are disarmingly friendly and courteous.
The buffet breakfast is superb with plenty of bread, pastries and fresh fruit.
The hotel offers a generous range of food choices from Kenyan, Italian, Parisian to Japanese and Chinese. That way, you can try out different culinary delights each day, helping you avoid the monotony of hotel food.
The excellent conference facilities help make large meetings easier to organize
The Safari Cats acrobatics show is a must-see.

What Guests Disliked

The rooms are rather pricey.
Because Safari Park Hotel Nairobi is located on the city's outskirts, it is not the ideal accommodation if you have to conduct business in the city. While the complimentary bus shuttle service to the city twice a day will save you the thousands of shillings you would have paid for a taxi, you still have to allow for plenty of time on the road.
The hotel is far from the airport and the journey there can take up to 2 hours during the rush hour.
The hotel is far from the major Nairobi Tourist Destinations such as Nairobi National Park, Nairobi Safari Walk, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Giraffe Center so the taxis charges to and from these are high.
The swimming pool is not heated so it is cold.
There are no banking facilities on site so it can be difficult to get hold of some competitively priced local currency quickly.
The restaurant, room, check in and check out services are quite slow so allow plenty of time.
The rooms, particularly the bathrooms could do with retrofitting as some of the toilets and taps are old and broken.
International phone calls are pricey. (Tip: At about US$ 0.17 a minute, direct international calls are quite cheap now. Simply purchase an Orange SIM card and airtime at any of the city's phone shops).
The hotel has reportedly had some trouble locating prepaid bookings, ensure that you have the hotel's booking confirmation before you arrive.

Summary

The Safari Park Hotel Nairobi is a low rise hotel spread out on vast manicured gardens that are inhabited by scores of beautiful Kenya birds.

If you need to finalize business in the city or dash to and from the airport, you would be well advised to check out the hotels located in the heart of the city.

However, if you are organizing a large conference and are need a quiet and spacious venue with unique African décor, this could be the right hotel for you.

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