PO Box 66807
Nairobi, 000 Nightly Rates(167.96 - 167.96)3 Star
Property Description
Welcome to the Holiday Inn Nairobi. This historic hotel, formerly the Mayfair Court Hotel, enjoyed its first heyday in 1940's Colonial Kenya. Since joining the Holiday Inn group this charming landmark has been transformed into a comfortable, spacious, modern hotel whilst retaining its distinctive architecture and lush gardens.Situated in a popular shopping and residential suburb close to the city centre, the Holiday Inn Nairobi is only 20km from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and offers a full range of services and facilities. Guests can look forward to experiencing the traditional warmth and hospitality for which the Holiday Inn is renowned.All 171 guest rooms have colour TV, radio, telephone, tea/coffee making facilities and private bathroom. Guests can enjoy in-room movies and 18hr room service. There are bedrooms for non-smokers and rooms designed to suit the needs of paraplegics, with facilities throughout the hotel for disabled people.The friendly and informal Oasis Restaurant is next to the pooldeck, serving delicious breakfasts and buffet dinner to suit all appetites. The hotel is host to Kenya's only Spur steak ranch, offering delicious speciality steaks, burgers, pizzas and a wide range of exciting salas dishes for lunch, dinner and in-between. Spur also provides room service snacks and mouth- watering poolside lunches.Perfectly located and appointed for the business traveller, the hotel offers excellent conference and meeting facilities, fully equipped with audio-visual aids and soundproofed to ensure privacy. Groups from 20 to 350 can be accommodated in the airy conference rooms. The International Business centre provides business services for guests.Whether on business or leisure there is plenty to do at the hotel and in the surrounding area. The hotel has a choice of shops selling Kenyan artefacts and clothing, a hairdresser, and a fully equipped Fitness Centre.
Amenities
Babysitting/Child Services
Bar/Lounge
Bath Tub
Barber/Beauty Shop
Business Center
Coffee Maker in Room
Concierge Desk
Copy Service
Currency Exchange
Desk with lamp
Email Service
Executive Level
FAX
Gift Shop
Golf
Exercise Gym
Hairdryers Available
High speed internet access
High speed internet access
Iron
Mini Bar
Multilingual
Free Newspaper
News Stand
Pool
Outdoor Pool
Restaurant
Room Service
Safe Deposit Box
Sauna
Secretarial Service
TV Remote Control
Satellite TV
Laundry/Valet Services
Wake-up Service
Miscellaneous Information
American Dollars is the native currency.
Check in time is 1400
Check out time is 1100
Time Zone is GMT+3
171 rooms.
0 suites.
2 floors.
Guarantee Policy
Credit Card Guarantee Required For All Arrivals - Deposit May Be Required During Special Events
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation policies vary by hotel. Since a hotel can set a cancellation policy up to 30 days prior to arrival, please review rate rules prior to booking to avoid possible charges.
Related Kenya Content
Kenya is regarded by many as the ‘jewel of East Africa’, and has some of the continent’s finest beaches, most magnificent wildlife and scenery, and an incredibly sophisticated tourism infrastructure. It is a startlingly beautiful land, from the coral reefs and white sand beaches of the coast to the summit of Mount Kenya, crowned with clouds and bejewelled by strange giant alpine plants.
Between these two extremes is the acacia-studded rolling savannah, which is home to game parks such as Amboseli, the Masai Mara, Samburu
and Tsavo; the lush, agricultural highlands with their sleek green coat of coffee and tea plantations; and the most spectacular stretch of the Great Rift Valley, the giant scar across the face of Africa.
Above all, Kenya is a place for safaris, and one-tenth of all land in Kenya is designated as national parks and reserves. Just about every African plains animal is present. Over 50 parks and reserves cover all habitats from desert to mountain forest, and there are even six marine parks in the Indian Ocean.
Kenya also has a fascinatingly diverse population with around 40 different tribes, all with their own languages and cultures. Major tribes include the Kikuyu, the Luyia and the Luo, but the most famous are the tall, proud, beautiful red-clad Masai, who still lead a traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle of cattle-herding along the southern border.
A mixture of African and Asian, the unique Swahili culture can be found along the balmy coast, where for centuries it became prosperous on the profits of commerce from the tradewinds that carried ocean-going dhows (sailing boats) across the Indian Ocean to Arabia and Persia.
Kenya does have some downsides as a tourist destination. There is enormous pressure to buy anything and everything, often at ridiculously inflated prices, and even taking a photograph in the local market is likely to incur a cost. But despite this, the people are friendly and the tourist trade is supremely well organized and professional. For those in search of a little adventure, this can be an ideal holiday destination.
Geography Kenya shares borders with Ethiopia in the north, Sudan in the northwest, Uganda in the west, Tanzania in the south and Somalia in the northeast. To the east lies the Indian Ocean. The country is divided into four regions: the arid deserts of the north; the savannah lands of the south; the fertile lowlands along the coast; and highlands in the west, where the capital Nairobi is situated. Northwest of Nairobi runs the Rift Valley, dotted with lakes and containing the town of Nakuru, while further west the Aberdare National Park is overlooked by Mount Kenya (5,200m/17,000ft), which also is a national park. In the far northwest is Lake Turkana (formerly Lake Rudolph), and in the southwest is Kenya’s share of Lake Victoria.
Kenya is a multicultural society; in the north live Somalis and the nomadic Hamitic peoples (Rendille, Samburu and Turkana), in the south and eastern lowlands are Kamba and Masai and the Luo live around Lake Victoria. The largest group is the Kikuyu who live in the central highlands and have traditionally been dominant in commerce and politics, although this is now changing. There are many other smaller groups and, although Kenya emphasises nationalism, tribal and cultural identity is a factor. A small European settler population remains in the highlands, involved in farming and commerce.
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