Nyerere Rd/Kenyatta Ave
Nairobi, Nightly Rates(400.00 - 6,500.00)5 Star
Property Description
Peacefully set in landscaped gardens, the five star Nairobi Serena Hotel overlooks Central Park and is five minutes walking distance from the city center. Each room has satellite TV, minibar, electronic safe, direct dial telephone, air conditioning, private bath and shower, telephone in bathroom, hair dryer and shaving mirror. All bedrooms and halls are newly renovated. All suites fitted with facsimile. The hotel is renowned for efficient, personalized and attentive service. Dining: Mandhari Restaurant offers fine a la carte dining with modern contemporary cuisine. Cafe Mahred is an all day restaurant with theme buffets and a la carte menu. A residents lounge and pool bar are also available. Sports: Maisha Health and Fitness Center with sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, gymnasium and massage. Fresh water swimming pool. Complimentary golf facilities nearby. Additional features: business center with PC, facsimile and meeting room. Conference rooms for 10 to 250 people, audio visual equipment, boutiques, hair salon, car rental, free parking, 24 hour room service, free courtesy bus to and from town.
Amenities
Babysitting/Child Services
Bar/Lounge
Barber/Beauty Shop
Business Center
Concierge
24 Hour Front Desk
Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
Free Parking
Free Local Telephone Calls
Hairdryers Available
Mini Bar
Modem Lines in Room
Modem Lines in Room
Meeting/Banquet Facilities
Pool
Parking
Restaurant
Room Service
Safe Deposit Box
Shops/Commercial Services
Fitness Center or Spa
Television with Cable
Laundry/Valet Services
Rate Disclaimer
All rates are subject to availability
Miscellaneous Information
American Dollars is the native currency.
Check in time is 11:00AM
Check out time is 10:00AM
Opened in 1975
Renovated in 1994
184 rooms.
0 suites.
3 floors.
Directions
Peacefully set in landscaped gardens, the five star Nairobi Serena Hotel overlooks Central Park and is five minutes walking distance from the city center.
Wilson Airport is three miles away
Guarantee Policy
Credit card required
Cancellation Policy
72 hours prior to arrival
Restaurant Information
Property Restaurants
The Mandhari is one of Kenya's finest restaurants, where unobtrusive service is complemented with sophisticated international cuisine. The more informal Café Maghreb provides all-day dining with tantalizing theme buffets. Light snacks are served at the Pool Bar and afternoon tea in the Bambara residents' lounge.
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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