Finding cheap rooms in Nairobi is easier when you know where to look. We compare live hotel rates across the top booking sites and point you to the neighborhoods where hotels are cheap but the location is still great.
Rooms come in more shapes than hotels — in Nairobi you can also compare apartments with kitchens, vacation rentals for families, B&Bs and budget hostels in one search.
Nairobi is the gateway for Kenyan safaris, with light-aircraft flights from Wilson Airport to the Masai Mara and other reserves.
Restaurants, malls and modern hotels in the city’s liveliest district.
Green, peaceful and close to the Giraffe Centre and elephant orphanage.
Quiet diplomatic area near the UN offices with upscale hotels.
Central residential area with good-value hotels and apartments.
Airport hotels for late arrivals and early departures.
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The dry seasons, June–October and December–February, are best for safaris; the Great Migration usually reaches the Masai Mara around July–October.
Karen and Westlands are popular; Karen is closer to Wilson Airport, where many safari flights depart.
By light aircraft from Wilson Airport to airstrips in the Mara, or by road in several hours.
Yes. Nairobi National Park sits on the city’s edge and can be visited on a half-day game drive.