recommended hotel in Nairobi

we are arriving at night in Nairobi and are looking for a hotel. We
would like one with airport pick up as well. Any info will help
Thank you Asante

"swg" <shawn_in_to@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> we are arriving at night in Nairobi and are looking for a hotel. We
> would like one with airport pick up as well. Any info will help
> Thank you Asante


Price is probably a concern, so what is your price range? I always just stay
at the Hilton, downtown.

--riverman

A couple of years ago we stayed at the Stanley. The staff was pretty much
the rudest people I have ever come across. We had a huge row because they
did the best they could to cheat us. But maybe it's just fine now.
Horrible food too, by the way. The worst ostrich I ever had.

Wolf


"swg" <shawn_in_to@sympatico.ca> skrev i melding
news:vsqcu0po5eh2c9e2b72m8q7fj501rsqtmq@...
> we are arriving at night in Nairobi and are looking for a hotel. We
> would like one with airport pick up as well. Any info will help
> Thank you Asante

In message <cs60pp$go0$1@services.kq.no>, Wolf <wolf.lorenz@nrk.no>
writes
>A couple of years ago we stayed at the Stanley. The staff was pretty much
>the rudest people I have ever come across. We had a huge row because they
>did the best they could to cheat us. But maybe it's just fine now.
>Horrible food too, by the way. The worst ostrich I ever had.
>
>Wolf
>
>
>"swg" <shawn_in_to@sympatico.ca> skrev i melding
>news:vsqcu0po5eh2c9e2b72m8q7fj501rsqtmq@.. .
>> we are arriving at night in Nairobi and are looking for a hotel. We
>> would like one with airport pick up as well. Any info will help
>> Thank you Asante
>
>
Wolf,
I had terrible food poisoning from steak and chips I ate in the Thorn
Tree cafe at the Stanley.
For a mid priced hotel I would suggest the Fairview. It has a website if
you want to check it out.
If you have plenty of cash try the Serena hotel. You will definitely get
to the airport from there. I have stayed in both hotels.
Pat
--
Pat Anderson

In article <3obfu0t1a7b83nos20883sr6m4a96ahl0c@>, Hans-Georg
Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:39:57 -0500, swg
> <shawn_in_to@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >we are arriving at night in Nairobi and are looking for a hotel. We
> >would like one with airport pick up as well. Any info will help

We emailed the Safari Club Hotel in Nairobi before arriving last
summer for a two-night reservation. We normally stay in cheaper places
but asked for budget accomodations there and if they could recommend a
good travel agent for two tourists on a budget. Our reasoning was that
a hotel with a reputation to protect would be unlikely to hook us up
with a travel agent who would disappoint us. It worked very well for
us.

The hotel room was about $90/night and they arranged for "their"
travel agency (Matembo Tours and Safaris) to pick us up from the airport
and ask us what we wanted in a safari itinerary. Maimuna, the lady who
runs this tour outfit, is a terrific lady and arranged all we wanted,
laying out all different options. Our 11-days there was reasonably
priced, far below prices of the big-name tours, and our driver-guide
was delightful, safe, competent in every way.

Point is: If you're arranging a tour AFTER you get to Kenya and don't
want to shuffle through the hundreds of tour operators there, picking a
good hotel may help you find a good tour operator. ---Ken

You didn't mention your price range.
If economy is important, I think you
might be satisfied with the Boulevard.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:49:02 -0800, Incognito
<noone@nowhere.edu> wrote:

> We emailed the Safari Club Hotel in Nairobi before arriving last
>summer for a two-night reservation. We normally stay in cheaper places
>but asked for budget accomodations there and if they could recommend a
>good travel agent for two tourists on a budget. Our reasoning was that
>a hotel with a reputation to protect would be unlikely to hook us up
>with a travel agent who would disappoint us. It worked very well for
>us.
>
> The hotel room was about $90/night and they arranged for "their"
>travel agency (Matembo Tours and Safaris) to pick us up from the airport
>and ask us what we wanted in a safari itinerary. Maimuna, the lady who
>runs this tour outfit, is a terrific lady and arranged all we wanted,
>laying out all different options. Our 11-days there was reasonably
>priced, far below prices of the big-name tours, and our driver-guide
>was delightful, safe, competent in every way.
>
> Point is: If you're arranging a tour AFTER you get to Kenya and don't
>want to shuffle through the hundreds of tour operators there, picking a
>good hotel may help you find a good tour operator. ---Ken

Ken,

thanks for the nice story and the good hint.

Hans-Georg

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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:21:02 +0100, nomail@please.invalid (Johan
W. Elzenga) wrote:

>You of all people should know that 'Asante' is not his/her name, but
>means 'Thank you" in Kiswahili.

Johan,

oh, of course I know that. I just thought that he or she had
also chosen it as a nickname.

But next to "Thank you", I should have noticed. This comes from
reading and answering at lightning speed. (:-)

Hans-Georg

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