A five star boutique hotel in leafy Karen, Nairobi · The calm first night of your Kenya safari
Hemingways Nairobi is a five star boutique hotel in leafy Karen, and the place we choose to open most of our Kenya safaris. After a long flight, Karen feels like a different country from the city centre: quiet, green and unhurried.
The hotel keeps a residential calm. Garden suites, attentive service, and a spa that eases away the miles before the bush.
It sits minutes from the Giraffe Centre and the Sheldrick elephant orphanage, so your first taste of Kenya arrives before you ever board the light aircraft.
Ground floor suites open straight onto the lawns, the quietest rooms in the city.
The restaurant is a Nairobi destination in itself, strong on seafood flown in from the coast.
The Giraffe Centre and the Sheldrick elephant orphanage sit a short drive away.
A full day in Karen before the bush, or an easy morning on the way home.
Meet orphaned elephants at the morning feeding, a short drive from the hotel.
Feed endangered Rothschild giraffes from the raised platform.
Walk the farmhouse and grounds made famous by Out of Africa.
Lions and rhino on the city's doorstep, ideal for a half day game drive.
Unwind in the gardens before the early flight to the bush.
Dine on coastal seafood in one of Nairobi's most loved restaurants.
A night at Hemingways Nairobi opens many of our journeys. These are the safaris that start at this door.
A grand tour of Kenya's icons, in the company of a small group.
The Mara, Amboseli and the great parks, the classic Kenyan circuit.
Timed for the river crossings of the Masai Mara.
Big cats first, then the warm Indian Ocean.
Safari plains that open into island silence.
Your Kenya, shaped around your dates and your pace.
The grandest of our journeys, across the finest of the continent.
It also opens our short safaris, The Mara Briefly, The Mara Unhurried, and The Amboseli Tuskers Safari.
In Karen, on the leafy southwest side of Nairobi, about twenty minutes from Wilson Airport and close to the Giraffe Centre and the Sheldrick elephant orphanage.
Yes. The calm gardens and quick access to Wilson Airport make it our preferred first and final night on a Kenya safari.
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the Giraffe Centre, the Karen Blixen Museum, and game drives in Nairobi National Park are all a short drive away.
About twenty minutes from Wilson Airport for light aircraft, and forty five minutes from Jomo Kenyatta International.
Tell us your dates and we will hold a suite, then carry the same care into every camp beyond.