JACARANDA HOTEL, NAIROBI ^{* * *}

Located in Nairobi's upmarket Westlands district, the Jacaranda Hotel is a 3-star hotel surrounded by landscaped gardens. It's just a 2-minute walk from Sarit Centre shopping center and 19 km from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Rooms are relaxed and offer free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, minibars, safes, sitting areas and tea and coffee making facilities. Breakfast is included and is served in an elegant pavilion-style restaurant. The hotel also features a lounge bar, outdoor swimming pool with café-bar, gym, sauna, hammam and spa. The Jacaranda Hotel is reputed to be the only hotel with extensive gardens in the Westlands region, with well-tended lawns and a wide variety of plants and flowers throughout the year.