New hotels in Nairobi 2025–2028

Next up is the Citadines Westview Nairobi, which opens in Q1 2028. The building with the rooftop sign is voco near the airport. The arrivals suit different trips: an overnight transit, a few days in town or the start of a safari.

Official image: the facade of voco Nairobi Airport Suites, with its rooftop sign and illuminated entrance · IHG

Updated 31 October 20262 min readHow we write the guide

One night or a week

Citadines Westview plans rooms, studios and one-bedroom apartments. For a longer stay, I would check the accommodation layout as well as the rate.²

Fairview has Pango, an underground wine cellar, as well as gardens and an outdoor pool. Look at it if you want to stay in for the evening too.³

Opened since December 2025

voco Nairobi Airport Suites

Mombasa Road, aeroporto JKIA · open since September 2026.¹ 112 suites near Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.¹

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Fairview Hotel Nairobi, Vignette Collection

Upper Hill · open since 19 December 2025.³ 99 rooms in the heritage hotel joining the Vignette Collection.³

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The Nairobi calendar

1 October 2026

Zebra Plains Nairobi Hotel

30 rooms announced in the Karen neighbourhood.⁴

Q1 2028

Citadines Westview Nairobi

160 rooms planned beside the existing Somerset Westview.²

If you go sooner

One hotel from the guide if you travel sooner.

Giraffes in front of the ivy-covered stone house while guests breakfast behind the arched windows

Giraffe Manor

For starting or ending a safari with breakfast at the windows where giraffes come to feed.⁵

The trade-off

The giraffes come when they please; in 3 of the 12 rooms they never reach the window.⁵

Why choose it

The 1932 house is in the Karen neighbourhood.⁵

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