Location: Langata, Nairobi County, Kenya.
Overview
Tamarind Tree Hotel is just 5km southwest of the city within the spacious grounds of Carnivore and its iconic Carnivore Restaurant. The hotel has easy access to Nairobi National Park, and the Wilson Airport. The new expressway takes you 15 minutes from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to the hotel.
With a total of 160 ensuite guest rooms and suites, there are; Four rooms for physically challenged guests, ninety-six standard doubles, forty-five standard twins, fifteen Suites with lounge area, also available are interconnecting rooms. The Hotel consists of a Tamambo which is the main restaurant and breakfast is served here, an outlet of the hotel’s distinctive international cuisine and an extensive wine list.
The Dawa lounge is an elegant yet informal social hub of the hotel, where you can sip your afternoon tea as well as a venue to enjoy a wide choice of sip your favorite drink by the heated pool at the cocktail bar as you mingle in the evening. The Duka is another venue, 24-hours coffee shop for quick and convenient way to grab a delicious light meal of a freshly packed lunch for your day trip, also offers fresh juices, soft drinks and confectioneries.
The hotel offers Sunday buffet lunch, a popular event that also includes kid’s entertainment, a true family affair. Fresh ingredients, live cooking station and attentive service create the perfect ambiance. The Carnivore doesn’t conform to the familiar restaurant traditions, as meats are roasted on traditional Maasai swords over a huge charcoal pit that dominates the restaurant’s entrance. An army of carvers move from table to table, swords laden craving juicy cuts onto sizzling cast-iron plates.
A selection of salads, vegetable side dishes and sauces accompany the meat feast, the feeding frenzy doesn’t stop until you declare defeat by lowering the white paper flag perched atop the central tray, then follows dessert and coffee.
Uniqueness of this Camp
- The hotel sits on the iconic Carnivore Restaurant grounds.
- Close proximity to Wilson Airport, the main exist and entrance by air to all tourist locations in Kenya and East Africa.
- Closeness to the Nairobi National Park, the world’s ONLY wildlife capital and the oldest National Park in Kenya.
Accommodation
The Tamarind Tree Hotel consists of 160 ensuite guest rooms and suites allocated in:
- 45 Standard twins & 96 Standard doubles, the largest of this room type in Nairobi. The rooms are modern with a charming earthy décor and are bathed in natural light to create a relaxing ambience. Maximum 3 Adults.
- Superior Room, has a set apart resting lounge with seats. Ergonomic Desk for work. Separate room with a shower, bathtub and washroom, King-size bed or Twin beds.
- The 15 Suites – Junior Suites are bright and spacious and suitable for both leisure business travelers. Maximum 3 Adults & Executive features an ergonomic desk for work meetings.
Separate Lounge for resting and catching up on your favorite shows, and can also be converted into a second room or host a small meeting with your room.
- 4 rooms for physically challenged guests.
- Interconnecting rooms available upon request.
- All rooms feature: King-size bed or Twin beds, Rain shower, In-room safe, Blackout curtains, Hair dryer, Double-glazed windows, 43″ flat screen TV, Independent Air conditioning, Work desk, comfortable chair, International/USB plugs, Unparalleled service, Complimentary tea, coffee & water.
Amenities
Hotel Amenities:
- Reception & Lounge area
- Heated 20-metre outdoor pool
- Tamarind Tree fitness center.
- Tamambo, the main restaurant & breakfast venue.
- Dawa Lounge, is the social hub of the hotel.
- Duka Coffee Shop, for packed lunches, offers a range of fresh juices, soft drinks and confectionery.
- Carnivore Restaurant
Activities
- Visit Nairobi National Park: located 25mins drive (10.2miles) with packed picnic lunch from The Duka Coffee shop and enjoy the park’s picnic sites and walking trails. (Put the link for Nairobi National Park as per my write up)
- Giraffe Centre Located 19mins drive (7.2miles) from the hotel.
- The Daphne Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Orphans’ Project, located 7mins drive (2.5miles)
- The Karen Blixen Museum, located 20mins drive (7.9miles) “at the foot of the Ngong Hills”.
- Kazuri Beads Factory, located 14mins drive (5.3miles)