Nairobi Fairmont Norfolk Hotel

Norfolk Hotel Nairobi (Fairmont Hotel) has played a leading role in Kenya’s colorful history, and continues to be Nairobi’s finest and best-known luxury hotel. The town and later the modern city of Nairobi grew up around Fairmont the Norfolk hotel, which still has its own private tropical gardens.

Fairmont Norfolk hotel is still the traditional starting point for safaris and the Lord Delamere Terrace is modern Nairobi’s most famous meeting place, where drinks and light meals are served continuously from morning until midnight. Norfolk Hotel Nairobi was expanded in 1999 and subsequently renovated in time for its centennial, which it celebrated in 2004.

The Norfolk Hotel Nairobi now offers accommodations in 165 guest rooms and suites, has eight conference rooms, the largest seating 175 delegates, a heated outdoor swimming pool, health club with gym, sauna and steam room, beauty salon, book shop and gift shops.

Historically unwrapped in 1904, Fairmont the Norfolk is around 12 miles from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and less than two miles from the city center. Reminders of colonial-style design blend with modern interiors that provide a traditional ambience for your safari expedition in East Africa. Whether you are on personal or business travel in Nairobi, the Norfolk Hotel has varied room sizes and configurations that will meet all of your needs. Each of the 170 guest rooms and suites has air-conditioning, turndown service and local newspapers upon request, wireless internet, in-room telephone with voice mail, and iron with its board, personal safe, mini bar, tea/coffee maker and 32″ plasma television with satellite network. If you are visiting Nairobi on a family holiday, the hotel offers cribs, rollaway beds and connecting rooms. Guest rooms are available in four configurations — Fairmont, Deluxe, Deluxe Veranda and Deluxe Courtyard.

The Fairmont Rooms offer limited courtyard or fountain garden views, and the Deluxe Rooms have very restricted views of any exterior. A private veranda with views of the gardens is one of the highlights of the Deluxe Veranda Rooms, perfect for resident bird watching or relaxing with your morning coffee/tea and newspaper. For a subtle escape on the hotel grounds, the Deluxe Courtyard Rooms feature access to the hotel’s garden courtyard. Fairmont Norfolk Hotel also offers suites and specialty rooms, including the Junior Suites with sitting areas, two-bedroom Duplex Suites with dining areas and garden views, eight historic 1937 Suites with courtyard views, nine themed Signature Suites and two Karura Suites that honor the hotel’s founders.