Tuesday, 9 June 2015

VENUES IN NAIROBI IDEAL FOR CORPORATE FUNCTIONS



For companies that would like to conduct their corporate functions within Nairobi, the following are some of the best venues to hold such functions.

Brackenhurst
Brackenhurst is a distraction free environment for corporate meetings, retreats, and total relaxation for individuals.

           
Facilities
Internet Services:  Brackenhurst's internet lounge is open everyday from 7:00am to 10:00pm.

Gift Shop: The gift shop contains a wide variety of books, handicrafts, clothing, greeting and postcards and other gift items.

Accommodation: The centre offers 8 cottages exclusively designed to cater to individuals, families and a group of up to six. There are also 80 double rooms each with a private bathroom. Also available are dormitories with a bed capacity of between 19-22 people. Brackenhurst also has a family room for families who prefer to spend time together after a long day.

Conference Facility: All conference rooms are equipped with a LCD projector, TV multisystem, flip chart, whiteboard markers, DVD players and an excellent WIFI internet access.

Team Buildings: Since 2001, Brackenhurst has provided team building for many organizations including corporations, NGOs, service organizations and schools.

 Location of Brackenhurst
            It is located in Limuru

Karen Country Club
Karen Country Club has some unique features:- indigenous forests, and pools and wetlands bursting with birdlife, butterflies, sprays of flowers, and luminescent bougainvillea.

Facilities
Set in luxurious gardens, this magnificent event location is designed to cater for up to 500 guests with ease and comfort. It also has team building and conference facilities

Activities
Golf, tennis, squash

Location of Karen Country Club
Karen Country Club is located in Karen, Karen Road. Using public means board matatu No.24 from Railways Bus station.

Contacts
Tel: +254 (0)20 388 2802, +254 (0)733 606 950

Lukenya Getaway
It is a place created to provide an environment for intellectual work, rest and recreation for Non-Governmental Organizations, Corporate's, vacationers, campers, families and other groups.

Facilities
Accommodation: The hotel offers, Standard Rooms, Cottages and Suites. The hotel can accommodate 240 Guests, 950 Conference Guests and has grounds that can accommodate over 500 Guests.  The rooms include; 18 Cottage Rooms, 33 Acacia Suites Rooms, 32 Lukenya Suite Rooms, 27 Executive Suite Rooms, 22 Getaway Suites Rooms, 2 Luxury Suites (with Jacuzzi) and the VIP Pagoda (4 Bedroom Main House).

Team building: They have partnered with top leadership and team building professionals to offer unique and challenging outdoor activities on expansive and well equipped grounds. The partners include Blue Sky Adventures, Peak Performance, Outdoor Africa and Mentors' Afrique.

Conference Facility: Lukenya Getaway has 5 well equipped seminar rooms that can accommodate between 200-300 people.

Activities
A walk to watch wildlife, (early morning or late evening walks are advised), trekking at the Lukenya hills, rock climbing at Lukenya rock face, swimming, basket ball, darts, sand volley ball, indoor games

Location of Lukenya Getaway
Lukenya Getaway Hotel is located at the scenic and serene surroundings of The Lukenya Hills approximately 40 kilometers away from the Nairobi City Center.

Contacts
Tel: + 254 718-179-967, + 254 - (0) - 721-242-711
Email: info@africanspicesafaris.com

Maasai Ostrich Farm
Founded in 1991, the Ostrich Farm in Nairobi is a great place where you can get up close and personal with ostriches.   The Resort surrounded by beautiful gardens has become a haven of peace for travel weary guests. 

It is an ideal spot for family outings, with a fully fledged swimming pool, tennis court and sauna.  The outside barbeque or locally known “Mbuni choma Ranch” area has become a great favorite with many guests with a specialty in Char-grilled Ostrich meat.

Facilities
Accommodation: The resort offers luxury accommodation with five spacious ensuite double rooms and ten tents with both double and single beds.

Conference Facilities: It has 4 conference rooms that can accommodate between 15 and 150 people and are ideal for seminars, workshops, weddings, conventions, social and cultural events and are equipped with state of the art audiovisual equipment.

Teambuilding Facilities: Activities like Trust falls, cycling, swimming, high scales and slippery tug of war etc, are made available free of charge for groups and companies who go for team building.

Activities
The activities include, Ostrich riding, Bird watching, tour of the ostrich farm. 

Entry Requirements
They charge for riding the Ostrich and for touring the Ostrich farm.

Location of Ostrich Farm
Ostrich Farm is located at Kitengela. When using public means; board matatu no.110 from the Nairobi railway station and once you arrive at Kitengela board a taxi to take you to Maasai Ostrich Farm. It is roughly 10km from Kitengela

Contacts

Maanzoni Lodge
Maanzoni Lodge caters primarily for the corporate market and business travellers.  The ranch boasts of great game such as zebra, giraffe, eland, swara, wildebeest, gazelle, ostrich e.t.c.

Facilities
Accommodation: The lodge currently comprises 64 deluxe and elegant cottages. All cottages are ground-level with private verandas surrounded with evergreen gardens and exotic flowers.

Team Building: Maanzoni Lodge has partnered with professionals in the field of team building to offer the best indoor and outdoor activities. They also have team building exercises for management that instills leadership.

Conference Facilities: Maanzoni lodge offer’s a wide selection of conference venues, seminar options, and workshop ideas with a complete business support service.

The conference venues can hold up to 180 people, each with pre-function space and break-out areas with free high speed wireless internet (WiFi).

Activities
They include a nature trail that is also used for jogging, swimming, Darts, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Football, Badminton, Scrabble, Pool Table, tug of war, movie night, bouncing castle.  The nearby activities that visitors can experience are; Machakos Golf Club - for avid golfers, Kwa Kyelu Sanctuary - wide range of game, Rock Climbing in the Lukenya Hills, Quad Biking in the Lukenya area

Location of Maanzoni Lodge
It is situated in the Tropical Savannah Grassland in the heart of Lukenya; it is along Mombasa road and near machakos, where one just turns off the highway 300meters away. It is 40 minutes drive from the city centre of Nairobi and 25 minutes from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.  

Safari Park Hotel
Safari Park Hotel and Casino is a world-renowned inland resort.  It combines the intrigue of African architecture and art with an infrastructure on the cutting edge of technology.

Facilities
Accommodation: It has 30 deluxe suites and 174 luxury rooms. Delight in the extra space as every room is significantly larger than the world standard. The venue also offers conference and team building facilities. 

Activities
Swimming, tennis, horse riding, Horse riding lessons etc.  The Safari Fitness Health Club has Jacuzzis, sauna, steam room, professional gymnasium and aerobic studio. A professional

Savanna Sunset Village Resort, Ngong 

The resort is also known as Ololosokuan because it lies on the far North end of River Ololosokuan.

Facilities
Accommodation: The Savannah Sunset Village Resort features executive tents.  It has 40 tented camps.

Conference Facilities: The Savannah Sunset Villa has beautiful tented conference facilities that are used for cooperate retreats, workshops and business meetings.

Team Building Facilities: The resort offers team building facilities to corporates and other people
Cultural centers and curio shops

Activities
Savannah Sunnet Villa is ideal for hill climbing, physical fitness, view point for mt. Longonot, Mt. Suswa, Loita and Ngong Hills.

Location of Savannah Sunset Villa
It is located on the northern side of the Ngong hills along Ngong-suswa road in Kimuka Village past kibiko on your way to Maasai Land.

Shade Hotel Karen
From Shade Hotel Karen guests can easily access the Nairobi National park, The Karen Blixen museum, Karen country and golf club as well as many other scenic areas.

Facilities
Accommodation: The hotel consists of 20 spacious rooms, all ensuite, with color TV, hot shower, and resting place.
Conference and Team building Facilities: It offers conference and team building facilities

Location of Shade Hotel Karen
Shade Hotel Karen is situated in Karen on ngong road between KCB and KBC mast about 20km from the city centre and 15km from the Jomo Kenyatta international Airport.

Swara Safari Lodge 
Visitors wake up to the sound of chirping tropical birds,

Facilities
Accommodation: Swara Safari Hotel offers alluring accommodation in 10 dream cottages and 32 ensuite rooms

Conference and team building Facilities: With a total of 3 conference rooms, it offers high quality conferencing & Banqueting facilities for all events ranging from corporate banquets to private functions and informal gatherings.

Location of Swara Safari Lodge
Swara Safari Lodge is located in Karen South, about 10km from the Nairobi Central Business District, along Magadi Road.

Whistling Thorns Lodge and Camp 

Whistling Thorns is a small, quiet and peaceful place where people come to relax. It is a lovely spot to chill out

Facilities
Accommodation: Whistling Thorns Lodge and Camp has cottages, standard twin rooms, luxury tents and a campsite.  They can cater for 25-28 people in the cottages, 6 standard twin rooms (12 people) and luxury tents (4 doubles) and one Master Bedroom (double).

Conference and team building facilities: The Conference Room seats 16 people.

Activities
Swimming, Walks, Bird Watching, Children playground, horse riding,

Location of Whistling Thorns
They are located on the Kiserian-Isenya Pipeline road, overlooking the Ngong Hills.

Contact
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967, + 254 - (0) - 721-242-711



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