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Sondeka Festival

Three days of design, craft and live music on the museum grounds.

Festival

$74

Stays from, per night

A weekend festival rather than a working conference, so the trip shape is different: people arrive Thursday night, and the free time is in the mornings instead of the afternoons. Worth pairing with a coast extension, since it lands just before the December high season on the Kenyan coast.

Dates
11 December 2026 to 13 December 2026
Venue
Nairobi National Museum grounds
City
Nairobi, Kenya
Expected
12,000 attending
Where to stay

Closest first.

Minutes are measured by road at off-peak, which is not what you will get on the summit's opening morning. The shuttle is scheduled with that in mind.

All stays
Central business district

Station Hotel, CBD

Eight minutes from the KICC on foot, which during summit week is worth more than any amenity on this list.

  • Walk to KICC
  • 24h reception
  • Restaurant

$134

Per night

8 min

To venue

Westlands

The Westlands Tower

A business hotel on Waiyaki Way with a desk big enough to work at and glass thick enough to sleep behind.

  • Airport transfer desk
  • Workspace in room
  • Gym

$118

Per night

18 min

To venue

Kilimani

Kilimani Serviced Apartments

One and two bedroom flats with a kitchen and a washing machine, which is what a fortnight of meetings actually calls for.

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Weekly cleaning

$74

Per night

22 min

To venue

Around the sessions

For the hours you get back.

Everything here fits inside a weekday gap, so none of it needs you to skip anything you flew in for.

All experiences
3h 30m door to door

Nairobi National Park, afternoon game drive

Lion, rhino and giraffe on open plains, with the city skyline still visible behind them. The only national park inside a capital city.

$95Leaves Your hotel lobby
4h door to door

Karen Blixen house and the Giraffe Centre

The colonial farmhouse from Out of Africa, then the Rothschild giraffe sanctuary a few minutes down the road.

$68Leaves Your hotel lobby
2h 30m door to door

City Market and old town walking tour

Two and a half hours on foot through the CBD, City Market and the Indian bazaar quarter, ending at a coffee house.

$38Leaves KICC main entrance
Groups

Coming as a company?

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