A-400 · Location
Between the forest and the city.
Riverside is a quiet, green neighbourhood on the river between Westlands and the city centre: five minutes from one, twelve from the other, and fifteen from Karura Forest.
How far it is
- Westlands
- 5 min by car
- City centre
- 12 min by car
- Nairobi Arboretum
- 10 min on foot
- University of Nairobi
- 8 min by car
- Karura Forest
- 15 min by car
- Gigiri
- 18 min by car
- Kileleshwa
- 8 min by car
- Lavington
- 12 min by car
- Upper Hill
- 15 min by car
- Wilson Airport
- 25 min by car
- JKIA
- 35 min by the Expressway
Times by car are outside the rush hour; allow longer between 7 and 9 in the morning and 5 and 7 in the evening.
A-402 · Around the corner
Everything close, nothing loud.
- Green space
The Arboretum is a ten-minute walk; Karura Forest, with some fifty kilometres of trails and a waterfall, is fifteen minutes’ drive.
- Schools
Four international schools and several of Nairobi’s best-known Kenyan schools are within fifteen minutes.
- Health
Two of the city’s main private hospitals are within ten minutes, and a pharmacy and clinic in Westlands.
- Shopping
Westlands’ shopping centres, markets and restaurants are five minutes away; there is a grocer on Riverside Drive.
- Work
Westlands, the city centre and Upper Hill are all within fifteen minutes; the UN offices in Gigiri are eighteen.
- Travel
The Expressway joins Waiyaki Way at Westlands and reaches the airport in about thirty-five minutes.
A-403 · Getting here
Visiting the sales suite.
The sales suite is on site, off Riverside Drive: look for the Oriel hoarding and the blue gate. There is visitor parking inside the gate.
By taxi or ride-hailing app, ask for the Oriel sales suite on Riverside Drive. By matatu, the Riverside Drive stop is a three-minute walk.
From September 2027 viewings move into the building itself, to finished show apartments on level 3.