The best hotels with rooftop pools in Nairobi

Why it's here. Our central-Nairobi choice: a heated 5th-floor pool next to a health club. Who can swim and when aren't published by the hotel, so confirm before you plan around it.

This central Nairobi hotel has its heated pool on the 5th floor, beside the alfresco Pool Deck restaurant. The pool area looks over Nairobi town. The catch is that the hotel publishes no hours and no access rules for non-guests.

Why it's here. Choose Dusit Princess to swim on the roof whatever the sky does. The pool is indoor and heated for year-round use, under a skylight. Access rules and the floor aren't published.

Dusit Princess puts its pool on the roof but indoors, under a skylight, with city views by day and night. It is heated for year-round use. The hotel doesn't publish the floor, hours or who can swim.

Why it's here. The pick for a high pool with national park views. It is on the 10th floor, heated, and open to in-house guests only, with no day pass mentioned.

The heated pool is on the 10th floor beside the Sky Lounge, on Mombasa Road. It looks over the Nairobi skyline and Nairobi National Park, with an open-air terrace. Only in-house guests can swim.

Why it's here. Stay here if you want early and evening swims. The heated rooftop pool is open 6 AM to 8 PM daily, for guests during their stay, with daybeds, towels and changing rooms provided.

The heated pool is on the roof in Spring Valley, with city skyline views and daybeds. Towels, a shower area and changing rooms are provided. Access is for guests during their stay, and the floor isn't published.

Why it's here. Pick this for a heated infinity pool on a roof that also holds a gym, sauna and squash court. Floor, hours and access rules are all unpublished.

The heated infinity pool is on the roof in Spring Valley, with panoramic city views. It sits beside a lawn, gym, sauna and squash court. Floor, hours and non-guest access aren't published.

Why it's here. Go for the open-air deck: a rooftop pool above the city with poolside loungers, open daily 7 am to 5 pm. Heating and access rules aren't published, and it closes earlier than most.

This 4-star hotel on Muthithi Road has an open-air pool on the roof, with loungers and views above the city. Hours are daily 7 am to 5 pm. Whether it is heated isn't stated.

Why it's here. Choose this one when your flight, not the city, sets your plans: a heated pool at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport beats a taxi across town. No floor, hours or access rules are published, so confirm before you plan around it.

The pool is at Four Points by Sheraton on Tower Avenue at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Embakasi, and the hotel lists it as heated. The Tazama rooftop restaurant and bar is on site, open for lunch and dinner. Floor, hours and who can use the pool are all unpublished, and that is the main drawback.

Why it's here. Pick Highlands Suites if the pool's design is the draw. It's an open-air rooftop pool in Kilimani with a glass tank jutting out from the building, plus poolside food and drinks. Floor, heating and access rules aren't published.

Highlands Suites is in Kilimani, on Chania Avenue. Its open-air rooftop pool has a glass tank jutting from the building, and the hotel describes the poolside view as fantastic. Poolside guests can order cool drinks and à la carte dishes. Floor, heating and who can swim are unpublished.

Why it's here. Treat The Siron Place as an option for travelers already based on Magadi Road in Ongata Rongai. The hotel publishes almost nothing about its pool: no floor, hours, heating or access rules.

The Siron Place Hotel is on Magadi Road in Ongata Rongai. Pool floor, heating, hours and access are all unpublished. Its Facebook page posted a pool party video in November 2021, which is the only dated pool detail we have.