Blue Post Hotel Thika

Blue Post Hotel Thika is a 3-star hotel located off Thika Superhighway about 40 km from Nairobi. The hotel is about 5 km away from the industrial town of Thika and is nestled between two falls; Chania and Thika.

The hotel is 25 km away from Fourteen Falls, a 30-minute drive from Nairobi Central Business District, and Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park lies to its southeast. The hotel was started in 1908; as a stopover for white settlers who lived and farmed in central Kenya.

Blue Post Hotel Thika offers luxurious rooms at pocket-friendly rates for families and groups of friends. Accommodation consists of 32 spacious rooms with a 48-bed capacity in total divided into four categories.

These are Executive Rooms, Superior Rooms, Standard Rooms, and Junior Executive Rooms. The rooms are furnished with sofas, fitted with wardrobes, and fans, and designed with en-suite bathrooms.

As a conference venue, Blue Post Hotel Thika can accommodate four seminars at a time. There is a multitude of options including the Batian Hall with a capacity of 300 persons seated classroom style and a series of 4 conference halls, which can accommodate between 25 and 60 people.

Other facilities include a cyber cafe, gift shop, children’s park, wedding tents, chairs and tables for hire, craft center, salon, disco, and weekend entertainment (other days on request) plus rafting, horse-riding, and nature walks.

The hotel offers plenty of variety to suit different dining experiences. There are four restaurants, one bar, and a coffee shop. These are; The Main Restaurant, Mugithi / Garden Bar and Restaurant, Chania BBQ Grounds, ostrich bar, and Restaurant, The Coffee Shop, and The Sergeants Bar.

Blue Post Hotel features an event facility and a business center. Laundry service is provided on request. The premises are guarded by security personnel and the hotel offers ample parking space. Access high-speed internet for both work and pleasure. 

2024 Blue Post Hotel Thika Accommodation Rates Per Night

Notes:

* Check-Out Time is 1000 Hours
* Prices include Value Added Tax, Service Charge, and Training levy
* A mandatory deposit of 100% of the booking total amount for confirmation
* Children sharing with adults up to 5 years free accommodation on bed only
* Children Between 5 to 12 Years in an exclusive room pay 75% of the room rates
* Kindly request the prices for Junior Executive rooms, Executive rooms, and Superior rooms
* Extra room rate hours be charged at 50% of the room rate up to 1300 Hours and thereafter full room rate will be charged

Prices include Value Added Tax, Service Charge, and Training levy. A mandatory deposit of 100% of the booking total amount for confirmation. Check-Out Time is 1000 Hours

2024 Blue Post Hotel Thika Conference Rates

Notes

Blue Post Hotel Thika offers a multitude of conference options. These include the Batian Hall with a capacity of 300 persons seated classroom style and a series of 4 conference halls, which can accommodate between 25 and 60 people

Kenya’s only hotel between two falls, Blue Posts Hotel, now has a museum, adding to the animal park to form a study centre for kids wishing to learn more about various animals and about Kenya without having to travel far.

Starting less than a year ago, the museum mostly showcases animal life, with exhibits such as skulls of various animals including the hippo, zebra, and buffalo, and a collection of various animals dropping such as the crocodile, which resembles sausages, leopard, hippos and the tortoises.

Blue Posts Hotel Museum also has an aquarium with goldfish, and various marine animals including, a lobster, the only creature with blue blood, crabs, yellow box fish, porcupine fish, swordfish, Pinkhandle barracuda-a type of fish that feeds on medium fish, and squid, the skull of a shark, as well as coral reefs, shells, and various types of rocks.

Blue Post Hotel’s restaurant and coffee bar are set overlooking the Chania falls, and the view, the beautiful flowers, and trees give one a feeling of refreshing tranquility. Kenya’s only hotel between two falls, Blue Posts Hotel has a museum, adding to the animal park to form a study centre for kids wishing to learn more about various animals and about Kenya without having to travel far.

Blue Posts Hotel Museum also has an aquarium with goldfish, and various marine animals including, a lobster, the only creature with blue blood, crabs, yellow box fish, porcupine fish, swordfish, Pinkhandle barracuda-a type of fish that feeds on medium fish, and squid, the skull of a shark, as well as coral reefs, shells, and various types of rocks.

There are also eggs of various animals including the crocodiles and the ostrich eggs An ostrich’s egg is equivalent to 24 chicken eggs and a person of average weight can actually step on it without breaking it. The only animal known to break an ostrich’s egg is the Egyptian Vulture, which takes the egg up a high place and drops it until it breaks then it feeds on the yolk.

Also on exhibit at the Blue Posts Hotel Museum are East African currencies both coins and notes that are no longer in use; as well as a collection of various African calabashes. The animal park started some three years ago, has some of the rarest animals including a porcupine, which is the largest rodent in Africa. The rodent has spikes and wags its tail producing a rattling sound; and is rarely seen during the day as it is nocturnal.

The park also has Nile crocodiles, 4 adults, and over ten young ones as well as terrapins and tortoises. The park has three tortoises species including the leopard tortoises, the pancake tortoises, and the bell-hinged back tortoises. The pancake tortoise is flat-shelled, resembling the shape of a pancake, and smaller than the other two; while the leopard tortoise is the largest of the three species. Other animals at the park include the psyches monkeys, pigeons, guinea fowls, turkeys, bush babies, and rabbits.

Blue Posts Hotel has a nature trail along the River Bank gives one a chance to enjoy nature’s richness; as the hotel is home to over sixty species of birds including some exotic birds such as the Grey kites, Yellow Vented Bulbul, and a variety of doves and sparrows.

The place is also home to several indigenous trees only found here, with the trail extending to the point where the two rivers -Chania and Thika meet, and if the water level is low, one can actually step on the stones in the river and enjoy some coolness of the waters.

Other facilities for kids at Blue Posts Hotel include the children’s park with swings, an electric merry-go-round, a dry slide, and a sea-saw; but perhaps the highlight is the long meandering 9 feet deep pond; where the kids and parents as well enjoy boat rafting; with some shades on the island where some can sit and watch as the kids enjoy the rides.

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