High Peak Tent for Hire: Plain, 5 × 5 m (50-Seater)
The plain high peak tent: a white square roof, 5 × 5 m (17 × 17 ft), drawn up to one tall point over four corner legs, with nothing hung inside. KSh 5,000 per tent for a 24-hour hire, pitched and struck by our crew.
1 × KSh 5,000 = KSh 5,000 · deposit KSh 2,500
- Setup, teardown & collection included
- 50% deposit secures your date
- Transport charged by distance: check it for your venue
For that price
Hire time starts when the last rope is tight, not when the lorry pulls in. Not included: transport, by distance from Uthiru; side walls, drapes, chairs and tables; damage beyond ordinary wear.
- One plain white 5 × 5 m high peak tent
- Our crew pitching and anchoring it
- Striking it and taking it away
What it costs
The hire, and the 50% deposit that holds your date. Transport charged by distance, added on your quote.
Thirty guests at round tables: 1 plain high peak tent KSh 5,000 + 4 plain round tables KSh 2,000 + 30 plastic chairs KSh 1,500 = KSh 8,500 before transport.
- 1 tentKSh 5,000deposit KSh 2,500
- 2 tentsKSh 10,000deposit KSh 5,000
- 4 tentsKSh 20,000deposit KSh 10,000
- 6 tentsKSh 30,000deposit KSh 15,000
The square in figures
- 15 × 5 m, 25 m²The 17 × 17 ft on the label: 17 ft is 5.18 m.
- 2One tent per 30 at tablesOur planner's count; "50" is the trade label, about right for chairs in rows.
- 3Walls 2.5 m, point about 5.4 mAverto's and Liri's 5 m pagoda tents. Ours have not been measured.
- 4Up to 80 km/h of windAverto's rating for its own 5 × 5 m model, not a rating of ours.
A plain high peak tent, and why the point matters
Most people who search for high peak tents mean this shape: a square roof pulled up in the middle into one steep cone, with a scalloped edge running round the eaves. Makers abroad call it a pagoda tent. Why the point? Rain has somewhere to go. And the middle of the tent gets headroom that a flat roof cannot give. Plain means the inside is left bare white, with no lining and no swags. Nothing to pay for that you will not use. A decorator gets a clean shell.
How tall is a high peak tent?
We have not measured ours yet, so here are two makers' figures for the same 5 × 5 m size. Averto, a Lithuanian tent maker, gives its PAG5/250 walls 2.5 m high and a ridge of 5.43 m. Liri's 5 m pagoda tent has the same 2.5 m eave and 5.43 m point. An ordinary house door is about 2 m tall, so at those figures the roof edge clears your tallest uncle with half a metre to spare, and the point is close to two storeys up. If a backdrop, a balloon arch or a tall cake stand must go inside, tell us its height first.
Is a high peak tent good in wind and rain?
The design is sturdy. Averto rates its 5 × 5 m pagoda, built on a 65 mm aluminium frame, for wind up to 80 km/h. That figure is the maker's, for a tent anchored the maker's way, and we do not quote a rating of our own. Liri sells the PVC on its pagoda tents as waterproof. For ours, ask: we confirm the roof fabric for your date rather than promise it here. What we do promise is the rule on the day: the tent stays exactly as our crew rigged it, nobody shifts a leg or loosens a rope to make room for the photographer or the caterer, and if a storm makes it unsafe, safety wins over the programme.
High peak tent or frame tent?
In Kenya "frame tent" usually means a marquee: a long hall made of A-shaped frames with a ridge along the top. Our A-frame marquee comes in 20 × 5 m sections and suits a crowd in the hundreds. The high peak is the small, square answer for a garden or a compound. Fifty at tables? Join two. A hundred, four. The double high peak tent puts two points over one 5 × 10 m floor, and the 6 × 6 m B-line is a slightly larger square with the same one-point idea. Want a flat roof on this same footprint? That is the 17 × 17 ft canopy.
Guests, chairs and the price
In rows facing a speaker, Gala Tent's 1 m² a chair puts about 25 under the roof, and its 0.75 m² for standing puts some 33 at a cocktail hour. At tables our planner counts 1 tent for 30 guests, 2 for 50 and 4 for 100. The tent is KSh 5,000 per tent for 24 hours; the thirty-guest setting in the box above, with four round tables and plastic chairs, comes to KSh 8,500 before transport. Prices for both finishes sit side by side on the 50-seater tents page.
Plain now, or draped?
The plain tent is right for a homecoming, a graduation lunch, a funeral gathering or shade over a buffet. For a wedding or a dinner where guests will look up, the draped 5 × 5 m tent comes lined with fabric, roof and poles hidden. Other shapes and sizes are on the page where we hire tents in Nairobi and Kiambu.
Getting the ground ready
Choose level ground a little bigger than 5 × 5 m, clear of low branches and overhead wires. Tell us early about a narrow gate or a long carry from the road. The crew anchors into the ground, so show them any water pipe, cable or soak pit under the lawn before they start. Once it is up, leave it. Call us.
Sources: Averto (tent maker, Lithuania), Pagoda PAG5/250 5 × 5 m, read 2026-10-24; Liri (tent maker), pagoda tent specification, read 2026-10-24; Gala Tent (UK marquee and gazebo maker), marquee capacity guide, read 2026-10-24.
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Plain high peak tent questions
How much is a high peak tent to hire?
The plain 5 × 5 m is KSh 5,000 per tent for 24 hours, pitched and struck by our crew. Transport is added by distance.
What size is it in metres?
5 × 5 m, 25 m². The label says 17 × 17 ft.
How many guests at tables?
Thirty by our planner. For 50 at tables, book two.
Does it come with side walls?
Not in this price. Ask with your date and we confirm walls and what they add.
What is the difference between plain and draped?
The same tent. Draped is lined inside with fabric; plain is bare white.
Can we move or adjust the tent after it is set up?
No — and this is the rule that causes real injuries when it is ignored. Once our crew has rigged and secured a tent, nobody may remove, loosen, reposition or interfere with the ropes, weights, anchors, poles or structural components. If something needs to change, call us and we will send someone. Before we install, please tell us about any underground electrical cables, water pipes, drainage, irrigation, gas lines or septic systems, because we anchor into the ground. Open flames, charcoal jikos, BBQ grills, unapproved heaters, fireworks and hot cooking equipment must not be placed against or inside a tent without our prior approval. We will stop installation, change a setup or dismantle equipment where continuing would create a serious safety risk.
What happens if it rains on the day?
Our canvas is heavy-duty and waterproof, and an ordinary Nairobi downpour is not a problem. What we will not pretend is that a tent is a guarantee against flooding, severe wind, storms or genuinely hazardous conditions. Where conditions become unsafe we may delay installation, change how we install, recommend an alternative location, suspend use of equipment or remove it. Safety decisions take priority over aesthetics and over the planned layout — that is not us being difficult, it is the one call we will always make the same way. Where weather prevents performance we work through the options with you first: delayed performance, alternative setup, substitution or rescheduling.
