Kijani Hotel

Lamu, Town Island and Archipelago, all of the same name, lie 2 degrees below the Equator along Kenya’s coast.

The Archipelago is a chain of islands separated from the Mainland by a narrow channel bordered with dense mangrove forest and protected from the Indian Ocean by coral reefs and large sand dunes.

The many historical sites are proof of the area’s long and rich history which, when combined with the natural attraction of its tropical setting, make Lamu a wonderful place to visit.

The naturally protected harbour on its northeast side led to the founding of Lamu Town, which became a center of coastal commerce.

Today, Lamu’s economy is still dominated by maritime activities: shipping fishing, mangrove cutting and shipbuilding.

Access
By Air from Nairobi twice a day, from Mombasa once a day , from Malindi twice a day.
By Road: from Mombasa and Malindi twice a day.

Accommodation
In the village of Shela, in the island of Lamu, Kijani Hotel offer a unique accommodation with its 3000 sq meter of tropical garden, with leads directly to the sea, and two fresh water small swimming pools.

Each room has a bathroom and has its own balcony or veranda facing the garden and the sea.

The rooms are spread throughout the garden into three small separate traditional Swahili building which formerly were private Arabe homes, made of coral walls with boriti ceiling and makuti roofs.Kijani is completely furnished with antiques collected in Lamu Archipelago.

Activities
:: Sailing
:: Fishing
:: Snorkeling
:: Water Skiing
:: Windsurfing
:: Sunset Sailing
:: Pick Nick

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Sandies Coconut Village

Walk along the edge of the pool with its spectacular view over the Indian Ocean, and then through the lush tropical garden; you will soon discover the charm of this Sandies Resort, where you can rely on our all-inclusive service.

When sun rises, you can dive into the ocean, take a walk on the white sand then lie on a sun bed or relax on the comfortable African sofas outside your deluxe room.

Challenge yourself in one of the many water sports activities offered at the nearby sister hotel or compete in an archery tournament or just enjoy a cocktail or refreshing drink around the pool. This is the tropical way to schedule your day.

Accommodation
The hotel has 45 rooms including 12 sea-view and 8 connecting family rooms. All rooms are accommodated in double storey bungalow blocks. The rooms are presented in Swahili or colonial style and are large and airy with, terraces, wooden floors and four-poster beds.

All the air-conditioned rooms have en-suite bathrooms with hand basins, showers, bidets and a WC.

They also have terraces, safes and laundry service. The hotel offers an all-inclusive package (meals and beverages – alcoholic drinks/cocktails/spirits/entertainment and activity)

Dining & Bars
The Coconut Restaurant and Coconut Pool-deck feature Mediterranean and Italian cuisine alongside a wide range of international and local buffets and snacks. There are three bars. Entertainment, dance, culture and disco are offered nightly.

General Facilities
:: 2 swimming pools
:: 2 restaurants
:: 2 bars
:: Boutique
:: Hairdressing and massage
:: Discotheque
:: Live music and entertainment
:: Satellite TV with sports channel in the lounge
:: Fax services and Internet

Activities
The animation team organise events such as archery, beach volley, stretching or fun events such as a coconut throwing competition. You can choose to do water sports and the diving centre offers daily activities and sports on site. Guests can book various excursions and safaris.

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Diamonds Dream Of Africa

Welcome to a resort where the enchanting power of nature blends in with the exotic style of the Indo-Arab buildings to offer you a mesmerizing charm, which in Swahili, is called “bembeleza”.

Sit in the Balinese chaise lounges on your room terrace and listen to the sound of the wind rustling the palm trees, enjoy the music of the waves and let your heart dance in silence: your Dream of total relaxation has finally come true.

Chose to dine on the open air terrace or inside the air conditioned restaurant, overlooking the swimming pool or at the à la carte restaurant serving a selection of seafood menus on the beach.

Endowed with a centre of Thalassotherapy, a beauty centre and a gym with spectacular view on the ocean, the Dream Spa is the ideal place for the restoration and the maintenance of global prosperity.

Accommodation
JUNIOR SUITES: Our 33 Junior Suites with a garden view are customized with Italian designed furniture. All rooms have a Jacuzzi bathtub and a private terrace with comfortable Balinese sun loungers.

SUITES: Our resort includes 2 Suites with a separate living room. All rooms have Jacuzzi bathtub and private terrace with comfortable Balinese sun loungers.

Facilities in the room include:

:: King size bed or twin beds
:: Sofa bed
:: Arm chair
:: Dressing table
:: Individually controlled air conditioning
:: Ceiling fan
:: Stocked mini bar
:: Flat screen TV with satellite international channels
:: Free internet connection
:: In-room digital safe
:: Telephone via operator
:: Hairdryer
:: Shaver plug point

Restaurants & Bars
Main Restaurant: Guests can chose to dine on the open air terrace or inside the air conditioned restaurant, overlooking the swimming pool. The cuisine has an Italian flairto it with a selection of fresh fish and seafood. Service is table d’hôte style and vegetarian menu is available upon request.

A la carte restaurant: Located on the beach serves a selection of seafood and meat. Dinners requires reservation and meals are at charge.

Main Bar: Serves refreshing drinks, fruit juices, beer, house wine, selected spirits, coffee and tea, snacks and pastries. Daily morning fruit offered on the beach. Premium and imported liquors available at charge from 7am to Midnight

Pool Bar: Serves soft drinks, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages. From 9.30am to 6pm

Activities
Activities at Dream of Africa Resort Malindi include; windsurfing, canoeing, sailing, snorkeling and diving from the Tropical Beach Resort PADI Centre.

Venture out to the Malindi Market; uncover the Gedi Ruins, or a visit to the fascinating Malindi Marine Park and coral gardens which can gladly be arranged by Glory Safaris.

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Jacaranda Beach Resort

It is a charming Italian managed Resort, dipped in an uncontaminated environment, surrounded by a tropical garden with bouganvilles.

Thanks to the informal feeling, the advantaged position, the huge spaces and the spaces between the various zones and pools, this resort is the ideal solution for a relaxing holidays.

It has been built inside the marine park, on a 50.000 square meters plot, at 7 km far from Watamu (5 km of tar roads). Malindi is 14 km away (30 minutes driving), and Mombasa international airport is 125 km far away, at about 2 hours and a half driving.

Right on a wide 1 km white sand beach, 150 meters of private beach. During the low tide you can enjoy a very evocative landscape characterized by few little sand banks better known as “Sardinia 2”.

It is equipped with sun beds and a large number of palm trees create a natural shade. Beach towels are available (with deposit).

Accommodation
There are 130 rooms: 102 classic, spread on 3 floors, furnished in Kenyan style with a typical bed with mosquito net, air con, fan, veranda or balcony. There is a phone connected with the reception, Italian plug, safety locker, blow dryer, extra fridge on request.

There are also bigger rooms that can host till 4 people(double bed + bunk bed). Communicating rooms are also available.

On the beach front there are 23 ocean rooms. They have the same characteristics of the classic ones plus the free WI-FI connection. They all have a veranda or a balcony, nicely furnished and with a favoured position. They can host 3 adults.

The 4 Jack Superior rooms are a real private oasis inside the resort: one floor Arabic style rooms, embellished with African plasters, dipped in the garden and right next to the new pool with Jacuzzi.

They are at about 40 square meters big, with a veranda in front of the sea furnished with sofa and table. They can host 3 adults, free WI-FI connection.

1 Ocean Suite with a breathtaking view. It has the same equipment and characteristic of the Ocean Villas but bigger, 45 square meters. At the check-in the fridge will be filled with some courtesy soft drinks. This smart and exclusive accommodation, suitable for couples or families is crowned with a veranda in front of the ocean.

Dining
They main panoramic restaurant is located by the central pool. Right next to it there is the brand new wellness & beauty Jacaranda Maven spa , the amphitheatre, the bazaar, the solarium.

There is a bar at the ground floor, opening from 8 to 24, disco and shows, plus a beach bar right on the beach. There is a Beach restaurant with à la carte service (it opens for dinner, extra charge) seafood specialties.

Resort Facilities
This Watamu resort has a private beach. Jacaranda Beach Ora Resort’s restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool and a health club. There is a full-service health spa on site. Additional property amenities include multilingual staff and a garden.

Sports
Beach volley, soccer, bowls and table tennis.

Services
The circular reception area has a living room with a satellite aerial, where you can also watch Rai International, a small film library with Italian movies, a small library, an Exchange service and a boutique with handicraft products and antiques.

Three shows are organized weekly: the masai night, the tumblers group, dance and Giriama market.

We also organize tour by night, the gospel mass on the beach on Sunday morning, disco on the beach on Saturday night ( according to the weather)

Clients are offered of a free medical service for an hour a day (with a Kenyan doctor) and paid on call outside this hour, at the nearby Watamu Bay Resort Now.

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Hemingways Beach

Hemingways Resort is one of the world’s premier big-game fishing destinations (marlin, tuna, sail-fish, king fish and more).

Situated on an idyllic stretch of beach, voted ‘one of the best ten beaches in the world’ by the Sunday Times magazine, it has immediate access to the beach and offers a sophisticated but relaxed atmosphere – as suited to family holidays as to couples or groups of friends.

When it comes to beach travel, the Swahili coast, a glorious ribbon of silver and sapphire, crashing surf and bright coral, is steeped in a turbulent history pre-dating Da Gama.

The Swahili culture, a fabulous fusion of Arab, African, and Portuguese has created a pace of life, a style of cuisine and a mosaic of architecture, heritage, myth and magic that is found nowhere else in the world.

Hemingway’s Beach Resort, on Watamu Beach, is situated approximately 90 miles north of Mombasa and its beach hotels and 18 miles south of Malindi on the Turtle Bay beach at Watamu. The resort lies within the Watamu Marine National Park and is only 3 hours from Tsavo East, Kenya’s largest National Park.

Accommodation
There are 74 rooms classified into standard, superior rooms, junior and executive suites. The standard rooms can be found on the South Wing of the hotel on the first or second floor.

They have lovely views over the pools and gardens to the beach and are equipped with an ensuite shower only bathroom; air conditioning, fan, telephone, minibar, hairdryer and coffee/tea making facilities as well as an outdoor balcony.

The superior rooms are found on the south wing on the ground floor and have a double and a single bed. In the north wing these rooms are available both the ground and first floor and come with either a huge, king size bed or with a double and single.

All these rooms have a large, modern bathroom with bath and shower; air conditioning, fan, telephone, minibar, hairdryer and coffee/tea making facilities as wells as an outdoor balcony or verandah.

Restaurants & Bars
The resort offers a variety of dining experiences – from sumptuous buffet selections and themed nights in the main restaurant to a excellent bar snacks on the open terrace of the bar. BBQs, beach sundowners, cultural dance performances and first-class seafood a feature.

Facilities
:: A fully equipped gym that is available to all of in house resident guests and has weight systems, rowing machines, cross trainers and treadmills as well as a full time coach
:: Beauty treatments
:: Conference and wedding facilities

Activities
Hemingway’s is one of the world’s premier big-game fishing destinations, catering for all levels of experience, from novices to experts.

Immediately adjacent to the resort is the AQUA VENTURES, dive school offering a full range of PADI and BSAC courses. Also offered are diving safaris to such places as the Vuma caves, night diving and wreck diving.

Additionally, the resort offers its own fully-equipped gymnasium, horse-riding, camel-riding, golf (at Malindi Golf Club), tennis and cycling.

Other activities include: swimming, snorkelling, dhow trips, glass-bottom boat trips, nature trails, places of historic interest and visits to the nearby town of Malindi or to the world-famous Arabuko Sokoke Forest, one of the last of the rainforests.

Trips can also be arranged to Lamu and the ruined Swahili settlement of Gedi.

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Sandies Tropical Village

Sandies Tropical Village is a family oriented all-inclusive tariff, Indian Ocean resort just 5 mins from Malindi Town.

Set in extensive tropical gardens, it is presented in a fusion of traditional African style (high-vaulted thatched buildings) and Swahili style (Arab-styled, Moorish tradition). The hotel fronts onto a sweep of bay where all manner of water sports are available.

Accommodation
Sandies Tropical village has 114 rooms which include 24 junior suites and 90 superior of which 12 connecting rooms.

Tropical Beach Resort Malindi is built in a typical ‘Masai Manyatta’ in a semi circle in 2 levels rooms are either Lamu or English style. Each room has air conditioning with individual control Ceiling fans, balconies or terraces in all rooms with garden view, telephone, mini-fridge in all rooms, stocked for junior suites.

Restaurants & Bars
Facilities include 1 buffet restaurant, 1 à la Carte restaurant and 3 bars serving refreshing drinks, coffee, tea and pastries during the day.

Amenities
Other amenities at Tropical Beach Resort Malindi include, personal in room safe box, luggage rack in all rooms, large bathroom: hand basin, shower, bide & WC hairdryer with shaver plug electric current: 240 V AC, 50Hz.

Other amenities at Tropical Beach Resort Malindi include, personal in room safe box, luggage rack in all rooms, large bathroom: hand basin, shower, bide & WC hairdryer with shaver plug electric current: 240 V AC, 50Hz.

Activities
In addition to the beach and marine activities ranging from sunbathing to scuba diving, Tropical village Beach Resort Malindi offers good access to Malindi, which started life as a medieval trade port but is now a bustling resort town scattered with excellent eateries and relicts dating to the 16th century and earlier.

Tropical Beach Resort Malindi is ideal for a relaxed beach holiday, but it is also geared toward more active travelers, and snorkeling, diving and angling excursions are all on offer in the wonderful Malindi Marine National Park.

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Temple Point Resort

In the middle of the Watamu Marine National Park the hotel is a haven of calm as well as a perfect starting point for many different trips into nature.

Temple Point Resort invites you to relax in a familiar atmosphere. Enjoy a cocktail in our jacuzzi, a massage in our SPA or try culinary dishes of our high-class cuisine. Several sports and recreation facilities at and around the hotel will enhance your holiday.

Our evening animation programme will top off your eventful day and will show you the diverse culture of Kenya. Don’t miss the wonderful view over the Mida Creek and the breathtaking sunset while dining privately in our Honeymooner’s Pavilion.

Accommodation
Wake up in the middle of our lush tropical garden, with a heavenly view over the Indian Ocean.

The appealing rooms are furnished in the characteristic Swahili style. They are equipped with a modern bathroom, an air conditioning, a ceiling fan, mosquito nets, a security safe, a TV, a mini bar and coffee and tea preparations. Your veranda or balcony invites you to linger over a wonderful view.

The resort hosts 100 rooms, double, two and three bed rooms, which can be found in 25 bungalows.

Bar
Let our barkeeper sweeten your evening with selected drinks and cocktails and enjoy the panoramic view over the Mida Creek.

Restaurant
Dine in our elegantly set Clubhouse Restaurant and indulge in African and international dishes.

We offer you half- and full board with soft drinks included during meals. All dishes are served in buffet-form.

Culture
Evening Programme – Singing, dancing & aerobics
Every evening we invite local artists to the resort. Let yourself be fascinated by the colours, sounds and breathtaking acrobats, who will give you an understanding of the culture.

Malindi by Night
Experience with us the nightlife in Watamu and Malindi. Our guides will show you the best places to drink, dance and play.

Sports & Recreation
Aqua aerobics, beach volleyball, soccer, tennis, archery, table tennis, boccia, billiard and a lot more.

Daily at 4 p.m. you can join our beach volleyball team for a match.

For all who prefer water sports the hotel provides canoes, kayaks and catamarans. Moreover, water-skiing and windsurfing is offered in the nearby water sport centre.

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Turtle Bay Beach Hotel

Turtle Bay Beach Club and Hotel is a haven of fun and entertainment for the whole family.

Being amongst the world’s top five beaches, the Club offers excellent water sports facilities outside the marine park that hosts an abundant variety of fish, coral and marine life.

Turtle Bay Beach Club is the place for a beach holiday and year after year over 3000 repeat guests turning back for a holiday treat of a lifetime.

The Resort buildings are set in 10 acres of tropically landscaped gardens with 147 rooms, two restaurants, bars, entertainment lounge and swimming pool, and as such makes up one of the most luxury extensive all-inclusive properties in Kenya.

If you’re looking for somewhere that’s brimming with nature, the Turtle Bay Beach Club will be right up your street. Sitting in the heart of a National Marine Park, this attractive beach hotel will have your jaw dropping faster than you can say paradise

Accommodation
Turtle Bay Beach Club accommodation is divided into: Super Club Rooms that consists of 89 Rooms, these rooms all have a separate bath and showers, balcony, split unit air-conditioning, coffee and tea facilities and a complete mosquito proof sleeping area. They are also equipped with a double and single bed, with some having interconnecting doors.

Three of these have been designed for physically handicapped clients with showers only.

The Lamu Rooms consists of 40 Rooms. These are cottage style units, with some overlooking the ocean.

They all have air-conditioning and ceiling fan, en suite bath and shower, twin beds and mosquito net, patio or terrace.

The Ocean Front Rooms has 14 Rooms. These are beach front all with air-conditioning and ceiling fan, bath and shower, double and single bed, a complete mosquito proof sleeping area and balconies of patios with direct beach access. Have tea/coffee facilities.

Finally the view suites are two in number, containing a lounge and bedroom with split unit air – conditioning, Lamu bed with mosquito net, personalized fridge, separate shower and bath and coffee and tea making facilities.

Restaurants & Bars
:: Full breakfast and dinner offered in the main restaurant by the pool overlooking Watamu beach. Meals are served buffet style.
:: Blue Turtle Restaurant on the beach is regularly utilized in the evenings as a waiter service area. Guests need to book in advance for this area. A la carte menu at an extra charge and also run for special occasions (weddings, etc).
:: Pizzeria Kasaramba Restaurant overlooks tropical water ponds and offers oven fresh pizzas and other meals for lunch and evening at an extra charge for some meals.
:: Pool Bar opens at 10 am and closes at 1 am serves a number of soft and alcoholic drinks and snacks while Turtle Bay Beach Club’s Dunes Bar located on the beach serves branded drinks at an extra charge.

Water Sports
Boogie boards, Paddle skis, catamaran, Pedaloes, Open seated canoes, Windsurfing, 1 free dive lesson in the pool, Kite surfing and scuba diving.

Conferencing
The hotel has opened up a brand new conference room which can take a maximum of 150 delegates. Along with the new conference room, the club has three more meeting rooms for smaller groups or group work. Your stay includes all meals, domestic drinks, sparkling wine, day and night entertainment.

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Bamburi Beach Hotel

The Bamburi beach hotel is conveniently located on the north coast of Kenya and its main international airport at Mombasa.

This hotel facility offers the All Inclusive concept and is set amid lush tropical gardens, with extensive white sandy beaches overlooking the beautiful Indian Ocean.

Very close to the hotel, the eco-friendly Bamburi Nature trail lies across the creek that separates the island of Mombasa from the north coast of Kenya, crossing the Nyali area.

The property is in an ideal location to offer visitors easy access to facilities close by shopping, seeking arts and crafts, entertainment and a range of tours and activities to be enjoyed on the coast, or inland to the famous wildlifes areas of the country.

Accommodation
The hotel has 150 en suite rooms furnished with tiled floor and Arabian style furniture.

All the rooms have air-conditioning, a private balcony, and bathroom. The rooms also feature High Speed Wireless Internet Access, Coffeemakers, Hairdryers, Local calls are at a fee just like international ones and Wakeup Service. Enjoy our Expanded Complimentary Continental Breakfast and Playground.

Restaurants

:: The Karibu Grill, situated around the Karibu Pool, specialises in charcoal grilled fish and meat dishes.

:: The Fisherman’s Cave Restaurant specialises in Seafood, Continental, and Oriental dishes

:: The Ziwani Buffet Restaurant with three theme night each week. Breakfast and lunch are also served here.

Bars

:: Dhow Bar
:: Karibu Bar
:: Pool Bar
:: Fisherman’s Cave Bar

Activities & Facilities
Daytime Activities & Facilities include water aerobics, water volleyball and basketball, beach volleyball, squash, table tennis or billiards – all organised by our elaborate animation team.

The animators can also guide you to Ngomongo Cultural Village, Bamburi Nature Trail, The Butterfly Park, Mamba Village and the Bombolulu cultural centre.

The hotel offers:
:: Evening Activities & Facilities include live music, disco dancing, traditional dancers, cabaret shows, acrobats and crab racing.
:: Umbrellas, sun beds with mattress and towels
:: 2 swimming pools, one with Jacuzzi :: 2 air conditioned squash courts
:: Diving and Watersports
:: Table tennis
:: Pool table :: Fitness centre
:: Table tennis

Local Attractions
:: Bombolulu Workshops
:: Hindu Temples
:: Mombasa Tusks
:: Old Town
:: Bike the Coast
:: Haller Park
:: Mamba Village

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Severin Sea Lodge

Severin Sea Lodge is located directly on the shores of the Indian Ocean on Bamburi Beach, approximately 12 km from Mombasa Town and 20 kilometers from Moi International Airport.

Mombasa is the second largest city of Kenya and is famous for the Portuguese fortress Fort Jesus, guarding the Old Port and Old Town. The hotel is nestled under palm trees with plenty of space to relax.

The hotel is also popular with airline crews, because we offer several attractive crew servies and because of its proximity to the airport.

For the last 35 years Severin Sea Lodge has been renowned for it’s hospitality to its regular guests, who enjoy the excellent cuisine and the friendly and considerate service.

Rooms & Suites
Severin Sea Lodge has 188 rooms divided into different categories: the comfortable Karibu Class rooms in traditional Arab style, the luxurious Comfort Class rooms and suites with custom carved Lamu furnishings.

All our rooms & suites offer:
:: Air conditioning
:: Mosquito nets
:: Anti-allergy bedding
:: Telephone and W-LAN access
:: Hair dryer and toiletries
:: Room safe
:: Dressing table
:: Room service and wake up service

Restaurants & Bars
For the last 35 years Severin Sea Lodge has been renowned for its hospitality to its regular guests, who enjoy the excellent cuisine and the friendly and considerate service.

:: Kisima Restaurant: It is open for buffet breakfast and dinner in the evening
:: IMANI Dhow Restaurant: The IMANI Dhow is a sailing boat built over thirty years ago. Local workmen have converted it into a restaurant for fish and sea water delicacies.
:: Safari Bistro: The Safari bistro is situated next to the Safari Bar and has an Italian theme to its menu, specializing in pizza and pasta.
:: Safari Bar: The Safari Bar has an amazing 360° bar counter: a lively meeting point for refreshments of your choice and pre dinner cocktails.

Services & Facilities
:: Mini supermarket
:: Severin VIP Boutique
:: Hairdresser
:: TV room
:: Internet Café “Bush Drum”

Spa & Wellness
Enjoy relaxation during a pleasant massage in our wellness area or at our massage parlour directly on the beach.

Sports & Entertainment
Our animation team organises various activities like chess tournaments, archery, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, water aerobics, diving and jogging.

For avid golfers we can gladly secure a start time at the 18-hole Nyali golf course.

Other Activities
:: Dream Weddings
:: Excursions around Mombasa (Mombasa by Night, Private Mombasa City Tour, Arabian Night)

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