coast hotels
Africana Sea Lodge
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total beds: 328
Total rooms: 164 with shower
Rooms are in rondaavel houses. Pizzeria; grillroom; discotheque. Shares all amenities with Jadini Beach Hotel,
tennis/squash/volleyball courts, water sports
Almanara Resort
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total rooms: 6 Luxury Villas each
with 3 rooms
All villas air-conditioned. Swimming
pool, Jacuzzi and Spa.
Bamburi Beach Hotel
Location: North Coast – Bamburi Beach
Total beds: 280
Total rooms: 140 with bath/shower
Air-conditioned; conference room;
discotheque; air-conditioned squash courts; gymnasium; Italian restaurant
attached to the hotel. Water sports.
Tourist class hotel.
Che Shale
Location: 12 miles north of Malindi
Total beds: 10
Total rooms: 11 with shower
Tasteful and exclusive retreat. Gourmet cuisine. Tariff includes all activities except
deep-sea fishing.
Patronized by film
stars, affluent world travelers and the most discerning.
Delta Dunes Camp
Location: North Coast, Tana Delta
Total rooms: 8 including 2 family
cottages with shared bathroom.
Situated on a massive sand dune with
views of Indian Ocean on one side and views of the Tana River on the other.
Watersports, river cruises, walks.
Heaven on earth.
Diani Reef Hotel
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total beds: 330
Total rooms: 133 with bath/shower
Total suites: 17 with bath/shower
Discotheque, shopping arcade,
hairdressing salon; 24 hour room service; tennis and squash courts; four bars;
coffee lounge; two dining rooms; conference facilities; large beach frontage;
children’s playground.
Most attractive deluxe hotel with all customary facilities.
Driftwood Beach Club
Location: Malindi – Silversands Beach
Total beds: 70
Total rooms: 29 with or sharing
shower
Total suites: Lamu Cottage with two
bedrooms
A la Carte seafood restaurant; squash court; wind surfing; scuba
diving.
Informal relaxed beach club popular with younger more active
clientele Moderately priced.
Hemingway’s Hotel
Location: North Coast, Watamu
Total rooms: 74 all command
magnificent seaviews.
Squash courts and gym, deep sea
diving.
A favorite hotel for keen deep sea
fishermen.
Indian Ocean Beach Club
Location: South Coast Diani Beach
Total rooms: 100 deluxe club rooms
All rooms with ensuite bathroom, mini
bar, hair dryer, air conditioner and fan
2 restaurants, 3 bars, 3 pools, water
sports
Indian Ocean Lodge
Location: Malindi – Casuarina Point
Total beds: 10
Total rooms: 5 with shower
Deep-sea fishing; tariff includes
airport transfers; transport around Malindi; table wine; beer and windsurfing.
Designed in Lamu style.
Large rooms are sumptuously appointed each with a four poster bed. A small exclusive hotel for the wealthy
individual traveler.
Manda Bay
Location: Manda Island (Lamu)
Total rooms: 16 in bungalows with
bath and shower
Deep sea fishing; water sports
Kiwayuu Island Lodge
Location: Kiwayu Island – north of
Lamu
Total beds: 32
Total rooms: 16 with shower
Deep-sea fishing, wind surfing;
goggling: water skiing.
Leisure Lodge
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total beds: 276
Total rooms: 132 with bath/shower
Total suites: 6 studios with min bar,
bath/shower
Tennis courts; casino;
air-conditioned.
Leisure Lodge club
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total beds: 98
Total rooms: 151 with bath/shower
Air-conditioned; grill room; hair
dressing salon; tennis courts; mini bars in all rooms.
Predominantly Italian clientele.
Lovely bright spacious rooms – imaginative architecture, but only has
small beach at foot of cliffs, reached by steps.
Mombasa Beach Hotel
Location: North Coast
Total beds: 300
Total rooms: 150 with bath/shower
Indoor and outdoor dining rooms, a la
carte grillroom; discotheque; hairdressing salon; water slide.
Neptune Beach Hotel
Location: North Coast – Bamburi Beach
Total beds: 160
Total rooms: 78 with bath/shower
Total suites: 2 with bath/shower
Air-conditioned; shopping arcade;
discotheque; water sports
Modern tourist class hotel on fine beach, offering a wide
variety of water sports.
Nomads
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total beds: 44
Total rooms: 14 with shower
Rooms are in bandas
A la Carte restaurant; water sports;
deep-sea fishing.
Very informal relaxed hotel but comfortable and well run with
the most popular beach bar on Diani Beach.
Nyali Beach Hotel
Location: North Coast – Nyali Beach
Total beds: 412
Total rooms: 210 with bath/shower
Total suites: 2 with bath/shower
Grill room, 2 pools, discotheque,
conference room, hairdressing salon, lift, use of nearby golf course and squash
court, tennis courts, water sports.
Long established favorite on the Kenya Coast.
Ocean Sports
Location: Watamu – 16 miles south of
Malindi
Total beds: 41
Total rooms: 21 with bath/shower
Total suites: 1 house with 2 bedrooms
Small, club-like atmosphere.
Pemba Channel Fishing Club
Location: Shimoni – 60 miles south of
Mombasa
Total beds: 14
Total rooms: 7 with shower
Swimming pool; deep sea fishing
A serious fisherman’s base.
Has outstanding boats and crews.
Most of Kenya’s fishing records have been landed here.
Peponi Hotel
Location: Lamu
Total beds: 43
Total rooms: 21 with shower
Lamu’s leading hotel, beautifully situated on Shella beach. Pleasant and simple rooms. Good food.
Plaza Hotel
Location: North Coast – Bamburi Beach
Total beds: 176
Total rooms: 88 with bath/shower
Total suites: 9 with bath/shower
Grill room; conference facilities,
air conditioned throughout.
Reef Hotel
Location: North Coast – Bamburi Beach
Total beds: 320
Total rooms: 160 with bath/shower
Total suites: 1 with bath/shower
Grill room; tennis courts;
discotheque; gymnasium; sauna.
A popular medium-priced hotel.
Robinson Baobab Club hotel
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total beds: 300
Total rooms: 150 with bath/shower
Tennis courts; volleyball; scuba
diving; gymnasium; karate training; outdoor chess.
Most imaginatively designed.
Part of international chain of hotels. Caters predominantly for German
clientele.
Sentrim Castle Hotel
Location: Mombasa town centre
Total beds: 136
Total rooms: 68
Newly renovated, centrally located in
Mombasa town centre.
Landmark hotel in the town centre.
Serena Beach Hotel
Member of
the leading hotels of the world
Location: North Coast – Shanzu Beach
Total beds: 248
Total rooms: 118 with bath/shower
Total suites: 2 with bath/shower
Air-conditioned rooms, tennis and
squash courts, gymnasium; Arab – style market place, water sports and
recreation facilities available.
Built in the style of an Arab
village. Imaginative public rooms
continue the theme.
Rooms on the small
side. Truly international
clientele. An attractive and
well-managed hotel.
Severin Sea Lodge
Location: North Coast – Bamburi Beach
Total beds: 345
Total rooms: 174 with bath/shower
Total suites: 4 with bath/shower
Air-conditioned rooms; hairdressing
salon; hair dryers and curlers in all rooms, water sports, 24 hour bar;
attractive well-shaded gardens; Imani Dhow restaurant.
A well-considered medium – priced hotel, professionally run.
Shimoni Reef Fishing Lodge
Location: Shimoni – 60 miles south of
Mombasa
Total beds: 24
Total rooms: 6 cottages with shower
Deep sea and inshore fishing; marine
park trips. Cottage accommodation in an
attractive garden.
A nice ‘getaway’ from it all place.
Sun ‘n’ Sand, Club
Location: North Coast – Kikambala
Total beds: 260
Total rooms: 130 with bath/shower
Tennis court; water sports.
Privately owned family class hotel which has now taken up the
all inclusive club theme.
Turtle Bay Hotel
Location: Watamu – 16 miles south of
Malindi
Total beds: 211
Total rooms: 114 with bath/shower
Tennis court; water sports; grill
room
Uninspiring design. Roomy and spacious public rooms. All inclusive hotel.
Whispering Palms Hotel
Location: North Coast – Kikambala
Total beds: 220
Total rooms: 110 with shower
3 swimming pools, air-conditioned
bedrooms; water sports.
Moderately priced hotel on an attractive beach. A little isolated.
White Elephant Sea Lodge
Location: Malindi – Silversands
Total beds: 70
Total rooms: 35 with bath/shower
All rooms tastefully designed in Arab
style, furnished with antiques.
Quiet, dignified and very comfortable hotel.