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
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.
Blue Safari Club
Location: Manda Island (Lamu)
Total beds: 24
Total rooms: 12 in bungalows with bath and shower
Deep sea fishing; water sports
Luxury island retreat, predominantly Italian clientele
Che Shale
Location: 12 miles north of Malindi
Total beds: 10
Total rooms: 11 with shower
Tasteful and exclusive retreat. Gourmet cuisine. Tariff includes allactivities except deep-sea fishing. Patronized by film stars, affluent world travelers and the most discerning.
Coconut Village
Location: Malindi – Silversands Beach
Total rooms: 85
Total rooms: 25 with shower
Predominantly Italian clientele
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.
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.
Mombasa Continental Resort
Location: North Coast – Shanzu Beach
Total beds: 400
Total rooms: 156 with bath/shower
Total suites: 15 with bath/shower
Air-conditioned; beauty salon; shopping arcade; gymnasium; indoor and outdoor restaurants; grill room; discotheque; floodlit tennis and squash courts; conference room; supervised children’s playground; video and mini bar in all rooms; lift
Jadini Beach Hotel
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total beds: 308
Total rooms: 154 with bath/shower
Total suites: 2 with bath/shower
24-hour room service; bistro; Lobster Bar; squash and tennis courts; conference facilities; All facilities are interchangeable with neighboring Africana Sea Lodge.
Popular family oriented hotel on wide attractive beach with safe bathing, under same management and adjacent African Sea Lodge.
Kiwayu 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.
Oceanic Hotel
Location: Mombasa Island – one mile from city center
Total beds: 180
Total rooms: 90 with bath/shower
Chinese and Lebanese restaurants; conference rooms, swimming pool, discotheque, casino.
Ocean village
Location: South Coast – Diani Beach
Total beds: 152
Total rooms: 9 with shower
Total villas: 30 with shower
There are one, two and three bed-roomed villas, each self-contained and air-conditioned. A la Carte restaurant; tennis courts.
Villas are set in a lovely area shaded by tall trees.
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.
Outrigger Hotel
Location: Mombasa Island – one mile from city center
Total beds: 88
Total rooms: 44 with bath/shower
Swimming pool.
Simple budget class hotel aimed at business market.
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.
Hemingway’s Hotel
Location: North Coast, Watamu
Total beds: 156
Total rooms: 78 all command magnificent seaviews.
Squash courts and gym, deep sea diving. A favorite hotel for keen deep sea fishermen.
Expensive, but more than justified
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.
Club Sun ‘n’ Sand
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.
Whitesands Hotel
Location: North Coast – Bamburi Beach
Total beds: 680
Total rooms: 340 with bath/shower
Total suites: 1 presidential suite, 2-ensuite master room.
Air-conditioned rooms; water sports; TV/Video lounge, conference facilities, 2 swimming pools, out door Jacuzzi, wind surfing and cataman sailing, table tennis, volleyball and squash courts, golf at nearby Nyali Golf Club.
Popular medium-priced hotel.