Kiwayu Safari Village

Kiwayu Safari Village in Lamu Kenya coast

Kiwayu Safari Village is near Lamu on the Kenya coast and has eighteen private beach bandas positioned along a private stretch of beach, each decorated in the traditional Swahili style of palm thatch and woven matting floors. Each banda at Kiwayu Beach Lodge comprises of a spacious bedroom with a dressing area, twin basins and a shower. To the front, each banda has a private veranda where you can gaze out over the bay from the comfort of your hammock.

Kiwayu Safari Village accommodates a maximum of 36 guests can stay in 18 spacious and beautifully decorated local-style cottages (bandas) spread out along the shoreline. Every room is furnished with a Super king-size bed surrounded by a turquoise mosquito net. It is simple, spacious and well furnished with different sitting areas and tables - with many options for that all-important siesta.

These bandas are designed to blend into the dunes - no concrete, no nails, nothing to jar the senses. The dining room and bar are also built in the local Bajuni tradition with palm-thatched roofs and woven matting floors, all open-sided to the beach.

Seafood cuisine including an abundance of fresh crab, lobster and fish. The bar is stocked to international standards. Wind surfing equipment is available, with expert instructors for beginners. Laser sailing in the bay is exciting and water skiing, in the calm sea protected by Kiwayu Island, is available on request

The beach and marine environment at Kiwayu are spectacular and remote. The beaches stretch for miles in both directions from the lodge, and can be explored on foot with a local guide or by sailing a traditional dhow up the coast - perhaps with a picnic lunch on board and a cool-box full of drinks. The region behind the lodge is also worth exploring, with hundreds of kilometres of uninhabited bush stretching out behind the sand dunes.