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Mombasa & the South Coast
Mombasa & the South Coast Highlights
Mombasa
South of Mombasa
Shimba Hills National Reserve
Tiwi Beach
Diani Beach
Gazi & Chale Island
Funzi Island
Shimoni & Wasini Island
Lunga Lunga
North of Mombasa
Nyali
Bamburi Beach
Shanzu Beach
Mtwapa
Mombasa & the South Coast
Why Go?
From the hypnotic port city of Mombasa south to the border with Tanzania, this stretch of Kenyan coast is anything but ordinary. Where else can you see snow-white beaches framed by kayas (sacred forests), soft-sailed dhows and elephant watering holes, all in one day, returning by night to your digs along one of the most beautiful beaches in Africa?
Governed by Swahili rhythms and the rise and fall of the tides, life here moves to its own beat. Thanks to the long interplay of Africa, India and Arabia, this coast feels wildly different from the rest of Kenya. Its people, the Swahili, have created a distinctive Indian Ocean society – built on trade with distant shores – that lends real romance to the coast's beaches and spice to its food, and to Mombasa, a city embraced by poets for many centuries.
When to Go
- Jan–Mar Dolphins (and the occasional whale shark) fill the ocean and diving is at its best.
- June–Sep The southeast trade winds are blowing, making the coast a kitesurfer's paradise.
- Sep School-holiday crowds are gone, accommodation is cheaper and beaches are quieter.
Best Places to Eat
A Tamarind Restaurant
A Sails
A Nomad
A Monsoons
A Shehnai Restaurant
A Imani Dhow Restaurant
Best Places to Stay
A Water Lovers
A The Maji
A AfroChic Diani Beach
A Kenyaways Kite Village
A Diani Backpackers
A Tulia House Backpackers
Mombasa & the South Coast Highlights
1 Diani Beach Stepping barefoot onto the miles and miles of soft...
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Kenya
- Kenya's Top 18
- Need to Know
- If You Like...
- Month by Month
- Itineraries
- Safaris
- Outdoor Activities
- Travel with Children
- Regions at a Glance
- Nairobi
- Southern Rift Valley
- Masai Mara & Western Kenya
- Central Highlands & Laikipia
- Southeastern Kenya
- Mombasa & the South Coast
- Lamu & the North Coast
- Northern Kenya
- Understand Kenya
- Kenya Today
- History
- Tribes of Kenya
- Daily Life
- The Arts
- Kenyan Cuisine
- Environment
- National Parks & Reserves
- Directory AZ
- Transport
- Health
- Language
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers