Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel

Eastern Part of Lamu, Kenya

(Kiwayu Safari Village is a barefoot luxury retreat located on the Kenya mainland in the most remote coast of the Kiunga Marine Reserve about 30 Miles North of Lamu Island, in a breathtakingly beautiful Bay opposite Kiwayu Island)

Kiwayu Safari Village Special offers - Check the discounted offers on Accommodation Rates during 2011 in Red Below - for any Bookings of 3 Nights or More!

Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel

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Kiwayu Safari Village; Kiwayu Safari Village is one of the original East African barefoot luxury lodges with an ambience of total relaxation and seclusion - enjoy world renowned fishing and long strolls along utterly deserted beaches. Kiwayu has to be just about the furthest you can get from civilization whilst still having cold beer on hand! This classic camp, some 50km north of Lamu on the Kenyan mainland adjacent to the Dodori Game Reserve, was one of the first of the “barefoot luxury” beach lodges that East Africa has become so famous for.

Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel pioneer was an Italian professional hunter, Alfredo Pelizzoli, who set this up as his hunting camp in the old days when herds of elephant still roamed the beaches here. When hunting was banned in the late ‘70’s, he kick started the concept of the back-to-nature beach lodge. Kiwayu Safari Village remains true to that philosophy with its 18 bandas constructed using the traditional methods of the local Bajuni tribesman – palm thatched roofs, woven matting floors and not a nail or glass window in sight.

Kiwayu Safari Village Guest Room

Kiwayu Safari Village - hammock

Kiwayu Safari Village Accommodation

Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel bandas are all very open and airy giving you magnificent panoramic views of the aquamarine waters of the bay below and cooled by the sea breezes. Relax on your spacious, private thatched veranda where the comfortable hammock and Lamu bed invite you to chill out for an hour or three. Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel suites themselves are enormous with 12 of them possessing some of the most enormous super king-size beds you can imagine (the other 6 bandas have twins) There’s also a spacious dressing area, twin basins, safari shower, flushing toilets and bidet.

Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel bandas are spread amongst the dunes and palms overlooking an unspoilt turquoise bay which beyond its physical beauty also plays host to some great activities – it’s perfect for windsurfing or sailing or you can board the lodge’s Jahazi or dhow to explore the archipelago and perhaps picnic in far-off coves with cold crab, lobsters, fresh bread, wine and fruit; there’s world-class fishing in the mangrove shallows or record breaking sailfish, marlin and tuna in the deep; great snorkeling off the coral heads; or just take a stroll on the endless beaches and dunes where you may catch a glimpse of lesser kudu in the surrounding bush.

Of course if you’re less energetic at Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel, there’s always the option of relaxing with a good book in the comfortable hammock of your banda’s veranda and just soaking up the sheer tranquility and seclusion of it all. But if you looking to really have the ultimate Robinson Cruise experience, then perhaps a couple of nights at the lodge’s wonderfully romantic “honeymoon suite”, the Baobabs of Kitangani, standing in splendid isolation on an island about 3 km across the bay from the main lodge and nestled amidst the baobabs that line the 1km stretch of private beach…

Kiwayu Safari Village Accommodation Rates

Standard Bandas Rooms

Baobabs of Kitangani Rooms

Notes

* Discounted Rates in Red for 2011

* Children below the age of 5 are free

* Kiwayu Lamu Christmas Season Booking policy must be a minimum of 5 nights

* Based on one child between the age of 5 and 12 sharing the specified room with adult/s

Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel Lamu Rates are Inclusive:

* Laundry
* Kayaking
* Snorkeling

* Windsurfing

* Laser sailing
* Body boarding

* Guided dune walks

* Bottle Mineral water

* Dhow sailing - Evening cruise

* Private lunch on Kiwayu island
* Private lunch at Kongoali Beach
* Mangrove trips in motorized canoe

* Local airstrip transfers -Kiwayu airstrip

* Full board accommodation at Kiwayu Safari Village

Kiwayu Safari Village Hotel Lamu Rates are Exclusive of:
* Marine Park & conservation fees of Adult 35 US Dollars ; Child under 12 years 20 US Dollars

* Transfers by boat (Maximum 8 Guests) - ONE WAY Kiwayu - Kipungani / Kizingo - 650 US Dollars

* Boat excursions and picnic lunch at: Kui - 400 US Dollars ; Simambaya - 300 US Dollars

* Transfers by boat (Maximum 8 Guests) - ONE WAY Kiwayu - Manda Bay - 550 US Dollars

* Transfers by boat (Maximum 8 Guests) - ONE WAY Kiwayu - Lamu - 600 US Dollars

* Deep sea fishing per boat: Half day - 650 US Dollars ; Full day- 900 US Dollars

* Day trip to Lamu per boat (8 Guests) - 650 US Dollars
* Water skiing - 75 US Dollars per half hour
* Creek fishing - 25 US Dollars per hour

* Reef fishing - 85 US Dollars per hour

* Marine Park and Conservation fees
* All drinks except water