TAMARIND EVENING DHOW

Your evening begins once you are picked up from your hotel and driven to the pier. As soon as you step off the gangplank, you are met by a traditionally-dressed waiter who shows you to your table, and serves you with a house cocktail called ‘Dawa’-made with vodka, lime, honey, sugar and crushed ice. Non-alcoholic drinkers are offered soft drinks or fruit juices.

 

Once the dhow departs from the jetty, the live band starts playing beautiful rhythms, and soon the swing has majority of guests dancing on the main deck.

After a cruise round Tudor Creek with fine view of Mombasa's Old Town and Fort Jesus, your dhow moors in a sheltered bay at the head of the creek.

Here the fine aroma of grilled lobster and steak starts to fill the air as the chefs pull out the charcoal grills and prepare a four-course gourmet meal.As your meal ends, the waiters serve aromatic Arabica coffee from a traditional Arab brass pot --the Kahawa Pot. The evening trip on the dhow is an excellent romantic spot for newly weds, and those wishing to propose.

(If you opt for a lunch on the dhow, arrangements can be made)

Wedding on Tamarind Dhow, Mombasa, Kenya Coast

The two Tamarind Dhows “Nawalikher” and Babulkher” offer a magical experience together with the finest of Tamarind Cuisine. Nawalikher was built in 1977 for trading. At 23 metres, she is the largest dhow at the coast. Babulkheri is 16 metres with both sitting 135 guests in spacious comfort.

 

A wedding on one of these traditional dhows before the backdrop of Old Town of Mombasa followed by a cruise on Tudor Creed and a candle light dinner on board of the dhow with life music makes the wedding unforgettable.