Beaches in Lamu and its close surroundings
Since Lamu town has no beaches in the city, you will have to go outside town to:
| Lamu beach | |
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The closest beach is found in the northern part of Lamu town, 10 minutes walk from Hotel Jannat House (you can see if from our top terrace). Just walk out of the town by the coast, you will soon reach a white beach. If you don't want to stay there, keep walking for 5 minutes and you will get to a smaller beach surrounded by Mangrove trees. Both beaches are almost empty. There are no restaurants. |
| Shela beach | |
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The closest great beach is in Shela (a small village on Lamu island) , it takes about 45 to walk there, or 15 minutes by dhow. The Shela beach is long and not crowded at all. It is partly protected against the open sea by Manda island. There are several restaurants in the neighbourhood. |
| Manda beach | |
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On the neighbour island of Manda there are several beaches that are most often quite empty. You can go there by dhow directly from Lamu city, it takes about 20 minutes with local dhow. The beaches are situated in the straight between Lamu and Manda islands and thereby protected against the open sea. There are one restaurant on Manda, and sometimes salesmen passes with Samosas. See also our excursions. |
| Manda toto | |
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Outside Manda island there is small island called Manda Toto. On the beach between the two islands there is a fantastic exotic beach that normally are completely empty. |
| Kipungani | |
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On the other side of Lamu island is also a beautiful beach. It is mostly quite empty. There are two camps close by called Kizingo and Kipungani who have fantastic restaurants. Let the staff of Jannat House make dinner reservations or picnic in advance. It will take you about 1-1.5 hour by dhow to go there See also our excursions. |
