Malindi and Watamu

Malindi and Watamu

Malindi is a town with a touch of gold. It is located in Kilifi County, 120 km from Mombasa county, on the eastern shores of the Indian Ocean. Malindi town is a dynamic beauty that will have you on an adventure of a lifetime.

Porsche, elegant and stylish, Malindi will have you well on your knees with its rich history and tourist attractions such as Malindi beaches. Tourism is the main economic activity in Malindi town, and Italians constitute the largest share of visitors to this coastal town. Malindi is a town with a touch of gold.

Watamu

Like Malindi, Contemporary Watamu has a history traceable to 1937 when an Irish family, the Flynns, shipwrecked around Watamu, washed ashore onto the Turtle Bay beach, and lived in an overturned boat. By then Watamu was just a forest with only occasional visiting fishermen from Malindi and Lamu (the Bajuni/Swahili) who sought refuge from rough sea conditions.

The famous Gede ruins indicates a sea port cut through Mida Creek at a deep-water place called Sita, and therefore validates the formation of the Watamu community

“The Coral Garden”. From swimming with zebra fish to windsurfing, this beautiful slice of Kenya’s Indian Ocean coastline is providing the perfect getaway.