Malindi & Watamu
Hemingways Resort
Hemingways is a 74 room resort Hotel overlooking the stunning beach of Watamu Marine Park, 20 miles south of Malindi and 60 miles north of Mombasa.The ambience of the hotel is of relaxed sophistication, with the friendliness of a privately owned hotel coupled to the facilities and standards of an International resort. This luxury tropical retreat on one of Kenya’s finest beaches has a wide range of excursions and facilities, from shopping trips to an in-house gym.
Driftwood Beach Club
3km south of Malindi town centre, and about a 5 minute drive from the Malindi airport. Individual air-conditioned bandas (cottages) with thatched roofs and small verandas. Most of the rooms have en-suite bathrooms and every room has a mosquito net over the beds. The hotel provides 9 seaview rooms and the other rooms are spread out in tropical gardens a short walk away from the beach, including 2 luxury cottages situated in a private walled garden with their own swimming pool.
Scorpio Villas
At Scorpio the cottages are furnished in old Lamu style hand-crafted furniture. All the bedrooms are en-suite with 1 7-foot carved four-poster bed, air-conditioning and ceiling fans. Breakfast is served on the spacious verandas of the villas with no time limit. Freshly caught fish from the Indian Ocean is a daily feature. Italian and Swahili cuisine are Scorpio’s specialty. Set in three acres of landscaped tropical gardens, with many of the plants labeled for interest are three swimming pools. A few of the villas have a private kitchen and may be booked for self-catering, with assistance from Scorpio’s house steward and cooks.