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Lamu Island Lifestyle

testimonials

"The lavish hospitality of the private house in Shela, Lamu Island on the coast, with its in-house swimming pool presented the perfect contrast: exquisite platefuls of seafood left clients in a stupor of ecstasy, as huge prawns for dinner were followed by crab thermidor for lunch."

ATG OXFORD NEWS

"lofty, cool pad with spectacular sea views ­ one of the most blissful places in the world."

Kate Sissons, THE RESIDENT

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Harpers

"Suspended in the hammock on the rooftop, you quickly acclimatize to the sleepy rhythm of life here: a rhythm set by the changing tides and winds"

Catherine Fairweather, HARPERS & QUEEN TRAVEL
Conde Nast Traveler

"The white adobe walls and cool, still rooms, decorated with bright fabrics and plainSwahili furniture, rise above a freshwater infinity pool, with sunbathing ledge and sheltered bar."

CONDE NAST TRAVELLER
Tatler

"This is a shining example of barefoot luxury."

TATLER

Vogue"This labyrinthine, white washed, twenties house has been beautifully restored and decorated."

VOGUE

"Lamu is a magical island that can transform you from a tense workaholic to self-indulgent sloth in a matter of hours."

RED TRAVEL