Palm House

Palm House

Descriprtion

This stunning Swahili style house for nine to ten (9 to 10) people is designed around an open courtyard with a tall central Pemba Island palm tree. The living and dining areas look onto the courtyard and another small tropical side garden with a royal palm and white thunbergia.

Rooms

4 rooms en-suite (2 Double 1 twin 1 Master Bedroom).All rooms are en-suite with private balconies apart from the Master bedroom that has two balconies.

ROOM AMENITIES: You can sleep out under the stars on their rooftop terraces to awake to the sound of cats in the alley and the sun rising over the port. The rooms are spacious and the overall feel of the houses more in-tune with the towns Afro-arab past.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Dhows make regular stops to Shela so it is easy to ride into Lamu or you can walk the shore path and take in the scenery.

Food & Drink

Self-catering facility allows clients to supply funds to the house cook, the cooks then do all the shopping and cooking. Menus can be requested and discussed.

General Facilities

Bar Sunbeds baraza lounging area

Recreational Facilities

Dhow trips Snorkelling Fishing- crew will grill the fish for your lunch! Windsurf, bodysurf, sail and water-ski

This stunning Swahili style house for nine to ten (9 to 10) people is designed around an open courtyard with a tall central Pemba Island palm tree. The living and dining areas look onto the courtyard and another small tropical side garden with a royal palm and white thunbergia.

It is spacious, yet compact with two doubles and one triple bedroom on the first floor, all ensuite with private balconies. The second floor with an open terrace and three sun beds, leads to a small covered baraza area in front of the fourth bedroom. This master bedroom has a Lamu four-poster bed and balconies on two sides.

Like all the Shela houses, there is a panoramic view from the covered rooftop, with a bar, sun beds and baraza lounging area. The house is a two minute long walk away from the seafront and a five minute walk away from Shela beach.

Facilities

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We wanted to do safari with my wife in Kenya. Diwaka Safaris organized our trip for 17 days professionally. We were very satisfied with all services. The best part was our guide Patrick Waweru who did an excellent job.

josefkingley – USA

Decided to do one a early Jan before the corona nightmare...wasnt decided on the exact itinerary especially the accommodation to choose...did my own research and decided on the ones I could get though decided they can also advice on what they had in mind so that we could compare prices as well as I could get to check on their diff reviews...was a 4 nights trip just Naivasha where we stayed at Naivasha Sopa and Mara at Ashnil..loved ashnil way better cos of the views as well what we got to see the in terms of wildlife..

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