Tag: Lamu Island

• Manda Bay: Of Beaches, Buffaloes and Bee-Eaters

  

  We banked steeply out of Malindi Airport and headed north along the concave stretch of coast towards Lamu. Above Kipini the Tana River seeped chocolate-brown streaks into the ocean, swirling with shades of deep blue in the currents. There were only a handful of passengers on the plane as we had predicted. Among them, coincidentally, […]

  Jan Fox

  29/03/2020

  Coast, Travel

  Beach, Coast, Fishing, Indian Ocean, Lamu, Lamu Archipelago, Lamu Island, Luxury, Manda Bay, Manda Island, Ocean, Recent, SCC Kenya, Snorkelling, Travel, Watersports

• Sunset Sail Around Lamu Island

  

  It has been a lot easier, of late, to justify our trips out of Nairobi. The days have been cold, and the politics has been draining. So when the election was first re-scheduled around the long Mashujaa Day weekend, my girlfriend and I seized the opportunity and booked a trip to Lamu. Few places in […]

  Jan Fox

  29/10/2017

  Coast, Food, Travel

  Dhow trip, Fatuma’s Tower, Lamu, Lamu Island, Manda Island, Monangu Dhow, Peponi Hotel, Sailing, Shela, Takwa River