Kilifi is a tourism town that is known for its pristine beaches and ancient swahili settlement ruins. Well, it’s also known for it’s prestigious residential golf development, Vipingo ridge.

I got to visit last week, touring a couple of sites. I was however unable to cover all of them, and this is an indication of just how limitless your options are with Kilifi.

The first step was to establish my accommodation. I slept at Kilifi Maghreb hotel. It’s accessible to everyone because of their wide range of options, from affordable camping, to cottages to apartments and finally a 3 bedroom house that one can rent for your duration there. It is suitably located 10 minutes (walk) from the beach and has excellent staff service. I’ll let you check out their well manicured gardens and exquisite interiors for yourself.

The rest of the blog will be a photo journal.

Malindi Marine Park Beach
We didn’t really go into the park. I’d just come from snorkelling in Shimoni.

Vasco da Gama pillar

Gede Ruins

Watamu Marine Park Beach

Bofa Beach

Majajani Beach

Mida creek and Kirepwe Island

Other places to visit are;
-Arabuko Sokoke Forest-Got a chance to visit it some time back with family. There’s a -short hike to a very scenic viewpoint.
-Mnarani ruins
-Kuruwitu Marine Park
-Ken Snake Park

And then there’s all the places that you’ll never really know about until you actually visit and learn from the locals (like some rock formation a friend of mine from instagram visited, Kaloleni rock formation.)

Photography by the talented BEN OMWAKA

Until next time,
Happy traveling!

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