Hemingways Watamu is a luxurious tropical retreat located on one of Kenya's finest beaches and overlooking the Watamu Marine Park. Here you can enjoy a relaxed and friendly atmosphere coupled with stylish comfort throughout. Large glass doors lead onto your private terrace or balcony in many rooms and all rooms feature elegant decor.
An iconic tropical paradise on the Kenyan coast sitting right in the middle of the pristine Watamu Marine National Park with its idyllic white sand beach and turquoise waters. The exceptional personal service and sincere charm of this established hotel have come to represent Kenyan coastal luxury to so many travellers for close to 30 years.
Watamu – meaning “home of the sweet people” in Swahili – is a small village on the Kenyan coast approximately 120 km north of Mombasa – Kenya’s second largest city. It is also 20 km south of Malindi – Vasco de Gama’s first landing point on the coast of East Africa. Watamu’s shoreline features pristine white sand beaches and offshore coral formations arranged in different bays and sheltered by a reef. The area is protected as part of the Watamu Marine National Park and is considered one of the best snorkelling and diving areas on the coast of Africa. The Marine Park is renowned worldwide for its natural beauty and boasts a diverse marine life from the visiting whale sharks and manta rays to three species of sea turtle.
Hemingways Watamu sits just off Turtle Bay Road outside Watamu village. Watamu itself lies approximately 120 km north of Mombasa and 25 km south of Malindi. Our nearest airport is in Malindi which is 30 minutes by road whilst the nearest international airport is Moi International in Mombasa.
