Hotels - Kenya, South Coast

Jadini Beach Hotel, Diani Beach (closed for refurbishment)

Description: Twinned with Africana Sea Lodge, Jadini is a 161 room hotel set over 3 Floors. Whilst only a 3 star tourist class hotel it is very well equipped and is located directly on the spectacular Diani Beach. Rooms are air-conditioned and comfortably furnished. Most have sea views. Food is buffet-style and the selection and quality is good. There is also an excellent sea-food restaurant and pizza restaurant, ideal for a light lunch. The hotel regularly has themed evenings, with dinner around the floodlit pool, followed by entertainment ranging from locals bands to acrobats and Masai dancers. There is also a disco on site; entry is free for guests.

Rooms: 24 deluxe rooms, 119 superior rooms with ocean view, 18 superior garden cottages, 9 standard rooms. Rooms are available as King, double or twin. Rooms equipped as follows: Air Conditioning, Balcony/Terrace, Refrigerator, Mini-Bar, Bathroom (with Bathtub + Shower), Telephone, Radio/Alarm Clock, Daily Maid Service

Facilities: 3 restaurants, 5 bars (including ice-cream bar and coffee bar), 2 Swimming Pools, Fax, Teen Programs, Babysitting or Child Care, Shops (Newsstand + Gift Shop), Laundry/ Dry Cleaning Service, Safe deposit Box, Secretarial Services, Conference Centre, Car Rental, Concierge Services, Wheelchair Accessible, Barber/Hair Stylist, Currency Exchange, Front Desk (24 Hour), evening entertainment, animations team, Photocopy Service, ATM/Bank, Internet Access, Doctor On Call, Room Service, Health Club, Squash Courts, Tennis Courts, beach-volleyball, football pitch, Health Spa/Massage, Pool table, table-tennis, Snorkeling, , PADI dive centre.

Notes: Jadini is located next to Nomads, the site of H2O Extreme Watersports Centre. There is also a PADI and SSI accredited dive centre on site - click here for more details.

Rates: US$75-145 per person per night (half-board). High season and single person supplements may apply.

Bookings: Please email us for rates and availability.

Indian Ocean Beach Club, Diani

Description: The 5 star Indian Ocean Beach Club is one of the best hotels on the South Coast build in Swahili Architecture to match the original local surroundings of a 16^th Century Kongo Mosque and a 600 year old Baobab tree in the gardens. The hotel overlooks the white sand beach at the Tiwi river estuary and is sited next to a Marine Park.

Rooms: 100 airy Deluxe Club guest rooms set in white washed Makuti roofed structures surround the grand white arches of the main buildings. Each room has its own veranda, en-suite with bath/shower and separate toilet. The furniture is beautifully crafted and of local supply and each room has air-conditioning and ceiling fan as well as a mini-bar.

Facilities: The pool is a wonderful 200-meter freeform pool adjacent to three plunge pools. There are 2 floodlit tennis courts; volleyball, croquet, jogging trail and bird watching are available.

Spices restaurant – situated on the first floor overlooking the pool and the sea in the cooling sea breeze serves a large buffet and waitered breakfast as well as a very generous dinner consisting of far too many courses to manage!

Ocean terrace – adjacent to the beach is a great spot for lunch

Bahari Cove - is an open air, a la carte restaurant pretty much on the beach and serves great shellfish and Swahili seafood

Dhow bar - right on the beach on the beach towards the estuary serves drinks and cocktails is a great place for sundowners and the watch the local fisherman bring in the catch.

Trader's Room – for conferences or cocktail parties with the capacity for 100 people.

Notes: 10 mins taxi (£2) or 15 minutes matatu (£0.20) to H2O Extreme’s dedicated kite and windsurf centre does not leave you stranded if you want to experience the best watersports on the beach. For pre-booked courses H2O will arrange collection.

Rates: From US$75 per person per night (half-board). High season and single person supplements may apply.

Bookings: Please email us for rates and availability.

Leopard Beach Hotel, Diani

Description: A spacious, stylish and cosmopolitan resort based on Kenya’s famous Diani beach just 34 km from Kenya’s colourful, historic and exotic second city, Mombasa. The hotel is recently renovated to provide a spacious and panoramic environment, the epitome of Swahili style, raised on palm-fringed coral cliffs overlooking the endless blue horizons of the Indian Ocean.

Rooms: Set amidst 25 acres of lush tropical gardens, this extensive resort boasts 114 standard rooms and 35 superior rooms, most of which enjoy panoramic ocean vistas and private terraces. The 6 master and honeymoon suites also offer such additional luxuries as power-showers-for-two and sunken Jacuzzis. All the rooms are exquisitely interior designed and offer air-conditioning, mini bars, satellite TV and 24-hour room service. Recently renovated.

Facilities: Dining arrangements are varied to keep things interesting with meals at the panoramic Horizon Restaurant, the breezy Nyama Choma Terrace, the moonlit poolside buffet, a tropical beach barbecue or colourful Afro-international ‘market’ of food kiosks on the beach.

Other options include: A la carte Chui Grill a member of the prestigious ‘Chaine des Rotisseurs’ is white-tented, blue-chandeliered, spans a lily pond and serves freshly caught seafood, world-class wines and gourmet cuisine.

Tornati Pasta ‘n’ Pizza Restaurant - Secluded beneath the arches of the wave-lapped colonnade, this intimate and relaxed restaurant offers homemade pasta and pizzas at the Ocean’s edge.

American-styled Pool Bistro serving burgers and short-order favourites or the cooling fruits, juices and shakes of the Tutti-Frutti ice-cream parlour.

Coco Beach cuisine - Gaily dotted with coconut-hat sunshades, Coco Beach is a lunchtime beachside grill serving everything from sizzling lobster skewers to spicy seafood stir-fries.

Other factilities on site are the business centre and cyber café, dive school, beach sports and an adjacent 18-hole golf course, hair and beauty salon, relaxation massages, a full laundry and valet service, baby sitting, doctor-on-call and a wide range of shopping options.

Notes: With an animation team present on site activities are encouraged such as snorkelling, volleyball, ping-pong, wind surfing and an eco-nature trail through one of the last stretches of indigenous coastal forest in Kenya. For kitesurfing - best to contact H2O Extreme who can collect you for the 5-minute trip down the beach. Caters well for honeymoons as well as larger functions such as weddings and conferences.

Rates: From $94 per person per night half board low season. Please contact us for information

Bookings: Please email us for rates and availability.

Description: 123 room Swahili style hotel built in 1987 with traditional makuti (palm thatched) roof set in landscaped gardens & ponds. Rooms are set around the outside of the hotel, looking down over the garden, pool and Indian Ocean. Located directly on Diani Beach.

Rooms: Airconditioned, balcony/terrace, refrigerator, bathroom with shower, television, telephone, combination safe, room service and porter service.

Facilities: Babysitting, Laundry/ Dry Cleaning Service, Secretarial Services, Shops (gift shop, newsagent), Car Rental, Concierge Services, Wheelchair Accessible, Barber/Hair Stylist, Currency Exchange, Scuba Diving, Health Spa/Massage, Snorkeling, Pool (+ Children's pool), Tennis Courts, Deep Sea Fishing.

Rates: $86-158 per night (all inclusive). High season and single person supplements may apply.

Bookings: Please email us for rates and availability.

Photos courtesy Glen Rogers.