Land Safaris

The Malindi resort area is a fascinating place to explore. Start with the Arabuko – Sukoke Forest, the largest tract of indigenous forest left in East Africa.

This forest offers us three forests in one: thick mixed costal forest, open woodland on white soil and low, dense thicket on red soil. The forest headquarters and visitor centre is 1,500 meters south of Watamu junction.

There is a glorious variety of butterflies, and for bird watchers, the forest is very special.

There are over 230 species of birds, including six found only here: Sokoke Pipit, Amanu Sunbird, Clark’s weaver, East Coast akalat and Spotted ground thrush. Information books on the forest are available at the bookshops in the town, and in the forest headquarters.

We can take care of and organise all of your safari requirements, just send us a message in the contact form.

Malindi Safari

If you have time, include a cruise in your itinerary!

An Arab dhow plies the waters of Mida Creek. You can have a long lunch cruise with a barbecue on a mangrove island, or a ‘sun-downer’ cruise in late afternoon until sunset.

Until the advent of the engine, these ancient vessels were at the mercy of the tides and the Indian Ocean winds. Each year the benevolence of the north-easterly monsoon, or ‘Kazkazi’, filled their sails and brought them from the Gulf of Aden; bound for the spice isle of Zanzibar, or Dar-es-Salaam perhaps.

Combine an early morning trip to the Forest with lunch in Watamu and an afternoon trip to Gede Historical Monument where a long deserted Swahili town nestles amongst the coral rag forest.

There is still a lot to learn about Gede, as it was never mentioned in Portuguese and Arab writings of the period, although they were ensconced not 15 kilometres away in Malindi.

The town was a medieval Swahili settlement, walled, covering about a quarter of a
square kilometre.

If you have time, include a cruise in your itinerary!

An Arab dhow plies the waters of Mida Creek. You can have a long lunch cruise with a barbecue on a mangrove island, or a ‘sun-downer’ cruise in late afternoon until sunset.

Until the advent of the engine, these ancient vessels were at the mercy of the tides and the Indian Ocean winds. Each year the benevolence of the north-easterly monsoon, or ‘Kazkazi’, filled their sails and brought them from the Gulf of Aden; bound for the spice isle of Zanzibar, or Dar-es-Salaam perhaps.

Combine an early morning trip to the Forest with lunch in Watamu and an afternoon trip to Gede Historical Monument where a long deserted Swahili town nestles amongst the coral rag forest.

There is still a lot to learn about Gede, as it was never mentioned in Portuguese and Arab writings of the period, although they were ensconced not 15 kilometres away in Malindi.

The town was a medieval Swahili settlement, walled, covering about a quarter of a
square kilometre.