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Pro
Exotic culture and seafood
Con
touts and hawkers
In a nutshell
A mixture of many cultures!
Mombasa Old Town - culturally beautiful!
nubiansoul Says: I am a sucker for beautiful buildings; especially old, frail pieces of history falling into centuries and modernisation. How beautiful to stand out against the New, and slightly boring architecture Mombasa is slowly becoming replaced by. The carvings on the doors throughout...
Great place for a party, celebration or a BBQ
Doffcocker Says: Nguuni Nature SanctuaryWhat a great place for a party, celebration or just a sundowner BBQ, who would have thought you could sit having a drink by a camp fire and feel like you were in the bush just a mile or so from Bamburi township and around 3 from Bamburi Cement Works....
croisbeauty Says: Pirathes Beach is part of Bamburi Beach Resort which is several kilometres long. It is favourite beach for the locals and so many school excursions which coming here daily, from all of Kenya. While at the other parts water is pretty much very shallow and almost useless for...
4 Reviews and 24 Opinions When all hell was breaking lose in Mombasa the Royal Court was safe as houses. The bar on the roof...
1 Review and 201 Opinions Quite a long way out of Mombasa to the North, this is said to be one of the best hotels on the coast...
La Marina: Great location and setting for a romantic dinner
Doffcocker Says: La Marina has been a little up and down over the years but the last couple of times I have been it has been on the up and the food and the service were good. We were there on Valentine's Day, given its romantic location and setting, not surprisingly it was very busy, as it...
The Tamarind: Fantastic Lobster
PeterVancouver Says: The Tamarind Restaurant is probably the most popular restaurant for tourists who come to Mombasa. Overlooking the Indian Ocean and with a wonderful view of the town, Tamarind is the ultimate in fine dining in Mombasa and where if you wish, you can choose live crab or lobster...
Yul's: Good for chops, steak and ice cream
Doffcocker Says: Yul's is a funny place, it has a small balcony type terrace, that gets some shade from the restaurant building, overlooking the beach, the main, crazy paved, terrace is split into two by the slipway for the water sports. The main part of the terrace is across the slipway...
Monsoons at Jumba Ruins: Spend a chilled afternoon in a beautiful location
Doffcocker Says: I didn't often write reviews, I prefer the Tripadvisor forums, (VT's sister site) in fact I'm a bit of an addict for them, as regulars on the Kenyan forums will know, they will also know that I'm also a bit of an addict for Monsoons as I go at least 3 times a week. I...
georeiser Says: Il Covo is a nightclub and a restaurant with Italian and Japanese cuisine. The night club is know to be a place for tourists where you can listen to western/mzungu music. It's located in in Bamburi Beach.
georeiser Says: Cheers bar is an open air bar located in Bamburi beach. There is no entrance fee and the beer and food is cheaper here. You can sit with the locals and watch football from the flatscreen on the wall. Cheers bar is according to some local people a hangout place for...
The city taxi called "tuk - tuk"
croisbeauty Says: I wanted to try the city ride in this kind of taxi but couldn't make it. The fact is, there are not much of such a vehicles in Mombasa and they are constantly occupied. I suppose it's because the price must be more convinient than the ride in a normal taxi. Too bad because...
call_me_rhia Says: A nice albeit expensive way to see Mombasa from the sea is by Tamarind Dhow. A Dhow is a typical local small boat - but this one is in a much larger scale than normal. It's a lunch or dinner cruise tht takes you past the port and fort jesus in Mombasa. It's run from the...
muguruki Says: I quite often come home with some type of foods that I enjoy in Mombasa but this lat time I was only carrying hand luggage so I limited myself to bringing home only ½ a kilo of halwa. Halwa is the sweet jelly-like confectionary made on the coast in Kenya that somehow...
croisbeauty Says: Bombolulu is suburb north of Mombasa situated along Malindi Highway. It is famous for its workshop, founded in 1969, and is Project of the Association for the Phycically Disabled Kenyans. It has 150 disabled employees who create jewelry, textiles, wood and leather crafts....
croisbeauty Says: Kenyan camels look more friendly then those I have meet in the northern parts of Africa but still, I didn't ride it, not even here. I am not that coward but the riding doesn't look as very comfortable to me. It isn't even the question of money, in fact, I have never ask how...
croisbeauty Says: Unemployment is the biggest problem of Kenya, according to the official statistics it is over 40%! People from all over Kenya move to Nairobi or Mombasa in searching for job, but it isn't easy because of very high rate of the corruption. Life could be really cruel to this...
croisbeauty Says: To be honest I have expected to find much bigger diversity regarding fruits, in particularly after exploring the countryside. Kenya has very good soil and almost perfect climate conditions for agricultural production and really big potentials in that field. But in spite of...
croisbeauty Says: This little monkey, Vervet (Kenyans call it Cheeky too) if I remembered well his name, is very cute but also, might be a real pain in the a$$. The huge monkey pack settled on the trees in the hotel resorts, considering it as their territory. They walk around, occupaing hotel...
DAO Says: PLEASE PREPARE! Malaria can sometimes be fatal and at best may make you regret that you survived. Medicines must often be taken weeks BEFORE you come here. There are 4 different species of Malaria and humans can get them all from the bite of an infected female Anopheles...
muguruki Says: The Tusks that bestride Moi Avenue are probably one of Mombasa's few tourist traps. I suppose we have all been there to take a photo or two. When you get up close the tusks are a bit disappointing (and I don't mean that they are not made of ivory) they are actually made of...
croisbeauty Says: Mombasa is the biggest port in the Eastern Africa and, as far as I am concerned, very unattractive place to visit. Most Europeans will find it as an ugly, dirthy and unfriendly place, one of those places you see once and forget it even sooner. I have seen only a part of the...
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Florida Nightclub WOW!!! When I die I want my ashes scattered here! Big enough for 2 sound systems, several bars, lots of nooks and crannies, and some very...
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Q: I will be traveling to Mombassa alone for 2 weeks in March.... Is it Safe to take Safaris and Day Trips alone? Thanks
A: I can't commenet on Mombassa in particular as I've not been, although its reputation is for a high level of hassle from street sellers (I found Kenya the worst country...
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Mombasa was my base in Kenya from where I have travelled around. Actually, I stayed in touristy resort north of the town, which is called Coral Beach. This whole area is enclousered, under the round...
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The Mombasa "Tusks" are symbolic representations of entrance into the heart of the town. The tusks were built to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth to the town in 1952, as they lay directly on...
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Mombasa itself is an island only joined to the mainland of Kenya by a short causeway to the west a bridge over the creek to Nyali in the north and a short hop on a ferry to the south to Likoni. To......
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