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Flamingo Beach Hotel

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Dolphin Hotel African Safari Club

 1 Review and 0 Opinions  Seven hotels in a group, all of them next to each other along the shore. Different categories of... 

Restaurants  

Safari Inn: Peppersteak in great quality

Safari Inn: Peppersteak in great quality, Shanzu

 alusru Says:  The Swiss owner (since 16 months) makes an effort to serve best quality food. European cooking I would describe it, you get Swiss "Rösti", Peppersteak, Calamari deep fried, prawns cocktail, ice cream called "banana split" and so on.They provide live music a few nights every... 

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Banhof: Crazy overcrowded place

Banhof: Crazy overcrowded place, Shanzu

 croisbeauty Says:  Banhof is located at the Malindi Highway, there where Mtwapa starting. It is overlooking "Causorina" club and you can't miss it, no matter if day or night time. In fact, if night time you can't miss it at all. It is pretty wild sort of club offering kind of dissolutely fun,... 

Luther King Pub: Fun in a local way

Luther King Pub: Fun in a local way, Shanzu

 croisbeauty Says:  There are number of such a bars all over the coastline, situated in between two villages or in the outskirts but sometimes even in the middle of nowhere. Great majority of the white tourists never visiting such a bars, not even if day-time. To my knowledge tourists don't... 

Casaurina: The best club in Mtwapa

Casaurina: The best club in Mtwapa, Shanzu

 croisbeauty Says:  Most of the locals will suggest Lambada as the best club in Mtwapa but am strongly oppose it. Lambada is the new built club, on the outskirts of the town, looking pretty good but missing the atmosphere.Causorina is wooden construction with the lots of greenery inside and... 

Local Customs  

Local market

Local market, Shanzu

 croisbeauty Says:  Local market places in Kenya will tell you the story of the settlement and the people there. When strolling and exploring was always amazed by the fact that even small villages could have big market places. The one at Mtwapa is really big and interesting but I suggest you to... 

Keep Mtwapa clean

Keep Mtwapa clean, Shanzu

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Off The Beaten Path  

The State Prison

The State Prison, Shanzu

 croisbeauty Says:  I took this picture and soon after was reported to the guard by a lady who was standing there in front of the entrance. Big gloomy guy approached to me asking what am doing and why am taking pictures of an government restricted area. I told him that the colourful "matatu"... 

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Mtwapa

Mtwapa, Shanzu

 croisbeauty Says:  When I visited Mtwapa for the first time, back in 2006., it was dusty and dirthy village worth to be visiting for one reason only, beautiful Mtwapa Creek and the restaurant Moorings. Nowadays, Mtwapa is fast growing town probably one of the faster growing in whole of Kenya.... 

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Q:  We are coming on a 2 week holiday with African Safari Club staying at Hotel Malaika. Could you tell us of Safari costs advice best... 

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A: Hi Im an English lady with a Limited company based in Malindi with my husband. If you can give me more details on the exact excursions you would like to take I can... 

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MTWAPA

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 Actually, Mtwapa is much bigger place than Shanzu and yet, it doesn't excist on the VT world map. It is probably the fastest growing up place in whole of Kenya. I still remember it during my first... 

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Whale shark diving

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 The dive guides told us, that with our booked 10 dives we should see one whale shark ... 90 per cent guarantee. We saw 5 whale sharks in 13 dives, that was a lot more than we could ever dream of! 

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