Travel Guides
The 2026 Guide to Diani Beach: Where to Stay, Eat and Sail
Diani has been voted Africa’s leading beach destination more times than anywhere else on the continent. Here is how to use i…
Coast notes
The Journal
Written by people who live here. Where to go, when to go, and what it actually costs.
Experiences
Sailing a Dhow at Sunset: What Actually Happens on the Water
The dhow has been sailing this coast for two thousand years. Booking one for the evening is the cheapest genuinely memorable…
Travel Guides
Watamu or Diani? Choosing Your Base on the Kenyan Coast
Two of Kenya’s best beaches, three hours apart, and genuinely different holidays. A straight comparison on beach, food, wate…
Travel Guides
Driving the Coast: Mombasa to Lamu, the Long Way
Five hundred kilometres of tarmac, ruins, empty beaches and one of the best road trips in East Africa. Route, timings, and w…
Experiences
Ten Things to Do in Mombasa Beyond the Beach
Kenya’s second city is a thousand years old and most visitors see only the road to the resort. A day or two inland from the …
