Day 1
Lunchtime arrival on Lamu where you will be met and transferred to Kijani House.

Day 2-8
Accommodation for 7 nights on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. Your time on Lamu is your own to be as active or relaxed as you wish. The following is a list of optional excursions which can be arranged on arrival at Kijani House: visit to Lamu town, Swahili House and the old stonetown • an afternoon dhow sail up to the coral coves returning along Ras Kitau for the sunset • an all day boat excursion to Manda Toto, snorkelling and fishing at Gordon Reef, ending with a fish barbeque on Mando Toto Island • an all day boat excursion around the island - Kimika Rocks, lunch at Kipungani Village, and back through the mangrove channel to Shella • a morning visit to Takwa Ruins on Manda Island (the oldest stonetown on the east coast of Africa, 9th century) • morning birdwatching at Ras Kitau

Day 9
Midday transfer to Lamu airport for your Kenya Airways flight to Nairobi.
Accommodation:
Kijani House, Kenya

Kijani House lies in the village of Shella, on Lamu Island, in tropical gardens leading directly to the sea. Six double rooms and four triple rooms each have their own balcony or verandah and are spread throughout the garden into three small thatch roofed Swahili buildings which were formerly private homes. The kitchen specialises in seafood, Italian and African dishes. There are two fresh water swimming pools. Lamu town is 15 minutes away by boat or 3 kms on foot.