Kenya beach treehouses

country:Kenya
location:South of Diani beach, Kenyan coast 
price:£135 per person per night. Please note that there is a minimum stay of three nights. This accommodation is not suitable for children
vouchers:Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday
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introduction to Kenya beach treehouses

Nestled in their own private sea facing cove among baobab trees lining the beach, lie our magnificent tree houses. Situated 7km south of the bustling and busy beach of Diani, the treehouses offer exclusivity not yet matched on the Kenyan coast. Enter a new way of life, a truly magical holiday experience. From dawn to dusk and beyond, the Tree Houses offer romantics a journey of splendour and wonderment. Set against exotic Baobab trees, some as large as 65 feet in diameter, the Tree Houses are 85 sq m in size, 3m above the ground.

Each Tree House offers stunning sea views with an air-conditioned bedroom boasting a four-poster bed.  The bedroom offers a fully stocked bar and creature comforts expected in such surroundings. The ensuite bathroom is adjacent to your private and secluded jacuzzi and open wooden deck. With its panoramic views, the deck has an Arabian-style lazy area under a thatch, as well as a sun tanning and dining area ensuring the Tree House becomes an island of pleasure for your entire stay.

The resort has an Arabian-style pool, bar and restaurant for dinner as well as a lunchtime snack. In addition, we offer all the facilities of a resort including water sports, diving and health centre that ensures this holiday brings you as close to nature and paradise you will ever get.

Making a responsible tourism choice benefits both local community and environment in practical, meaningful ways. This working partnership between us and the local community preserves not only the eco system but enhances stability and growth within the local community.

“Leave us a foot print in our sand and take our spirit with you”.

Along several stretches of the Kenyan coast, tourism has flourished bringing with it good things but also the pitfalls of unstructured success. Deforestation has occured, communities moved or sidelined, indigenous species such as the Angolan Colobus monkey are losing their habitat, beaches are becoming over populated and there are large numbers of unsolicited hawkers. The seas are taking the strain too with coral and tropical fish making way for tourists.

Located on the last stretch of indigenous forest along the Diani, Galu and Kinondo beaches, our accommodation has set out to be the guardian of this last outpost and we see targeted and controlled tourism as a key factor in maintaining success. This will appeal to those wanting a magical experience while knowing that their presence is contributing to a healthy and rejuvenating eco and community system.
how to find us:
By air: Direct flights both into Nairobi (with a connection down to Mombasa 1 hour flight) or into Mombasa from the UK are available.
By road: From Mombasa or Mombasa International airport the drive is 1 hour and 30 minutes with the resort being located 6 kms south of Diani.
rooms, food and facilities
Six tree houses set amongst the Baobab trees along the beach with stunning sea views.

Bedroom, Kenya beach tree houses
  • Each Tree House has a 4 poster bed, Jacuzzi and panoramic sea views.
  • Bedrooms are air-conditioned with inside out bathroom/shower.
  • Lounge, relaxation area, Jacuzzi and dining area on the 85 sqm house.
  • Each house has been designed around the Baobab tree it is next to.
  • The resort acts as the arrival point for all local fishermen thus guaranteeing fresh fish at fair prices to the local population.
  • Butler service allows for romantic dinners in your Tree House or meals in the sunken beach restaurant.
  • Underneath the Tree House your own swing bed. Bathroom, Kenya beach tree house
  • Infinity swimming pool.
  • De-stress Centre with reflexology and aromatherapy massages.
  • Diving and deep sea fishing.
  • Forest walks through the surrounding coves and beaches.
  • With our community project, enjoy a Village walk to Kinondo Village where time has stood still with age old traditions in practice. Understand what we and the Village stand for.
  • Visit the Kaya forest, a National Museum heritage site by virtue that the roots grow over the coral. Kisite Marine Park for exceptional diving and snorkeling.
  • how this holiday makes a difference
    We have undertaken the following steps to protect the environment:

    1. The treehouses are located within a fully forested 40-acre plot with indigenous trees and shrubs. While constructing the resort, buildings were positioned to ensure no major trees were removed.
    2. By doing this, we have allowed indigenous flora and fauna species to maintain their habitat and presence in the land we share.
    3. The beaches remain unspoilt, clean of debris and buildings thus preventing pollution taking place and allowing turtles to continue breeding.
    4. The sea in front of the resort leading up to the reef maintains some of the best coral in Kenya, as well as sea life such as whale sharks, tropical fish and clams. By working with the local fishing community through job creation and education, this area is in the process of being set aside for protection.
    5. Visiting the resort is by invitation only, thus prohibiting day visitors and strollers, as well as onlookers. This will lessen the traffic on the dirt road leading to the resort.
    6. All further development of the resort's neighbouring land has been reserved for a protected forest.
    7. The resort has utilised as little of the land as possible to lessen overall impact.

    The resort in conjunction with its community partners have undertaken to:

    1. Protect and assist the local fishing businesses that enjoy access via the resort to the fish markets in Diani. As the first point of call for the fishermen, we will not only be able to buy fresh seafood at fair retail prices, but will also ensure the fishermen are fishing correctly, which includes correct size of nets, and caught fish, crab and lobster.
    2. On the southern tip of its land, the resort has provided a building suitable for storage and canoe repairs as well as the sale of fish to guests.
    3. The labour pool for the building of the resort has been sourced from the community providing much needed employment.
    4. It is expected that the resort will employ 70% of its staff from the community and offer training and career development. Previously, this community had one source of employment; subsistence fishing and small scale agriculture.
    5. Provisions have been made for the local village to have easy access to fresh water. It currently takes village women half a day to procure water for their families.
    6. We will, together with sponsors and partners, look at building a dispensary clinic. Currently local health needs are at the moment served by walks of up to 10 km to the nearest one, and use of wheelbarrows to transport the ill is still seen.
    7. It is also our aim to provide the opportunity for guests to experience life as it really is in an African village, not as it is usually painted up to be for tourists. The resort will assist in marketing and bookings as well as ensuring some creature comforts for overseas guests.

    Tourism can be good and bad for destinations & local people.

    We carefully screen every holiday against our criteria for responsible travel.

    'Look behind the brochure' to find how each holiday makes a difference (see left).

    We don't claim to be perfect - there is no global accreditation - but we've led the way since 2001 and screened 1000's of holidays.

    We invite every traveller to write a review about their experiences and responsible tourism.

    This valuable feedback is sent to the people who run the holidays. We keep a very close eye on it and take off holidays that don't live up to our standards.

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