Watamu tour package 2 Nights / 3 Days safari

Morning - Journey to Watamu

Your luxury Watamu tour package begins with the drive or flight north from Nairobi or Mombasa along the Kenya coast. The approach to Watamu is itself part of the experience. The road narrows as the Indian Ocean draws closer, the vegetation thickens, and the air changes in the way that only coastal air does. Your Kent Corporate Travels driver handles the transfer so the journey is comfortable from the first kilometre.

On arrival at Hemingways Watamu, you are welcomed with the kind of attention that sets a luxury property apart from simply an expensive one. Cold towels, a welcome drink, an unhurried check-in. Your room looks out over the ocean. Take a moment with that.

Afternoon - Turtle Bay Dhow Trip

The first afternoon is a gentle introduction to the water. A traditional wooden dhow takes your party out to Turtle Bay, a protected inlet just offshore where the coral is healthy and the visibility is good. Snorkelling here is calm and accessible, ideal whether this is your first time in the ocean or your hundredth. Green sea turtles graze on the reef beds below. The dhow crew knows the water intimately and will find you the best spots without any fuss.

Return to the resort in the late afternoon for time on the beach or at the pool before the evening begins.

Evening - Oceanfront Dinner at Hemingways

Hemingways Watamu's kitchen has a serious reputation along the Kenya coast, and dinner on the first night is the right moment to understand why. The menu leans into the Indian Ocean's extraordinary produce. Freshly caught fish, Swahili-spiced prawns, lobster when the season is right. Eaten with the sound of the ocean twenty metres away. There is a wine list that takes its job seriously. This is what a watamu holiday package should feel like from the first evening.

Morning - Watamu Marine National Park

The second day opens with Watamu's finest natural asset. Watamu Marine National Park was gazetted in 1968, one of the earliest marine protected areas in Africa, and the decades of careful conservation show. The coral gardens are intact, the fish populations are healthy, and the water is clear enough on a calm morning to see twenty metres down from the surface.

Your group goes out by boat to the park's outer reef for a guided snorkelling session. Hawksbill turtles move through the water with complete indifference to your presence. Parrotfish work the coral. Moray eels occupy their crevices. Shoals of glassfish part and reform around you. The marine park is the reason Watamu has the international reputation it does among serious ocean travellers, and experiencing it properly requires nothing more than a mask, fins, and an hour of unhurried time in the water.

Late Morning - Mida Creek Kayaking

Mida Creek is a 32-square-kilometre tidal inlet fringed by one of East Africa's most intact mangrove systems. It is a different kind of beauty from the open ocean. Quieter, more intricate, defined by the movement of water through root systems that have been filtering sediment and sheltering juvenile fish for centuries.

Your group kayaks through the mangrove channels with a guide who knows every inlet and every species of bird that nests in the roots overhead. Kingfishers. Herons. Mangrove kingfishers, which are found almost nowhere else. The creek is also a significant feeding ground for migratory wading birds between October and March. Whether you are a dedicated birder or simply someone who enjoys being in an extraordinary natural environment, Mida Creek rewards the visit.

Afternoon - Arabuko Sokoke Forest

The Arabuko Sokoke Forest is the largest remaining coastal forest in East Africa and one of Kenya's most important bird areas. It covers over 400 square kilometres of mixed forest types and harbours a remarkable number of endemic and near-endemic species, including the Sokoke scops owl, the Amani sunbird, and the golden-rumped elephant shrew, a creature so distinctive it has been listed among the world's 25 most wanted lost species.

Your afternoon walk is guided by a forest ranger with genuine expertise in the ecosystem. The pace is unhurried. The shade is welcome. And the experience of being inside a functioning ancient forest, with its layers of canopy and its particular quality of silence, is one that stays with travellers long after the trip is over.

Evening - Sunset Dhow Cruise on Mida Creek

The day closes on the water. As the tide comes in and the light changes over Mida Creek, your group boards a traditional dhow for a sunset cruise through the outer reaches of the inlet. The mangroves turn dark against a gold and orange sky. Flying foxes begin to cross overhead. It is the kind of evening that asks nothing of you except that you pay attention to it. Dinner at Hemingways follows.

Morning - Gedi Ruins

Gedi is one of the most atmospheric sites on the Kenya coast and one of the most enigmatic. A medieval Swahili town built in the 13th century and abandoned by the 17th, its stone walls and coral-lime architecture now stand inside a dense coastal forest, with fig trees growing through the ruins of mosques, palaces, and merchant houses. No one knows with certainty why the town was abandoned. The forest has been reclaiming it ever since.

Your guided morning walk through Gedi covers the great mosque, the palace complex, the pillar tombs, and the outer residential quarters. The guide provides context on Swahili coastal civilisation and on the specific mysteries that make Gedi so compelling to archaeologists and ordinary travellers alike. It is a genuinely moving place, especially in the morning quiet before the heat of the day arrives.

Late Morning - Deep Sea Fishing (Optional)

Watamu sits in a stretch of the Indian Ocean that has been a world-class sportfishing destination since Ernest Hemingway's era, and the marine geography that attracted those early anglers has not changed. The offshore drop-off brings blue marlin, sailfish, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, and dorado within reach of a well-equipped boat on almost any given morning between October and April.

Hemingways Watamu operates its own fleet of purpose-built game fishing boats with experienced skippers who know the productive grounds. This is an optional activity and can be arranged as a half-day or full-day charter. For those who prefer the beach on the final morning, that option is equally available and equally valid.

Afternoon - Beach Leisure and Farewell Lunch

The final afternoon is yours. A last swim in the Indian Ocean. A walk along the beach at low tide. A long lunch at Hemingways served at the pace that only end-of-trip lunches are served. There is a particular quality to the last few hours of a stay at a place you have genuinely enjoyed, and Kent Corporate Travels builds this time into the itinerary deliberately. It is not wasted time. It is part of what a good watamu tour package delivers.

When you are ready, your vehicle is waiting. Transfer to the airstrip or back along the coast road, carrying the particular unhurried feeling that three days at the right place on the Kenya coast tends to leave behind.