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Hemingways Watamu

Hemingways Watamu is an informal hotel with a tradition of game fishing and good service at Watamu Bay, just outside Malindi on the Kenyan coast. It is an area of great beauty, from the coral reefs to the ruins of ancient Gede.

Watamu, Lamu and the coast, Kenya
  • Excellent deep sea fishing

  • Enjoy treatments in the spa

  • Walk for miles along the beach

  • Try windsurfing in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean


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The fishing is legendary from Hemingway's.

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Facilities

Tennis

Tennis

Fishing

Fishing

Sailing

Sailing

Spa

Spa

Windsurfing

Windsurfing


Location

Watamu, Lamu and the coast, Kenya

Hemingways occupies a superb position on one of the finest beaches in the country, in the Watamu Marine National Park on the Kenyan coast. Watamu beach is located 30km (19 miles) South of Malindi.


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