Diani Beach

Fantastic place – beach resort area south of Mombassa.

We stayed at the Southern Palms hotel for a 2 week all-inclusive holiday, and we’d go back in a second (in fact, my girlfriend keeps eyeing up prices for flights).

Friendly people, great weather, just brilliant.

Watch out for the beach vendors – they will take you for as much as they can, but not in an agressive way. We bought various carvings etc. on our second day there, which we could have got cheaper, but they are master hagglers.
The average daily wage for the bar staff at our hotel was the price of a single bottle of local beer (to us foreigners), and that’s a good wage and a secure job so it’s no surprise that the beach boys have an eye for the main chance.

Lovely place – will go back as soon as the piggybank is full.