Diani Beach - South Coast of Kenya
The Diani Reef Beach Resort and Spa is a magnificent new hotel, which offers all the amenities of a world-class resort. There are 150 bedrooms and a dazzling selection of restaurants and bars.
The hotel offers two fresh water free form swimming pools, a shaded baby pool and shaded outdoor Jacuzzi plus water slide and private beach. An 18-hole golf course is situated 500 meters away, with free transfers. The Water Sports Center (activities subject to availability) offers Scuba diving, PADI open water diving course, beach dive, wind surfing, Robinson Crusoe trip, snorkeling safari, Kaya culture tour, jet ski safaris, kite surfing intro course, kite surfing, sailing, glass bottom boat rides, sea kayak and big game fishing.
Kenya coast
Kenya's north coast, one of her most popular beach holiday destinations, offers clear blue sea, marine parks, excellent water sports, coral reefs, monsoon winds, numerous hotels and beach resorts, family vacations, sun n sand, cultural and beach travel and more. Close to Mombasa, it is also within easy reach of Malindi, Lamu, Diani and many other popular Kenya safari resort hotels.
Location and seasons
Diani beach is 25 miles south of Mombasa. Kenya's stunning coastline (485 km from Nairobi) runs 700 km between the Tanzanian and Somali borders and is renowned for its silken white sandy beaches, coconut palms, sheltered lagoons, pellucid blue waters, remote islands, uncharted mangrove swamps and mysterious Arab and Swahili ruins, many of which date back to the 8th Century AD. An idyllic climate cooled by the monsoon, the Swahili coast offers a daily average of 8 hours of sunshine, and the hot steamy climate is tempered by the monsoon winds: the south-easterly Kusi, which blows from April to October; and the north-easterly Kaskazi which blows from November to March.
The background
Kenya's pristine and well-developed coral reef extends virtually without break from Shimoni in the south to Malindi in the north, some 230 Kms in total. The reef is broken only in a few places by river mouths and creeks; and of these the deepest and most sheltered safe channels through the reef are those that lie on either side of Mombasa Island.
Accommodation
Diani Reef Beach Resort & Spa consists of 150 bedrooms comprising of doubles, twins, triples, deluxe, inter-leading rooms, family suites and presidential suites. All rooms have a view of the magnificent Indian Ocean.
All rooms are equipped with:
• Interactive TV's offering a variety of channels from four continents.
• Internet plugs for all e-mail and web-surfing requirements
• Mini-bar
• CD player
• Hairdryer
• Tea/coffee making facilities
• Room safe
• Air conditioning
Standard rooms: 35 sq/m in size including bathroom and veranda.
Deluxe rooms: Minimum of 44 sq/m in size including bathroom and veranda, also 1x free newspaper daily, chilled fruit platter or fruit basket on arrival and one free bottle of mineral water delivered daily. Early check in facility and late departure facility free of charge subject to guests flight departure time. The deluxe rooms also feature a lounge area with extra TV.
The Presidential suites have their own butler.
Certain rooms are built with a unique open plan bathroom window feature, giving you the choice of watching the TV, or even view the ocean.
For security, all doors are fitted with electronic, computerized locks, peepholes, night latch.
Two bedrooms are available for disabled guests.
• Lifts
• 24hr room service
• Porter services
• Hotel clinic
• Doctor on call
• Baby-sitting
• Cyber cafe/Business center
• Shopping arcade
Dining and bars
The resort offers a selection of dining venues: The Continental Buffet and A' la Carte Restaurant, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The air-conditioned Oriental Restaurant specializing in Indian, Chinese and Japanese cuisine with a Tepanyaki table. The Beach Seafood Grill serving sizzling fresh fish and meat as well as light Mediterranean dishes. The resort also offers theme nights in the garden areas and along the beachfront.
Bars include: the Sunset Bar is situated on the deck of the Continental Restaurant, the Pool Bar is situated by the pool and serves exotic cocktails, the Beach Bar, the Beach Bar, the Night Spot Bar (live music and disco), the Piano Lounge and the Zebra Bar (library, cigars and liqueurs. The Sports Bar is equipped with live satellite TV.
Conference and event facilities
The resort offers two conference rooms to accommodate 300 guests plus a boardroom and office. Full AV and equipment is provided, as is a business centre with global telecommunications.
Child-friendly
The resort offers a children's fun center with games, children's theatre, as well as baby-sitting facilities
Entertainment center equipped with electronic games, cartoons, etc. There is a sandpit and jungle gym area and a variety of outside fun games and activities are arranged each day by the animation team. Also available is an outside chess, table tennis, darts, pool, squash and flood lit tennis courts.
What to see and do
The activities on offer include swimming, snorkeling, sea kayaking, diving, water sports, dhow trips, glass-bottom boat trips, nature trails, butterfly farms, places of historic interest, visits to the nearby Shimba Hills (a coastal national park with plentiful elephant) or to the world-famous Arabuko Sokoke Forest, one of the last of the rainforests.
Other attractions
Diani Beach itself offers just about everything the visitor could wish for: restaurants, shops, golf course and night spots plus; the Colobus Trust, an area of indigenous forest that provides a sanctuary for the areas many colobus monkeys and the Kaya Kinondo, a cultural centre built around a sacred Kaya (grove) of the Digo people.
The Spa
This Spa offers a wide range of rejuvenating treatments such as reflexology, Ayerveda, Aromatherapy, mud wraps and detox treatments. The Spa has a Jacuzzi, Jet baths, Steam rooms, Vichy shower, Rasul, Sauna and Brine Pool as well as a fully equipped Fitness centre with gymnasium, aerobics and yoga facilities. The resort also offers a unisex hair salon.
Sports & Leisure
• Children's center
• Mini boat trips for children in the hotel's fresh water lagoon
• Day trips to town and other places of interest, as well as safaris to Kenya's national reserves
• Thrilling water slides on site
• Sandpit and jungle gym area
• Outside chess
• Table tennis
• Volleyball
• Bocce
• Water polo
• Water aerobics
• Jogging
• Darts
• Archery
• Squash
• Flood lit tennis courts
• Entertainment / Animation team
• Fresh water free form swimming pools
• Shaded kiddy's pool
• Shaded outdoor Jacuzzi
• Fully equipped casino with slots and tables
• Health Spa
• Fully equipped fitness centre
• 30 acres of landscaped tropical gardens & 400 meters of beach front for your relaxation
• Bicycles are available for hire
Golf
The 18-hole golf course is situated 500 meters away
Water sports center
• Diving
• Jet skis
• Kayaking
• Pedalloes
• Catamarans
• Kiting
• Deep sea game fishing
• Snorkeling
• Glass bottom boat rides
• Wind surfing
• Tropical island day trips
• PADI 5 star diving school
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