A large (239 rooms) and friendly hotel, the Baobab Beach Resort offers an all-inclusive service, inclusive of meals, activities and entertainments. Set in beautiful tropical gardens and with a sweep of pristine beach, the hotel offers a wide choice of rooms. The resort offers entertainment nightly, three restaurants, three bars, disco and nightclub, two pools, beauty hair and massage salon and shop. The hotel was built in 1974 and completely refurbished in 2005.

Location and seasons

The hotel is 90 minute’s drive south of Mombasa International Airport, at the farthest end of the Diani coastal stretch. Diani beach is 25 miles south of Mombasa. 

Accommodation

The hotel offers 239 rooms, all newly refurbished and set in spacious tropical gardens. The room rate is all inclusive of meals (other than a la carte) and selected drinks (usually sodas, beers and local spirits), entertainment nightly and all activities. Rooms are offered in three categories: Standard, Superior Bungalow and Seaview Bungalow (the bungalows are presented in clusters of four and are individually occupied). There are also a number of suites. All rooms have balconies or terraces, AC, ceiling fans, telephones, fridges, safes, wheelchair access, hair dryers, satellite TV (other than standard rooms) and tea and coffee making facilities (other than standard rooms). 

Dining and bars

The resort offers the Jambo Restaurant (light lunches and snacks), the Karibu Restaurant (main dining area) and the Marhaba (grills, candle-lit dinners and BBQ).

There are three bars and entertainment is offered nightly. 

Child-friendly

This is a family hotel with plenty of children’s facilities and babysitting (charged additionally).

What to see and do

Tennis courts, table tennis, beach volleyball, darts, archery. The resort offers entertainment nightly, three restaurants, three bars, disco and nightclub, two pools, beauty hair and massage salon and shop. 

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.