Fleewinter

Beach House is stunning and beautifully decorated yet still welcomes to kick off your shoes and feel right at home. The house has 4 double and one quadruple, en-suite bedrooms. On the first floor, raised above beach level, there is an edgeless fresh water swimming pool. It has a bar area and low comfortable baraza seats. Up the first flight of stairs is a large dining and living room, leading out onto an alfresco terrace. Another door leads onto the wooden deck over the pool and to two double bedrooms with their own private terraces. The third floor comprises three bedrooms and an open terrace. From the rooftop you can enjoy panoramic views of the whole Lamu channel.

Beach House has six staff: the resident manager will help to ensure you have everything you need, assist you with menus and also help organise local excursions. Even if you opt for the self-catering option, you don’t have to cook! You just buy your food in the local market and the house cook will conjure up an excellent meal for you. He will bake bread, suggest menus and cook excellent international cuisine and Swahili fish dishes. Basic foodstuffs, fresh seasonal vegetables and fruit are available in the local Lamu market, while other supplies are flown down from Nairobi. Fish, lobster, crab and fresh oysters will be sold by the local fishermen at your door or can be ordered. Although beer and sodas can be bought locally, Fleewinter recommends that you take your own wine or spirits.

There is a good supply of fresh water from the house well for showers. There is also a water purifying plant which supplies clean water to all the kitchens and carafes are supplied in the bathrooms. Commercial bottled water is also available.

Bed linen, mosquito nets and house towels are supplied. A full laundry service is provided but there are no dry cleaning services available.

There is a CD player in the house so take along your music!

There is no phone in Beach House, allowing you to spend time away from the pressures of the office and the outside world. However if you want to 'stay connected' several local mobile phone companies provide services and and you can also obtain local sim cards.  

Beach House is perfectly located right on the beach and minute's walk from the village. Step from the house to wander through the tangle of narrow sandy lanes, tall stone houses, mosques, and market stalls that make up Shela, a sleepy village whose inhabitants include gentle donkeys, weathered fishermen, the occasional beach boy and a handful of visitors.

Beach House is one of 4 Private Shela Houses. Rates vary dependent on the season. Both self-catering and full board are available. Please email lamu@fleewinter.com for more details.