Garden View - Peponi Hotel - Lamu Island - Kenya Holidays & Africa Hotels

Peering through one teakwood door at Peponi Hotel, one faces the Swahili world. Opening the other, one hears the tide bursting on a coral reef and feels the first flush of trade winds. The Peponi commands a headland between the world of traditional peoples and a lonely sea. To the southwest, lies an eight-mile stretch of soft sands that the locals call crowded if ten people, in all its length, is visible. More details at http://www.africanmeccasafaris.com/kenya/lamu/beachhotels/peponihotel.asp


Experience Lamu Holidays In Kenya
Lamu is a town, an island and an archipelago. If you visit, you should try to visit all three. The archipelago is a chain of seven islands and a multitude of islets, separated from the mainland at its narrowest part by a channel just a few meters wide. Dense mangrove forests fringe the mainland and the inland sides of the islands, while the seaward sides are protected by reefs and lined with dunes. Throughout the archipelago, there are numerous historical sites; visible and tangible evidence of ten centuries of a colorful, and often rich cultural past. Most of these settlements are Arab in origin and started as small trading stations. As these small colonies grew, they absorbed much from the local people and a distinct Afro-Arab culture emerged. This culture, which came to be known as Swahili, today dominates not only Lamu but also the urban centers of Mombasa and Malindi, and its language has become the principal Lingua Franca of East and Central Africa. More details at http://www.africanmeccasafaris.com/kenya/guide/lamuisland.asp


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