Serena Beach Hotel (4*)
Mombasa, Kenya
Swimming pool at Serena Beach
The Serena Beach Hotel is a very good 4* option when you just want a good value but high standard hotel with plenty of facilities and comforts. Feedback is almost always excellent from this hotel, which is designed to resemble a 13th century Swahili town - it even has fountains and market squares to make it authentic.
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Typical bedroom
Features
- Outdoor swimming pool with swim up bar
- Sports including tennis, mini-golf, squash, beach volleyball
- Water sports include scuba diving, deep-sea fishing, windsurfing, snorkelling, glass-bottom boat & catamaran sailing
- Two bars
- Regular evening entertainment such as live bands, discos, traditional dancing, acrobatic and gymnastic displays, magicians and fashion shows
- Ice cream parlour
- Fresh juice bar
- Bedouin tents by the beach for massage
- Complimentary shuttle to Mombasa town
- Nature walks in the butterfly garden
- Spa with a wide variety of treatments - as you enter the spa you will first notice the softly lit with candles, the rose petals, brass lanterns and comfy sofas. There are a number of treatments available, plus a steam room and sauna.
- Gym with yoga, spinning and pilates
Rooms
All the rooms have an African design and are air-conditioned with private bath, hairdryer, mini bar, safe, satellite TV, patio or balcony. Village rooms (3 adults).
- Upgrade to a Village Sea View room which are larger and have a sea view, plus a separate bath & shower.
Restaurants
As well as the main a-la-carte restaurant, there is a wonderful bar and grill by the beach specializing in seafood. This resembles a dhow ship, and has a sand floor and with views of the ocean. In the evening when the live cooking gets going there is a superb atmosphere.
The Resort
- Mombasa is very much a beach destination but one that is unique in two ways. First, the sheer variety of hotels on offer. You can have cheap 3* options right up to 5* luxury, plus many small, unique and boutique hotels such as Cove Treehouses. And second, one of the great advantages of Mombasa for a holiday destination is its closeness to Tsavo National Park enabling you to go on 1, 2 or 3 night mini safaris that may also include the wonderful Amboseli, which I particularly love because of the backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro.
Trips and Excursions
- 2 or 3 night safaris to Tsavo National Park and Amboseli
- Day or overnight excursions to Shimba Hills National Park
- Glass bottomed boat trips
- The Robinson Crusoe experience - a boat trip to a BBQ on a sandbank, that is only there during low tide
- Snorkeling and diving trips
- Mountain bikes for trekking into the local forest
- Bird watching and mangrove tours
Other Information | Transfer time | 45 minutes | | Distance to the Beach | on the beach | | Number of rooms | 164 |
The Weather
| All year round Desrtination? | Yes |
| Temperatures | Temperatures are a fairly constant 30C (86F) all year round, give or take a degree or two. |
| Rainfall | The rains are from late April to the end of May, and you may well find lots of drizzly days at this time. I wouldn't really recommended to go at this time no matter what the deals are. |
| Best Months | The best time to go is from May to early April, basically any time apart from the rainy weeks in April and May. |
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