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Sleep under palm.

Seven private cabanas on Kizingoni Beach, Lamu Island. Hand-built from coral, makuti thatch and driftwood. Carved Lamu doors. Netted beds open to the Indian Ocean. No televisions, no key cards, just natural island feels.

The seven cabanas

001 · The Names

A small Hawaiian tribute, woven into the sand.

Each cabana name is rooted in the Hawaiian language, a tribute to the owner's husband. Forever grateful he flew his island to grow roots on hers, she sprinkles hints of Hawaii wherever she can to help him feel at home.

Lōkahi · Aloha · Moana · Makai · Mālama · ʻOhana · Kailani

002 · The seven

Seven cabanas, no two alike.

Lōkahi cabana, netted four-poster bed framed by a carved Lamu doorway
Cabana 01

Lōkahi

harmony, unity.

Honeymoon · sleeps 2

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Aloha cabana, looking through the trees to the bed and reading nook
Cabana 02

Aloha

love, breath of life.

Honeymoon · sleeps 2

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Moana cabana, carved Balinese headboard with brass reading lamps
Cabana 03

Moana

ocean.

Family suite · sleeps 4

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Makai cabana, looking through carved Lamu doors past swing beds to the Indian Ocean
Cabana 04

Makai

to the sea.

Family suite · sleeps 4

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Mālama cabana, netted bed under brass lamps with shutters open to the palms
Cabana 05

Mālama

to preserve and protect.

Family suite · sleeps 4

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ʻOhana cabana, daybed lounge under makuti palm-thatch shade
Cabana 06

ʻOhana

family.

Family home · sleeps 4

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Kailani cabana, daybed under the sea-glass chandelier with the ocean beyond
Cabana 07

Kailani

kai means ocean, lani means sky.

Deluxe family · sleeps 4 · private pool

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003 · Built by Hand

Swahili craft, in every cabana.

The cabanas are built with the materials of this coast, woven, dried, gifted by the sea. The makers live within walking distance, and many of the same hands return year after year.

Aerial view of Kizingoni Beach footprints in soft sand, beside the Indian Ocean

Mkeka

woven palm mats

Traditional mats woven from palm, a staple of Swahili culture, and especially of the Lamu Archipelago. They lie underfoot in every cabana, a soft tide of pattern.

The arched colonnade and palm-shaded swimming pool at The Cabanas Lamu

Makuti

coconut palm thatch

Sun-ripened coconut palm leaves, dried and woven onto sticks with sisal fibre. The roofs above your bed breathe with the wind and keep the heat out without effort.

A Lamu carpenter's chisels resting on a hand-carved Swahili door panel mid-carve

Driftwood

gifted by the ocean

Arriving on the king tides during the Kuzi trade-wind season, a sustainable wood, gifted by the ocean. We carve it into doors, daybeds, lintels, lamps. Nothing is felled to make a cabana; see how this fits into our wider sustainability practice.

004 · Decor by Blue Rhino

Dressed by Blue Rhino.

Every cabana is dressed by our sister company, Blue Rhino Africa our sister design house, bringing colour, craft, texture and a little wildness into each room. The pieces are collected, layered and full of character.

Woven baskets, carved details, handmade textiles, objects from across Kenya and the coast, so nothing feels too polished or too predictable. Just barefoot luxury with a creative, deeply personal soul.

A round hand-carved wooden tabletop on a tripod stand, set among potted plants and roses
A brass crane-leg table lamp resting on a stack of books in a tropical garden
A butterfly chair softened by an oversized sheepskin throw, lantern lit beside it in a courtyard
A cowhide butterfly chair in a Lamu courtyard with a brass lantern and a hand-painted carved horse
The brass crane-leg lamp from another angle, framed by ferns and Spanish moss
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005 · Choosing

We will help you choose.

Tell us how you like to travel (alone, as a couple, with family, with friends, or with a little more quiet), and we’ll help match you to the cabana that fits. The right one is not always about the biggest view. Sometimes it is about privacy, breeze, space, and the feeling you want from your stay. 

karibu sana, welcome.

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