Jean’s Malindi Out and About Guidebook
Sightseeing
Vasco da gama pillar. In Malindi town on the Silversand road lies the historic pillar that was gazetted in the the National Museums of Kenya. The entrance to the magical site is Ksh 100 whereby after entry a visitor is served with the blue beauty of the Indian Ocean. The key features enroute is the Malindi Law Courts, a boat makeshift where boats are repaired, Baby Marrow restaurant and Scorpio Villas. The path to the entry gate has many vendors who rush to welcome tourists by selling their African merchandise. Got a shell keyholder at Ksh 100. You can also opt to cool your thirst by drinking the famous coastal coconut water/juice popularly known as ‘madafu’ sold at Ksh 50
Vasco Da Gama Road Junction
Casuarina RoadVasco da gama pillar. In Malindi town on the Silversand road lies the historic pillar that was gazetted in the the National Museums of Kenya. The entrance to the magical site is Ksh 100 whereby after entry a visitor is served with the blue beauty of the Indian Ocean. The key features enroute is the Malindi Law Courts, a boat makeshift where boats are repaired, Baby Marrow restaurant and Scorpio Villas. The path to the entry gate has many vendors who rush to welcome tourists by selling their African merchandise. Got a shell keyholder at Ksh 100. You can also opt to cool your thirst by drinking the famous coastal coconut water/juice popularly known as ‘madafu’ sold at Ksh 50
Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of KenyaTHE GEDI RUINS ARE ONE of Kenya’s great mysteries. Set in an idyllic location on the Indian Ocean, and buried deep in a lush forest, the town was thought to have been founded in the early 13th-century, although hard evidence eludes most scientists. But what has really baffled researchers is the well-established town’s mysterious abandonment and incredible development.
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Gede Ruins Malindi... Iphahamisana lezinkwenkwezi
Gede Watamu RoadAbandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of KenyaTHE GEDI RUINS ARE ONE of Kenya’s great mysteries. Set in an idyllic location on the Indian Ocean, and buried deep in a lush forest, the town was thought to have been founded in the early 13th-century, although hard evidence eludes most scientists. But what has really baffled researchers is the well-established town’s mysterious abandonment and incredible development.
One of the more intriguing sights inland from the north Kenyan coast is Hell’s Kitchen or Nyari (‘the place broken by itself’). About 30km northeast of Malindi, it’s an eroded sandstone gorge where jungle, red rock and cliffs heave themselves into a single stunning Mars-like landscape. You can take an organised tour, take a taxi (KSh9000), drive, or catch a morning matatu (minibus) from Mombasa Rd in Malindi to Marafa village (KSh200, 2½ hours) and walk for 20 minutes. If you come by private transport, it’s worth making a day trip of it and enjoying the beautiful African countryside, with its fields of maize studded with chunky baobab trees, mud houses with makuti roofs (thatched roofs of palm leaves) and cattle herders tending their beasts. Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself
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Marafa
One of the more intriguing sights inland from the north Kenyan coast is Hell’s Kitchen or Nyari (‘the place broken by itself’). About 30km northeast of Malindi, it’s an eroded sandstone gorge where jungle, red rock and cliffs heave themselves into a single stunning Mars-like landscape. You can take an organised tour, take a taxi (KSh9000), drive, or catch a morning matatu (minibus) from Mombasa Rd in Malindi to Marafa village (KSh200, 2½ hours) and walk for 20 minutes. If you come by private transport, it’s worth making a day trip of it and enjoying the beautiful African countryside, with its fields of maize studded with chunky baobab trees, mud houses with makuti roofs (thatched roofs of palm leaves) and cattle herders tending their beasts. Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself
The disappearing town. It was built by Arab slave traders. Today the once thriving Malindi Kingdom sits in outskirts of civilisation, covered by a blanket of silence. In only few decades, this haunting town will no longer exist in the face of the Earth because giant sand dunes are approaching to gobble it up. The dunes are caused by raging sand storms. They are creeping closer and closer to the 200-year-old Qubaa mosque and the Mambrui primary and secondary schools. Mambrui gained archaeological interest after a discovery of iron slags, iron smelter, jade green shard of porcelain and Chinese coin of an early 15th Century, the era of the Yongle Emperor during the Ming Dynasty
Mambrui
The disappearing town. It was built by Arab slave traders. Today the once thriving Malindi Kingdom sits in outskirts of civilisation, covered by a blanket of silence. In only few decades, this haunting town will no longer exist in the face of the Earth because giant sand dunes are approaching to gobble it up. The dunes are caused by raging sand storms. They are creeping closer and closer to the 200-year-old Qubaa mosque and the Mambrui primary and secondary schools. Mambrui gained archaeological interest after a discovery of iron slags, iron smelter, jade green shard of porcelain and Chinese coin of an early 15th Century, the era of the Yongle Emperor during the Ming Dynasty