Serena Beach Hotel   (4*)

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

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