How can we reach Watamu?

updated 10/01/2010
Well, obviously there are no direct flights to Watamu, the 2 closest airports are Malindi and Mombasa. Actually  from Europe you can only fly direct to Mombasa or to Nairobi, and from Nairobi down to Malindi or to Mombasa with a local flight.
We can then arrange transfer to/from these two airports to the Lodge, please consider 20min. drive from Malindi to the lodge and 2 hours drive from Mombasa to the Lodge.

Flying to Mombasa:

• From England:
  you can fly with Monarch Airlines that has weekly flights from London and Manchester to Mombasa.
• From Germany:
  Condor flies 2/3 times a week from Franfurt to Mombasa, with several good connection with other European cities (Oslo, Stockholm, Brussels, Barcelona, Kopenhagen, Paris to name a few, see their web site for the full list). AirBerlin too has direct flights from Munich and Dusseldorf to Mombasa, with connection from several other cities.
• From Belgium:
  JetAirFly has a weekly flight from Brussels to Mombasa.
• From The Netherlands:
  MartinAir appears to have a bi-weekly flight from Amsterdam directly to Mombasa.
• From Italy:
  direct flights to Mombasa from Milan, Rome, Bologna and Verona with AirItaly, Eurofly, Neos and Livingston, a good starting point for scheduling and pricing is the Condor web site.
• From Switzerland:
  Swiss has a weekly flight from Zurich to Mombasa, it’s every thursday, with great connections to/from many european cities.

• Ethiopian Airlines has  direct flight from Addis Ababa to Mombasa 3 times a week. From Europe it’s not really a direct flight, but Ethiopian has good connections with several European cities, see their web sites for details, and you’ll be landing in Mombasa flying with a single airline.

Flying to Nairobi:

If you opt for a flight to Nairobi, or if you have no other choice , the list of Airlines flying from Europe to Nairobi is pretty long, and each one has connections inside its own network with cities to leave from:

• Airfrance,
• Air India,
• British Airways,
• Brussels Airlines,
• Egypt Air,
• Ethiopian Airlines,
• Kenya Airways,
• Klm,
• Qatar Airways,
• Swiss Air Lines,
• Virgin Atlantic Airways.

Flying from Nairobi to Malindi/Mombasa:

• Fly540 has direct flights from Nairobi to Malindi 3 times a day (as well as several flights from Nairobi to Mombasa)
• Kenya Airways operates regular fllights from Nairobi to Mombasa several times a day
• also AirKenya has regular flights from Nairobi to Malindi (and Mombasa too), you only have to change airport since it operates from the Wilson Airport.