Sea Turtle Watch Watamu
Watamu is a small village but nationally important nesting population of sea turtles, with an average of 40 nests in year and over in the Watamu/Malindi Marine Parks and Reserves. Watamu Turtle Watch (WTW) has a nest protection program, which works in co-operation with local people & Kenya Wildlife Service to protect all nests laid on Watamu and Malindi beaches. Local participation is encouraged through a financial incentive scheme. Daily patrols check for nesting turtles, and tracks in the sand that indicate new nests. Nesting turtles...
read moreSnorkeling & Diving
Lonno Lodge has the privilege of being in Watamu on the coast of northern Kenya, where the idyllic Indian Ocean offers warm hospitable waters, teeming with marine life. Watamu, enjoys access to some of most pristine marine ecosystems. Safe and exciting. Miles of pristine coral reefs, not only protect white sandy beaches, but provide a habitat for thousands of varieties of marine life that lie beneath the waters of the Indian Ocean. Often near your dive site you can meet friendly dolphins or the most delicate of the giants, the whale shark, you...
read moreBeach and Tides
Your life on the beach in Kenya will be strongly influenced by tides. In fact, with an interval of almost six hours, sea level changes with intervals that may extend beyond 12 ft. At low tide you can take long walks on the sea bed and reach normally submerged islands. At the reception of the Lodge, a table will show you the timing of the two phases so you can plan your excursions. In front of Lonno Lodge the low tide creates three small beaches, and you can take a pleasant walk under the cliffs until Papa Remo Beach, and the beginning of the...
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We believe that going on safari without a telephoto lens is a pity. But this time we went against the stream because .. sure, the details of wildlife are exciting, but without a wide angle how could we describe the infinite spaces of the savannah, the infinite sky at 360 degrees, the green of the vegetation that grows in symbiosis to the river in contrast to the burn earth that hug it ? This is the reason why we went to the Tsavo East boundary voluntarily leaving the telephoto lens at home. Gentlemen, this is...
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Pictures in this page were taken by friends Joannis Natsiopoulos and Daniela. They document an exceptional experience that they lived together during a safari in Taita Hills and Tsavo West. Joannis and Daniela have been privileged to rescue a wounded elephant. After spotting it during a game drive in Savannah, they advised David, the owner of the Lualenyi Camp, who immediately alerted the organization “The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust” and the veterinarians of the KWS. The emotion in their words was really contagious. “It...
read moreMalindi, Kenya: daily life.
Walking through the Malindi streets, next to the fake “original africans” shops, you will find the original ones, those that characterize the local day life.
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