Mombasa (Kenya) > Reviews

Advantages: Great weather all year round.
Disadvantages: Beware of crime.

My worst memory of Mombassa was the day we hired a boat to take us to the reef. A respectable looking guy approached us on the beach and offered to take us on a tour of the reef. I was keen on doing some snorkelling so we arranged to go that afternoon. We had mistakenly thought he was the official hotel boat operator but when we eventually found him it was at a different booking office. No matter, he seemed a decent chap and the boat looked OK. The ... Read review

Advantages: beaches, people, hotels
Disadvantages: beach boys

The beaches around Mombasa are wonderful but it depends where you go! By far the most spectacular are the beaches south of Mombasa but once you get on the main strip you will be driven mad by beach boys unless you choose your hotel carefully. One of the cheapest and the best is Traveller's Tiwi - here they only allow a few to use the beach - they don't pester guests because the hotel allows them to set up a shop after dinner once a week and this ... Read review

Advantages: Plenty to do and very cheap.
Disadvantages: A very dirty city.

Mombasa is a rather dirty city on the coast of Kenya. As soon as you get out into the surrounding areas though it changes dramatically. There are the most fantastic sandy beaches with clear blue warm waters. The diving is second to none with something for every one, from small wrecks, to coral walls. The marine life is truly abundant, with sharks, moray eels and turtles in hugh quantitys. On the north coast outside mombasa there is a highly recomendable ... Read review

Advantages: excellent
Disadvantages: you have to come back

The beaches in Mombasa are absolutely wonderful, bright blue seas, clean sand, it’s just a marvel to look at. To stroll at night time wow that was a moment to be savoured. It’s so easy and relaxing that the busy roads of the cities seem miles away. Mombasa itself is a wonderful place, quiet but still lively enough not to get bored. You can go swimming with dolphins and watch the shows if you like. It is the chief port in Kenya, you can get ... Read review

Advantages: A story book country
Disadvantages: The poverty and begging

A couple of years ago I fulfilled a lifelong ambition to visit Africa. We travelled with Inspirations and stayed at the Diani Reef Grand Hotel, it had been given a “five star” rating by the travel organisation in Kenya. This hotel is a little way from the island of Mombassa. Every time we went on any excursion it seemed that we had to go onto Mombassa. We travelled on the ferry each time, but we had to go over as foot passengers. These ferries are ... Read review

Advantages: fabulous hotel
Disadvantages: location

...definitly be going back to Mombasa but will look for a hotel nearer town as all the hotels we saw looked just as nice as ours ... Read review

I stayed here for 2 weeks in December 2007, and had a truely horrific time. This culiminated when we left the hotel to go on safari and had our safe broken into and then relocked using our chosen code. We had cash and credit cards stolen leading to a loss of £2100. Aside from this, the hotel was a total disappointment. It was cheap to go here but you really do get what you pay for. The hotel standard is more like 2* or 3* at best. The location is terrible, very isolated and taxi's are crazily expensive, leading to a feeling of being trapped in the resort compound. This feeling isn't helped by the presence of lots of security guards constantly patrolling the perimeter.

Advantages: Lovely holiday resort
Disadvantages: Be careful of your valuables

...Kenya and have been to Mombasa several times. In fact I was there was millenium as well. Well people have different views about different places as they hear different things from other people. I would agree that Kenya in general is quite unsafe if you don't take care but if you do the necessary preparations to avoid getting into these circumstances, you will be just fine. Mombasa is a lovely city with white sandy beaches. Divided into 2...the ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful place, lovely people, gorgeous weather
Disadvantages: The travel there and pestering locals

I have been to Mombassa twice now and I loved it both times. The travel from Mombassa airport freaks you out a bit with all the poor locals but once you get to your resort it is like you have entered another world! The people seriously cannot do enough for you they bend over backwards to make you happy and they smile all the time! The beaches are gorgeous and the weather is hot hot hot! The all inclusive deals are real value for money and ... Read review

Advantages: great safaris and beaches
Disadvantages: dirty, too hot

Mombasa is a dry, hot and dirty place. I have been there twice now. I went on a 2-day safari there - that was brilliant! Fantastic! At the hotel place we were staying at, there was a pool outside, and, at night, loads and loads of elephants came and drank water from it. We were like a metre away in an underground tunnel thing. IT WAS AMAZING!!! We also went on a night safari and we saw 3 male lions right in front of our van! 3 MALE LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We ... Read review

Advantages: NICE AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE AND NICE WEATHER
Disadvantages: WHAT ALONG FLIGHT

WE BOOKED A HOLIDAY FROM TELETEXT COULD NOT BELIVE WHAT WE SAW TWO WEEK IN KENJA FOR JUST UNDER A GRAND FOR THE TWO OF US ALLINCLUSIVE, MY PARTNER WHO US TO WORK FOR AIR MILES SAID THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT SO WE CALLED THEM IT WAS RIGHT SO IT WAS SOLD. THE STAFF IN KENJA ARE SO FRIENDLY CAN'T DO ENOUGH FOR YOU, ONE OF THE BEST HOLIDAYS WE HAVE HAD. WE HAD THE WELCOME MEETING AND ALL THE BLABLABLA BIT. WHEN WE GO ON HOLIDAY WE JUST USALLY SIT BY THE ... Read review