Each of the ten rooms has a veranda roofed in makuti, reviving the tradition of stone Swahili houses, and creating an authentic retreat for visitors looking to experience Lamu’s past.  Swiss owner Pierre Oberson created Kijani House resort Lamu Island to revive the tradition of stone Swahili houses and create an authentic retreat for visitors looking to experience Lamu's past. It took Pierre more than ten years to rebuild the hotel from the ruins of three old houses, and he used only traditional methods and materials in the restoration. The Kijani hotel team is full of ideas for excursions to explore Lamu Island and the surrounding archipelago with all its historical and natural treasures. They can organize boat transfers and guides to open up a portal to the past and a feast for your senses.

Kijani House is a small, very exclusive and luxury charming hotel overlooking the entrance to the Shela Channel on the island of Lamu. In its large tropical garden and around the two fresh-water swimming pools you will find real peace and relaxation.
The veranda of your spacious en-suite room, it’s the ideal place for planning exciting Kenya safari holiday for family and honeymoon  to experience the fascination of Swahili culture. You can also work up an appetite walking from the gardens and along the 12 km Shela Beach, returning to an exotic selection of seafood, Swahili dishes and a touch of Italian cuisine in the Kijani Restaurant. One of the few unspoiled spots is Lamu, and it is very likely that it will remain so for years to come as the only practical way to reach this enchanted isle is by airplane. In Lamu you find a vibrant society in harmony with its traditions: Lamu people are dubious of the merits of what we term 'Progress'.
When a telephone line was established in Lamu some years back, one Arab told the proprietor, "Never mind, the elephants on the mainland will soon knock the poles down." This does in fact periodically occur. The streets of Lamu are narrow, cool and quiet. They are surprisingly intimate spaces enclosed by massive stone buildings whose thick coral rag walls give the town its distinct colour and texture. It is not a town of landmarks and monuments - the Fort alone stands out. Religious and domestic buildings are difficult to distinguish from one another. Both are simple with few openings and neither has any exterior decoration except for Lamu's characteristic heavy carved doors.

Alcoholic’s drinks can be purchased in hotels but they should not be consumed in the street, on the seafront, or any other public place. Whether you travel overland or by air, the final leg of your journey to Lamu will be by ferry boat. Various private airlines fly scheduled services from Nairobi, Mombassa and Malindi to Lamu small airport on Manda Island. The bus from Mombasa takes about seven hours, a long and dusty ride as the road north of Malindi is not paved. Also during the rainy seasons, November, May and June, the road may become impassable
Life in Lamu Island has a distinctly Arab flavor; the ladies scurry down back streets wearing buibuis (black cloaks which cover them entirely) and yet they are prone to shadowing their dark eyes with kohl and have been known to cast amorous glances from the folds of their buibuis towards favoured admirers. In the evenings the aroma of thick Turkish-like coffee permeates the atmosphere; old men sit together philosophising on the front steps of their houses, and little boys chase one another, darting in and out of the quaint shops that line the main street. The restaurants of Lamu bustle with business. Bajun fishermen tell tales to one another while they enjoy heaped plates of rice. Night-time is delightful, and everyone takes advantage of the cool breezes that blow from the Indian Ocean. You may even see the aristocratic shariffs (blood descendants of the Prophet Mohammed) taking a stroll, dressed in long white robes called kanzus and carrying walking sticks. They are as distinguished as the black-suited and bowler-topped gentlemen of Fleet Street; but rather than having stocks and bonds on their minds, they are more likely to have some problem involving the interpretation of one of the Prophet's sayings

Kijani House Hotel Accommodation
Kijani has 10 rooms.
Each room has:
A private veranda shaded from sight by arabesque archways and trees.
A canopied Swahili bed stands beside antique cupboards and tables coloured with hand-painted Indian tiles and painted glass.
In the bathroom, intricately carved mirrors set off the sensuous effect of the walls, ceiling, and floor in warm ochre, its heady oriental effect heightened by shafts of light filtering through shutters from the world outside.

Kijani House Hotel Restaurant
• Kijani House restaurant offer an exotic selection of seafood, Swahili dishes and a touch of Italian cuisine.
• Fruit and vegetable are coming from the Kijani small farm in the middle of Lamu Island.
• Available from the cellar, a good selection of Italian, South African and Chilean wine's.
• The kitchen offers all types of fish, lobsters, crabs and prawns fresh from the sea, along with meat and fresh vegetables, together with African and Italian specialties.
• Kijani House Hotel bakes their own bread; produce marmalade and yogurt with fresh product from Kijani's small farm on the island, which also provides eggs and honey.