Mnarani House, Shela, Lamu Island

Mnarani House, Shela, Lamu Island Holiday Home renovated in 2013, with beautiful traditional Swahili decor, situated within easy walking distance of Shela Beach. Fully staffed.

Four Double Bedrooms all ensuite, Swimming pool, Rooftop Terrace with spectacular sea view. The renovation of our beloved Mnarani House in Shela, Lamu Island is almost complete! We are so excited to reopen the house for rent, after a restoration project which has taken place over these past 5 months. The house has had a complete facelift and is absolutely stunning! We can now accommodate up to 8 p

eople in 4 double bedrooms, all ensuite. Each bedroom has access to a balcony area. A dedicated team of talented local artisans have contributed to this project. The house now has a variety of fine decorative traditional wall plasterwork carvings and niches, "Vidakas", a gorgeous interior white terrazzo overflow swimming pool. Hand painted wooden ceiling beams and smooth white plastered walls and floors in "Nirhu", an essential feature of a traditional Swahili stone house, giving a cool finish to the house. The open large rooftop area, complete with bar area and comfortable seating, has magnificent views of Shela and the sea. Our staff Lucas, Raphael and Juma are looking forward to welcoming visitors to Mnarani House in the near future.

04/06/2022

Shela village, Lamu island. Best place in the world to chill out.

Lamu architecture is influenced by Persian, Omani and Indian details. Traditional hand carved ornate plaster niches are ...
07/04/2021

Lamu architecture is influenced by Persian, Omani and Indian details. Traditional hand carved ornate plaster niches are called Vidaka or Zidaka. Daka means ‘niche’ and some of the oldest examples of Vidaka date back to 14th Century ruins on the East African Coast. Apart from being decorative and beautiful, they are used to display Chinese porcelain, books and other valuables, oil lamps sometimes a copy of the the Koran in Swahili homes.

Our antique wooden doors are unique, single pieces, sourced, collected and restored by my parents from villages in the L...
04/03/2021

Our antique wooden doors are unique, single pieces, sourced, collected and restored by my parents from villages in the Lamu archipelago in the late 1980s when Mnarani House was originally built. Each room is named after an island in the Lamu Archipelago, Lamu, Manda, Pate and the village of Shela.

02/03/2021
The Kaskazi monsoon north-easterly tradewind which blows from December to March, is about to change..we are entering a t...
02/03/2021

The Kaskazi monsoon north-easterly tradewind which blows from December to March, is about to change..we are entering a transitional phase, Matalai, before the southerly monsoon K**i sets in towards the end of March, beginning of April.

Christmas spirit has arrived at Mnarani House, Lamu
23/12/2020

Christmas spirit has arrived at Mnarani House, Lamu

29/06/2020

As Kenya prepares to open up for domestic tourism, at Mnarani House, we are looking forward to welcoming guests again into our Shela home!

05/12/2019

We have availability 16-26 December!! My whattsapp 0733 511822 - email [email protected]

08/05/2018

So excited to share our new video, wonderfully created by Neil Thomas. We are so lucky to be able to call Shela village, Lamu Island, a very special part of our lives. For Bookings contact Isabel on [email protected]

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Shela
Lamu
80500

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+254733511822

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