Hotels near Ukunda airport

Pros: The service, staff and facilities were excellent

Cons: The internet was terrible in the rooms

Pros: Excellent staff and manager - George. Lovely grounds. Spacious rooms. Excellent and varied food - much better than a buffet as described. Good pool. Adults only.

Cons: Bed a little firm. More seating in room needed. No shop for essentials. Too many flies at times. Beach boys a pest.

Pros: A nice and quiet quaint property. Beautiful garden and rooms.

Cons: The food could get spiced up and get better favor. Someone needs to figure out how to control the flies in the restaurant and surroundings. The towels are turning brown and need to be changed.

Pros: The grounds were a reasonable size and provided a variety of locations to relax in. The bedroom was a good size with a nice balcony to sit out. The hotel had a good size pool and plenty of shade that is needed at the hottest times of the day.

Cons: The property did not have a gym so I used one at a local hotel. I made arrangements through the drivers and concierge to be picked up but on two separate days the driver did not show up. After waiting for half an hour I had to phone back to Ocean Village and request again to be collected. I thought this showed poor organisation between drivers and concierge.

Pros: Everything was good !

Cons: The food for me could have been better but I am a very fussy eater !

Pros: We liked our stay so much, that we would love to come back(which we normally never do). We had an amazing and very relaxed stay: Champaign and oysters during breakfast, amazing lobster for lunch, great cocktails, a soft bed, amazing and kind service, the best beach beds and an amazing garden to relax. I celebrated my birthday in the hotel, and the staff were the best during our romantic diner on the beach for this ocassion. We would 120% recommend this place to couples/ and or friends who need a true and relaxing break.

Cons: It is hard to find something we did not like, but if we had to choose one thing, than it would be the paid Wi-Fi acces after you exceed the free wifi acces in the room for only one hour (on every 24 hours).

Pros: Excellent food Friendly and professionel staff

Pros: The rooms are lovely, staff friendly and venue itself is perfect

Cons: The people selling stuff on the beach but that wouldn’t put us off going back

Pros: Staff, hospitality, table decorations (every evening different), activities, swimming pools, cleanliness...

Cons: Nothing....everything was perfect

Pros: Location on Diani beach was beautiful. Staff were friendly.

Cons: Staff needs to have better training in customer service, Sometimes couldn’t answer basic questions correctly. Didn’t offer property map upon check in even though property is enormous.

Pros: Some staff were really good, while others gave preferential treatment to foreigners

Cons: Some staff were really good, while others gave preferential treatment to foreigners

Pros: The meal plans

Pros: The staff and the setting

Cons: Overdose of people asking how we enjoyed the stay more or less constantly.

Pros: Amazing location! Ideal for complete relaxation! Food is amazing!

Pros: The privacy of my balcony, and excellent internet.

Cons: For the money charged, I feel a fully equipped gym should be onsite.

Pros: Loved the location, the room and the food

Cons: Pool towels definitely were reused. They were often dirty with ketchup or blood!

Pros: The views, the Room was spacious and comfortable, Amazing food at the restaurant, White Clear beaches, Attentive polite staff. Overall Excellent!

Cons: The WiFi was really slow and frustrating at times where is would just lose connection completely for minutes..!,

Pros: This hotel is just a perfect vacation spot on Diani Beach and offers lots of comfort and also entertainment if wanted! Daily animation and evening shows serve entertainment & the many bars and meal options throughout the day are amazing! Best to book all inclusive to have all the options ;) the food was delicious! The whole staff was amazingly friendly! Felt very welcome and safe at the Southern Palms! We even got an upgrade from the standard room to a better room. Souther Palms is very clean and has great spacious pools, as well as a nice beach front! Sailsmen from the beach don‘t come to the hotel beach area, just when you walk down to the water. You can also book tours directly in the hotel, as some tour guides cooperate with the hotel. We loved our stay there and will come again!!!

Cons: Its just a bit far from the airport (about an hour away), but thats the same, or even more, with all the other hotels when you want to stay at Diani beach. The hotel booked a taxi ride for us in advance as we requested it via mail - that was very comfortable!

Pros: Pools were awesome, huge and had quiet areas.

Cons: Rooms and property dates and worn.

Pros: We (brother and I) were unsure to book Southern Palms after a Safari for relaxing but after reading that rooms were renovated we did it (all inclusive in 03 2020) - and it was really amazing. Perfect nice new rooms with huge beds, enough space, many USB power ports and a huge bathroom. Nice large pool. Nice clean Beach (great that the beach guys who want to sell anything are not allowed to step over). Great food with a lot of choice also at the snack bar. The check in was easy and quick. We were asked quite often during our visit if anything is ok and we really thought that the Hotel is taking care. By the way - we were a bit afraid of mosquitos in that area but we were surprised that really no mosquitos were around as the hotel is really taking care on this topic. Reallyyyy great. We were not outside the hotel so we can not judge on the area.

Cons: The gym is old and without clima but this was really the only "problem"

Pros: Lovely location right next to the beach. Really nice staff. Surprised me with a birthday cake on my arrival. Bit of a drive from railway st and airport due to poor road conditions. This will improve once the new road is built. Well worth it.

Cons: All good

Pros: Outside is beautiful and the staff are ok.

Cons: The AC’s are not working, no fridge in the rooms, too much mosquitoes, sand inside the swimming a lot that everyone cut his feet. TV not working and no DSTV.

Pros: Food excellent, staff excellent, location excellent. Beach fantastic as no coral to wade through.

Cons: Rooms very tired looking but they are going to have these refurbed soon. Bathrooms very dated and our bath had been painted. Tea tray a bit poor so get fresh milk from restaurant. Signing chitties even though all inclusive. Cats in restaurant being fed by ignorant tourists. Many monkeys stealing food.

Pros: It is nice that we can switch between lunch and dinner on the half-board basis, that lets you to go out for dinner if you wish. Complementary brunch at 4.00 pm Pool and beach attendant very helpful. Clean and spacious room with very kind staff. We recommend and will go back

Cons: We really appreciate our stay and the way we were treated by the staff who are very friendly and nice, always willing to help. 2 suggestions : for dinner at the self-service buffet, let men coming with correct and clean bermudas or long shorts and sandals or light shoes. Coming for holidays in a resort, we like to live in a cool way but correctly dressed. Also, guests can have free water at disposal for breakfast but not at lunch : why ? Long waiting time at arrival for room although we check-in after 12:00. But check-out not later than 10:00 am.

Pros: Location, food and amenities. The view is splendid. Very clean too.

Cons: The place is amazing. It's location is great. The facilities are good and well maintained. The staff are helpful and good but wish they could smile more. Be a little more enthusiastic with their work.

Pros: Service was great. Except the person taking my request for the airport pick up. He told me just to take the Taxi even though the resort provides transport. Of course when we landed the car was not there. Otherwise the service was fantastic. Thank you Faith for taking care of us. When we found out our flight was delayed they allowed us to stay till 4:00pm in our villa for just a small fee. That was greatly appreciated! We are already taking about going back to Leopard.

Cons: The food was just ok and the beach should have more chairs. There was menus in the villas so if you wanted to order something to eat in the room you had to first go to the restaurant to figure out what they had. Not vary convenien. .

Pros: Areal, room, food, program was great. Would definitely come back again.

Cons: The entrance to the sea was rocky.

Pros: The food was good. The room was OK. Beach area is relatively nice...

Cons: Service needs improvement - staff is more or less fine but majority have very low level of English. Receptionists were good and helpful. The facilities need refurbishment! Mosquito net at all windows not only in the bathroom! Last but not least - and this is not hotel's fault - the annoying people at the beach - this was a disaster as every single inch was full of someone advertising or selling something!

Pros: The rooms were extremely clean. Furniture and interior decor was simple and classy. Bathrooms were good size. Food was excellent.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Wonderful meal plan...and extra large rooms (suite)

Pros: The room with an ocean view, cleanliness of the room, friendly personnel. Particularly, Faith at the reception was exceptionally helpful. I am glad that she was there.

Cons: The AC could have worked better. It was an old one.

Pros: Becky of hotel booking was excellant providing me with flowers amd fruit to make the occasion so more special. I really wanted to meet her to say thank you but couldnt find her. Valuable staff member right there

Cons: The shower was just not good enough. The water drizzled out and was salt water. Never experienced that in and other Diani hotel. Very strange and definitely not pleasant. Brushing teeth had to be done using the bottled water in the fridge hence why ive marked you done

Pros: Location

Cons: Food terrible I can’t share pictures because wee didn’t do any about the resort We don’t even want to remember we were there !

Pros: Good location

Cons: Disgusting food Very old rooms , smells , dirty smelly towels Horrible place The food terrible I can’t share pictures because we didn’t take even one picture We just stayed 1 night and we quickly left

Pros: The excellent staff, location and beautiful gardens around the pool.

Cons: Sometimes short of ice for drinks in the evening but this got better after asking

Pros: Excellent location on the beach,exceptional staff and service.so much food choice & drinks.very friendly and helpfull

Cons: Nothing to complain about only the terraced gardens up to resteraunt watch out for the steps!

Pros: Location, the food, drinks, all the hotel was around green and lush vegetation.

Cons: The hotel need imediately renovation and reparation.I was in this property 9 years ago and is the same everything.The prices for ALL 160 euro for 2 persons per day is soo expensive and you didn't receive nothing around that price what you pay.Everything is old in the room, not clean at all.Nothing !

Pros: Very spacious with beautiful views

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Lovely staff, room and pool. Right in the beach. In a good spot within Diani..... handy for couple of bars and supermarket. Good value for money

Cons: Didn’t like eating outside two times a week. Seemed a lot of hard work for the staff, it was too hot and dark and the queue for the food seemed a bit more crawl like Sometimes wait for drinks could be a bit lengthy.

Pros: I liked the beautiful gardens and trees that creat a lovely breeze and cooling effect I liked the seating area around the bar that one can relax and take afternoon tea and cakes I also liked the fantastic pool that enabled swimming or just relaxing in

Cons: I did not like the salty water in all the taps . After showering i felt like a salted peanut !!!

Pros: Very good food, friendly and helpful staff. Location is perfect, right on the beach. The massage was incredible and cheap entertainment was great my son enjoyed it a lot

Cons: There was a leakage in the room.but they managed to fix it right away.they washed the wet clothes for free and we came bk to a clean room

Pros: The hotel has a super location, right on the beach. The family room is very spacious, with an apart room for the kids. The food in general was very tasty and varied. The staff are very friendly, always trying to help.

Cons: The drinks in the "all inclusive" package were not so good, quite cheap quality. The room for the kids doesn´t have airco, so it was really really hot during the night and the fan wasn´t doing much. This hotel was full with germans, with a very asocial attitude, in the morning they would wake up really early, put their towels on the best sun beds and go back to their rooms. Some of these beds were empty for hours! Not nice, and I believe the hotel should do something about that.

Pros: We always stay at this Hotel, it is fabulous for children, the views from the sea view rooms are wonderful, the security is exceptional, the food and facilities very good, the staff are professional and very friendly and go the extra mile to make your stay simply perfect and I was very touched with my birthday cake and staff singing - made my day

Cons: Couldn't stay longer due to work commitments

Pros: I liked most of the staff and the food was good value. The location was nice.

Cons: No sunshades round the pool. 15 shades on the beach for 200 people. Towels on them by 5am. They pointed to trees for shade, but it was dappled and I got burned very quickly despite wearing factor 50. Air conditioning didn’t work first day, and it was a very long walk to the pool and restaurant. The sea view was more of a sea glimpse. Despite checking with the same man 3 times that our taxi was booked for the airport it wasn’t and the poor night guy was left phoning around for 45 minutes. We finally got one at 1–15 am. I think the hotel should either provide sunshades or charge a decent fee for the beach ones to stop people sticking towels on them at 5am. I have stayed at 3 other hotels in Diani and all were better than this one. A pic of our sea view....

Pros: Right next to the beach

Cons: Terrible food, terrible service, terrible drinks. No variety of drinks

Pros: Staff welcoming

Cons: The room was just fair. Little diversity in the whole atmosphere

Pros: Excellent location and very good value for money

Cons: The low cost spirits are, other than in the cocktails, not very nice. Would also prefer a choice of beer in the all inclusive package.

Pros: Beach in front of the property was very good. It was very nice that they changed dinner arrangements many times.

Cons: Sea view is very limited. Only couple of rooms actually have it.

Pros: They happened to be abit discriminative. It was sad

Cons: The rooms ac just wasn’t good

Pros: Nice hotel at the beach. Some of the facilities needed to be renovated. I saw a mouse in the kitchen.

Cons: Mouse in the kitchen

Pros: The service staff!

Cons: The management is terrible. The hotel needs renovation. The facilities are extremely old. Pool closes at 6pm sharp - just when the sun is cooling and you are looking forward to a nice swim after the blazing heat ! Very disappointing! The pool area needs cleaning and pool mats need to be destroyed and replaced. You pay for all inclusive (full board which is breakfast and dinner) but when you arrive, they tell you it is only for food - they don’t even offer you complimentary water at dinner!! After every meal, you are presented with a bill for water and sodas :(

Pros: Lovely grounds, very clean and comfortable rooms, excellent service, beautiful beach. I highly recommend Diani Reef Beach Resort & Spa.

Cons: Internet seemed a bit slow, but acceptable.

Pros: Excellent service, tasty food, comfy room and a marvellous atmosphere right on the beach....what more could you ask for ? We will certainly be back ...for sure.!! Adam & Liza

Pros: The hotel grounds beautiful. Lush green .Public areas ,lobby,lounge areas very clean . Staff very friendly and helpful. Michael and Walter were lovely on towel kiosk. Lovely spa.

Cons: Bathrooms needs uplift / new face...appear tired . Would prefer to see more daytime activitues. Tall trees obstructed our view of the ocean.

Pros: it is a true resort. it offers you maximum protection, both on the beach and at the entrance to the complex. breakfast is very varied. have a seafood platter for $ 55 very good. recommend

Cons: the resort could still receive improvements. the Spa area seemed a bit expensive. an hour of massage costs 48euro.

Cons: Servis to slow, waiting for the drinks every time 20-30min, for 15 days long ! They are friendly, but that will be all from them,nothing more than that. Just smiling to get some tip, but they don't know nothing about their job. Rooms dirty, very bad cleaning. Hotel is very old, need renovation. Food not good, not cooked,or too dry,meet too hard, juice is half mixed with water, and the fruits they buy are the last quality.Menu is the same everyday. AC just in the rooms, nowhere else in the hotel...mosquitos...pool water leave the yellow colour on your shorts,full with chemicals...activities almost nothing...just not the value for the money you pay ! Should be half cheaper. We will never go there again 100%.

Pros: The staff tried to do the best wos their limited opportunities The beach was clean, also the water The appartment was comfortable, gut the balcony not usable because of generator noise.

Cons: A generator, in the center of the compartment (operated 24 hours) is a no-go. The numbers of relax chairs is not sufficient. The staff did not accept a stay in the appartment for 2 more hours (our departure was delayed by these 2 hours). The equipment of the dining room looks more or less rotten. 15 EUR for Taxi to Diani Airstrip (5 minutes to drive) is a shame.

Pros: We had a memorable time at the Indiana beach resort. The staff were excellent. The evening dancers were amazing. This is a place where we would like to come back again.

Cons: Even though the beach is a public one, the security along the resort beach could be improved. We lost a pair of sandals while enjoying the tides swimming.

Pros: Breakfast was great.. I came to attend a wedding and it was a perfect location for the wedding to. My greatest regret was not carrying my family along as they would have loved it

Pros: The breakfast was one of the best I remember the quality, quantity, and service quality with very nice dinner buffets besides you could request of any specials from their menu, staff were very professional with good customer service the rooms were incredible, very spacious and clean ,nice private beach with great ambience without disturbance from the beach boys.

Cons: my only minor complain is maybe they would improve the wifi strength as it was very weak.

Pros: I liked it all except the air conditioner did not cool our room and it was too warm at night. The staff was very nice. The beach was beautiful.

Cons: The air conditioner did not work well and it was too warm to sleep well at night. Both days someone came to work on it, but it was not fixed.

Pros: Beach front

Cons: House keeping

Pros: Loved the set up of the cottages. The pool was a favourite! The security was top notch and staff really friendly.

Cons: Wifi wasnt great and only available in the communal area.

Pros: Bed was extremely comfortable and clean. The swimming pool was fun.

Cons: WiFi was not that strong

Pros: Not a lot.

Cons: Rooms small very noisy at times.

Pros: The staff were very friendly Sam, Saidi, Shume thank you for making our stay comfortable. Bianca was a darling also you hosted us well. The location is very okay, the beach is very near and also the supermarket and other entertainment joints. The security is also okay

Cons: Breakfast should be having more variety it was minimal.

Pros: African dream cottages is a nice place in Diani Beach. The location is good, it's located in the middle of Diani, with nice restaurants northern and southern from the accommodation. In the night it's better to take a tuktuk to the accommodation, because it's a dark and abandoned path from the freeway to the entrance of the accommodation. The swimming pool is also very nice. The local Kenyan staff is also very kind and helpful.

Cons: The German owner has 6 or 8 cats which are encircle you all the time when eating in the restaurant, which could be a bit annoying, if you are not really a cat lover (like me). The breakfast is a bit simple and not so healthy (choice of pancakes or eggs with sausage). But good to know: there is a supermarket close to the accommodation which has yoghurt, granola etc in their assortment which you can buy and bring to the breakfast. Also, the wifi in the restaurant/lounge area is very bad, in the rooms there is no wifi.

Pros: The pool was great, and the local staff members were as well.

Cons: The owner chased us off and denied to reimburse us for the final two nights of our stay. They locked us inside the compound against our will until we let them steal from us.

Pros: Well organised, clean, nice layout, friendly staff and owner.

Cons: The parking at the property was a bit restricted.

Pros: I love staying here. Every single one of the staff was incredibly sweet and kind and helpful. The waiters, the security guards the groundsman the people who cleaned our room - all superb. Bianca herself is absolutely charming. Our cottage was just a delight. Beautiful comfortable large double bed and mosquito protection great bathroom, kitchen and the swimming pool made it feel like we were in Heaven. Also cats to admire. I very much hope to return as this is a very special place and on top of all that the cooks Are really good.

Cons: I didn’t like leaving!

Pros: Everything was exceptional... True value... For the first time, the place looked and was as sold in the photos and by reviews. Had a great time. Please do visit if you're ever consider going to Diani.

Pros: Loved the proximity to all the restaurants around Diani. The staff at the reception were very kind and also upgraded our room. Food was great, pool was amazing, the beach was out of this world.

Cons: Hygiene - We were very upset to see a cockroach in our room. The bathroom and the area outside the room generally had a bad stench. Secondly our AC was not cooling the room as effectively as one would expect.

Pros: The rooms. The food at dinner

Cons: For the premium we paid, we expected more. We found it unusual to be on all inclusive when some options within this package were not available.

Pros: The breakfast was really good and the staff very helpful. Good location and nice and spacious rooms.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Reception staff were very good and friendly and Salma was amazing.

Cons: The security guards and porters were not receptive to requests by guests on how to keep our luggage and did it their own way. On arrival we stayed by the car with nobody to receive us and our luggage and even when he showed up he just stayed looking at us nit showing us the reception. They need training on guest handling as people arrive tired after travels.

Pros: everything was perfect. friendly staff, rooms spacious, food was satisfactory and the ambiance was perfect for relaxation