Alfajiri Villas

Rates from USD 800

Address Alfajiri Villas, P. O. Box 454, Ukunda, Kenya
Telephone Bookings : UK Reservations 0845 227 0141
Rooms: 3 villas of varying size

 

Why stay at Alfajiri Villas?

Come for:
Spoiling service - butlers, nannies, chefs, dive instructors
Holidays with children: it's very well set up for family trips

Not suitable for:
Lovers of big resort style

Eating in:
Delicious fresh local food and seafood, prepared for you.

Press quotes

"Decadence bordering on insanity. The private butlers obviously come in handy, the all-included cooking is outstanding, and golf, snorkeling and massages are also included in the not- inconsiderable price." Sunday Times 05

"I can't believe there is a better place on the African coast than Alfajiri for a group of friends or a large family to spend a week." Conde Nast Traveller 06

The Hotel Writes

Considered by many as the finest Villas on the East African Coast, Alfajiri Villas overlook the Indian Ocean and theirs elevated positions ensure privacy and stunning views. African Style villas where the theme is high Makuti roofs, ivory Danish floors, wooden beams, Lamu doors and impressive African and Far Eastern Artefacts. Most of the furniture is made on the property in the villa's workshop. The gardens are meticulously maintained and include many palms from the villa's nursery. Large verandas with huge hand carved sofas with cushions dominate the front of the villas where a stretch swimming pool sits on the edge of a small cliff merging into the sea and the horizon.

Bright and airy Caribbean style the Cliff Villa and truly African the Garden and the Beach Villas, beautifully decorated, with artefacts from Africa and the Far East.

One hour from Mombasa Airport with 10 daily scheduled services from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta and Wilson Airports, (Kenya Airways and Air Kenya). ). Direct flights from England, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy in to Mombasa are also available. Five minutes from Ukunda Airstrip, for private charters and a daily service to & from the Maasai Mara.

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Will Jones's Review of Alfajiri Villas

Alfajiri is owned by Fabrizio and Marika Molinaro who have lived on the Kenya coast for most of their lives. The original Alfajiri Villa, now known as Cliff Villa, set the standards in luxury private villa accommodation on the east African coast. The Cliff Villa is now joined by two more villas built by Fabrizio on the adjoining plot of land – Garden and Beach Villa – both offering exemplary standards of service, accommodation and activities.

The facilities

Fresh seafood is brought twice daily to the villas. Meals are mostly fresh salads, pastas and seafood. Activities include golf, membership to a local gym, massage and scuba. Dhow trips with crab lunches en-route have rated highly. There are nannies on hand 24 hours a day to mind the children. Harpers and Queen recently rated the Cliff Villa as probably the finest luxury beach villa on the east African coast and Conde Nast Traveller rated it in the top 20 in the world. The quotes speak for themselves.

The rooms

All villas are booked on an exclusive basis – the only exception to this rule being that Garden and Beach villas share a swimming pool. All the luxury villas enjoy a private, elevated position overlooking the Indian Ocean off the top of a small coral cliff face. If there is a disadvantage to the Alfajiri luxury villas then it is the fact that the beach directly in front of the villas is often a little thin on the ground – dependent on tides. There is also the odd beach boy, on Diani Beach, left over from the days of mass tourism, which has thankfully gone into decline.