GUIDED VISIT OF LAMU TOWN
900 KSh (11,50 US $) - per pax (half day). Min. 2 pax.
Boat transport Kijani-Lamu return; entry free for the Museum; visit of the stone town; visit to shopping area; visit to wood carvers and carpentry work shop. Distance: 20 min. by motor boat or 3 Km. by foot.

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SUNSET CRUISE
800 KSh (exchange rates) - per pax (2 hours). Min. 2 pax.
Two hours sailing in the channel ending on open sea for the sunset (Takwa).

TAKWA RUIN
1300 KSh (exchange rates) - per pax (half day). Min. 2 pax.
Kijani-Takwa return by boat visit to the ruin. Possibility of a 3 km walk along the shore for bird watching. Distance: 3 hrs. round-trip by sailing dhow, but can only be reached at high tide.

The ruined town of Takwa lies across the channel and up a narrow mangrove creek on a Manda Island. It can be approached only by boat and only on a rising tide. You can hear the ocean over the dunes in this lovely place as you wander among fabled baobab trees and the remains of a 16th century Swahili town. Visitors who do not wish to spend the night will have to take a quick (approx. 45 minutes) tour so as not to miss the outgoing tide. Be sure to see the Mosque with a pillar over its fine qibla, and also the pillar tomb. Takwa is a national monument administred by the National Museums of Kenya. A camping site is provided.

FISHING ON THE CHANNEL
1300 KSh (exchange rates) - per pax (half day). Min. 2 pax.
Bottom fishing with small dhow.

SNORKELLING
Two pax 6500 KSh (74 US $). Three pax 7500 KSh (exchange rates) - Four pax 7000 KSh (90 US $) - (1 day)
Kijani-Manda Toto return by motor dhow; snorkelling in Manda Toto reefs; fish barbeque on the beach; snorkelling in Gordon reefs.

OTHER DESTINATIONS

Shela
Shela is a fourty-five minute walk south along the beach. Once around the point beyond the village and Kijani House, the dunes and the beach stretch for seven deserted miles. There are interesting ruins at the back of the village, though Shela's most prominent landmark is its Friday Mosque built with a conical shaped minaret in 1829.

Matondoni
This village is about two hours from Lamu whether by foot or by mashua, a small sailing dhow. Sailing time depends on the monsoon and the tide. Matondoni is known for its shipwrights who build the traditional lateen rigged dhows, both the large jahazi and the smaller mashua. Distance: 3 hrs. return by motor boat, 5 or 6 hrs under sail.

Further Afield
Destinations further north entail passage through the shallow Mkanda Channel and must be carefully timed with the tide. The north side of Manda Island together with Manda Toto, a favourite fishing and goggling spot, make a nice day trip. The most important settlement on the island is Lamu historic rival, Pate Town. There are many ruins here but the most spectacular is the fort at Siyu in the middle of the island.

Kinyika Rock: for snorkelling; 1 hr. by motor boat.
Tenewi Island, Manda Toto, Pazarli Rocks or Pate Town: require the whole day to visit.

Kiwaiyu Island: a full day's motoring from Kijani House. There two lodges on the island, with accommodation and meals. The return trip could be made the following day, or the same day by air.