Sun Palm Beach Resort

So . I have not yet been to this hotel but I am leaving in a few days as a couple with my husband, my daughter and her three children on a private trip to Kenya and to do a safari and seaside… I read with amazement the comments from Italian customers supporting photos, I didn't want to talk to my daughter about it.. I asked to change hotels given the content of the comments about this hotel even if it meant paying a difference. After many calls and requests from private travel the only response was... too late you PAID.!!! I have just received my travel documents. We are therefore obliged to see on site. The only response given by private travel was so safe place it's horror (I'm talking about cleanliness cockroaches dilapidated bathroom) call us back and we'll see what we can do... incredible response! In short, I will obviously keep you all informed, count on ME. Marjoram

For our family vacation (and for my 7 year old daughter's first "big" trip) we chose the Sun Palm Beach last November. We arrived early in the morning from Mombasa with a private taxi, the same one that took us back to the airport on the last day. Not a brand new hotel but impressive. Swimming pool, private beach right in front, very well integrated into the environment. Maybe it's because I wasn't expecting the luxury of a European 5 star, I didn't find the small inconveniences disturbing: My daughter's bed wasn't made on the first evening, they fixed it. There was a power outage one evening, they fixed it. At the bar, if they serve you hot white wine, just kindly explain what you need and you can be sure that the next time you will find it (or at least they will avoid the same mistake): we had a bottle kept chilled so that we could calmly drink a glass of wine to the aperitif. However, dinner was already included (and it was the only resort to offer drinks included at dinner, including wine). If you look at how life develops just outside the resort you feel (and rightly so!) privileged. Excellent cuisine! Every day various African and non-African dishes, fish, rice, meat. We met tourists from other hotels (even with very well-known names) who had not been so lucky. Maybe it was the low season, who knows. And a special thank you goes to the super chef, imaginative, very nice and eclectic, who also cured a bump on my toe with papaya. Staff generally very kind and helpful: my daughter, before creating a group of friends (the owner's children, other children of workers who spent time there, another little girl on holiday), had time to become very attached to Antonio, a good guy and entertainer with infinite patience. One evening was dedicated to tradition (food, music and traditional dance of the Giriama tribe). We did numerous excursions/activities: the one-day safari to Tsavo East already booked from Italy (wonderful and everything perfect, but this deserves a separate review), an hour's horseback ride on the beach, visits to the cities. The boat trips, absolutely not to be missed, super well organized and capable of truly taking you into another world (snorkeling in the marine park, dolphins, timed sandbars, mangroves, canoe rides, lobster and much more on the beach, in short , wonderful) we chose to organize them with Peperone, one of the guys from watamu who, having started out as a beach boy, has now managed to set up an agency that works very well. I definitely recommend looking it up! In short, even though we are in a strip of land that at times seems like Italy (language, currency, names of things and people), we are still in Africa. Fascinating land, of a thousand contradictions and cultures. If you are looking for the 5 star “Dubai” level you will be disappointed. But if you open your heart and remember where you are you will see that you will feel like princes. At least to us it is a