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Pamba House from the air in the evening
Pamba House, Lamu, Kenya

A private family home by the sea

Hero film · cut from the Pamba house video
by Inkaya
Lamu Archipelago · Kenya

Softness and rhythm, slow mornings, long evenings

Pamba means cotton in Swahili, for the ginnery that once stood on this land. The family first owned it in the 1800s, lost it, and bought it back generations later to keep a promise made between father and grandfather. The house they built between Shela and Lamu is a home before anything else: Swahili arches, shifting light, sun and shade, and the ocean always close. [Draft from the Pamba CI, for Inkaya to confirm]

The suites

No two rooms alike

Each suite has its own view, light and character. Three open to the ocean, three look out over the dunes.

Sunrise yoga on the roof, from above
Lunch for two on the sandbankGuests at rooftop sundowners
Experiences

Days shaped by the tide

  • Dhow to the sandbank for lunchSea
  • Rooftop sundownersEvening
  • Sunrise yogaMorning
  • Seafood barbecueTable
  • Deep-sea fishingSea
All experiences
A dhow at rest on the sandbank

Everything is thought of.
Nothing left to decide.

Getting here

Fly to Manda, then fifteen minutes by boat

We arrange every transfer. Open all year except the long rains of April and May. December, January and August are the busiest months.

Mount Nyiro above the lodge
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