

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.



Experiences
Days shaped by the tide
- Dhow to the sandbank for lunchSea
- Rooftop sundownersEvening
- Sunrise yogaMorning
- Seafood barbecueTable
- Deep-sea fishingSea

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.
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