Turtle Bay Beach Club

Turtle Bay Beach Club is a 145-room resort set in ten acres of garden on the edge of Watamu Marine National Park on Kenya's coast, one of the first properties in the country to earn Eco-Tourism Kenya's silver rating. The hotel runs its own Community and Conservation office, funding a local health centre, school sponsorships, and Watamu Turtle Watch's work protecting nesting sea turtles along this stretch of coast.

Dive or snorkel the reef straight off the beach with the on-site watersports centre, or take a boat out into Mida Creek to spot the marine park's birdlife. Kids aged four to 12 have their own supervised club running most of the day, freeing parents for a swim in the adults-only pool or a walk into the neighbouring Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, the largest stretch of indigenous coastal forest left in Kenya.