Lamu is a peaceful area which is known for its elegance and calmness a tranquil and serene equatorial island offering the most distinguished and unique experience of life. It’s fascinating and charming history is as alluring and mind-blowing as the twisting and magical streets and sites of its chivalric rocky town. There are plenty of idyllic beaches and rolling dunes and a number of beautiful villages are nestled snugly amongst the eye catchy mango and coconut plantations. The actual charm of Lamu is its worth-visiting old town that is a small settlement, situated by the side of the island and act as the main constituent of Lamu Archipelago. UNESCO World Heritage has declared it to be ‘the oldest and the best preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa’ and it grabs the attention of thousands of travellers and forces them to take flights to Nairobi to explore the magnificence and enchantments of such an attractive antediluvian region.
Research has made it confirmed that some Chinese, who were left behind after the wreck of Zheng He’s ship, got settled here in the suburbs of Lamu port that existed for over centuries. Now this town act as the focal point of poetry, arts, crafts and politics. Known as the best-loved tourist’s destinations by the majority of the backpackers it always remains vibrant and bustling. The locals are the extreme followers of their ancestral traditions and cultures and are always ready to offer the visitors warm welcomes with wide arms open and broad smiles.
It houses a number of alluring areas that can be visited with the help of the local transport donkey, by foot or by bicycle. The town owns a variety of museums amongst which the Lamu museum stands distinguished and notable and serves to be the dwelling place for ritual horn known as Siwa. Apart from it there is a wide range of monumental and historical buildings like Lamu Fort- Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr(the Sultan of Pate) planned to establish a fort near the waterfront to provide a sanctuary to those people who were the members of the government but suddenly, the Sultan departed even before the construction of 1st storey in 1809 and this citadel was then finalized in 1820. In the nearby area there lies the Riyadha Mosque highly known for the Maulidi Festival that captures the attention of the pilgrims of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan and Congo. The most attention-grabbing and entertaining part of the town is Donkey Sanctuary- houses approximately 2000-3000 donkeys.
With Dhow Safaris you can have the most thrilling voyage to the bordering archipelago where remote villages, historical ruins and a diverse variety of exclusive and luxurious resorts elegantly situated on the Pate, Kiwayu, Siyu and Manda islands. Besides, there are many other beautiful and picturesque landscapes that encircle the area and provides you plenty of chances to capture the jaw-dropping pictures, so just get ready and pack up your belonging for having the most interesting and exciting trip of your life in Lamu town.
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