The Indian Ocean Beach Club, 25 miles south of Mombasa, is one of Kenya’s newest hotels with a reputation as one of its finest. The club is situated on a quiet stretch of white sandy beach, next to a 16th century mosque bordering a Marine Park.

Designed in Swahili style, the club has 100 air-conditioned rooms in clusters of thatched cottages and double upper-level whitewashed rooms with flat roofs. All rooms are en-suite.

Dining options include Spices (for breakfast and dinner); the Ocean Terrace (for lunch); and the open-air Bahari Cove (a la carte seafood). There is also a beachside bar. The club has conference facilities for groups of up to 100.There is a 200 metre-form swimming pool as well as three plunge pools and two floodlit tennis courts.

Other activities include volleyball, croquet, bird watching and a jogging trail as well as water sports like windsurfing, sailing, canoeing and free scuba lessons.