About this property
Comfortable Accommodations: JamboHouse Lamu in Lamu offers a bed and breakfast experience with private bathrooms featuring showers. Each room includes a balcony, providing a pleasant outdoor space. Essential Facilities: Guests enjoy a sun terrace and free WiFi, ensuring a relaxing and connected stay. Additional amenities include a beauty salon, games room, tour desk, and luggage storage. Local Attractions: Lamu Fort is a 3-minute walk away, while Gallery Baraka lies 984 feet nearby. Lamu Museum is a 5-minute walk, and the 18th Century Swahili House Museum is 1640 feet from the property. Guest Services: The property offers yoga classes and a tour desk, catering to active and cultural travelers. Highly rated for its breakfast and attentive host, JamboHouse Lamu provides a memorable experience.
Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.2 for a two-person trip.
Distance in property description is calculated using © OpenStreetMap
Most popular amenities
- Airport shuttle (free)
- Free Wifi
- Non-smoking rooms
- Breakfast
Guest reviews
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Guests who stayed here loved
- Alamgir
United States“Best place in Lamu. When in Lamu don't stay anywhere else but here. Incredible place. Great Host, Clean Comfortable room and Excellent Breakfast. One of the best places in have stayed anywhere in the world. Arnold is simply awesome. Highly Highly...” - Sherif United States“Thank you Arnold for being a great host with an exceptional property!! Loved every moment from service to accommodation. Arnold is Lamu encyclopedia which made our stay an authentic experience!!”
- Sandra United States“Arnold makes Jambo House incredibly comfortable and welcoming. The facilities are well kept and we appreciated the attention to cleanliness throughout the place. We enjoyed that we were right in the heart of Lamu town and could experience the...”
- Vanessa
Germany“Arnold is an amazing host. He was reachable all day for any questions we had and he arranged even last minute tour requests. Every activity organized by Arnold is through local Lamu residents. He's a true part of the community in Lamu. Breakfast...” - Kimberly United States“Loved the roof top terrace, the breakfast, the staff and the location!”
- Ladislav
Slovakia“The highlight of our stat in Jambo House is Arnold, its owner. He is doing a great job, responds quickly, provides airport pickup, shares a map with all the useful tips and nice places to eat and is at your service if you need to book any kind of...” - Domenick United States“Owner was a terrific professional host. Breakfast was delicious and the view was great.”
- Eñaut
Spain“Location Host tips Carefulness and love to the space” - Backpackerwind
China“It was a great trip to Lamu. The hotel owner will give you a map with detailed information about Lamu and will also tell you the transportation price in advance for reference. The view from the rooftop tower is great, you can watch the sunrise,...” 
Claudia Spain“Arnold the host is the best! They provide everything you need to make your stay in Lamu great! The breakfast is delicious with vegan options. Although the host is German, he knows everything and everyone, so I highly recommend this place if you...”
Hosted by Arnold
Area info
House rules
Child policies
Children not allowed.
Crib and extra bed policies
Cribs and extra beds aren't available at this property.
The fine print
Please let us know if you are coming to Lamu by bus (which Bus Company & departure time from Mombasa or Malindi) or by plane (which airline & arrival time) so that we can wait for you at the jetty in Mokowe or Lamu or at Manda Airport. Guests only have to pay boat fare for themselves and if they need help with their luggage otherwise we don't charge anything for pick up.
Please inform JamboHouse Lamu of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
This property does not accommodate bachelor(ette) or similar parties.
