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Watamu Bay Ora Resort

3.5 star property

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2 outdoor pools, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Private beach, sun-loungers, beach umbrellas, beach towels
Standard Double or Twin Room
Property grounds
Interior

Reviews

7.0 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • On private beach
  • Spa
  • Pool
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Watamu - Kenya, Watamu
  • Prawn Lake
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Mida Creek
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Watamu Beach
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Malindi (MYD)
    ‪25 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Double or Twin Room

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Room, Oceanfront

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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includes taxes & fees
17 Mar - 18 Mar
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About this property

Watamu Bay Ora Resort

Family-friendly resort on the beach, with 2 outdoor pools
Spend the day playing on Watamu Bay Ora Resort's private sand beach then return to dine at one of the resort's 2 restaurants.
Watamu Bay Ora Resort offers 150 accommodations with minibars and safes. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and blackout drapes/curtains. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a private beach.
Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. Services include massages and manicures and pedicures.
During your stay at Watamu Bay Ora Resort, you'll be close to Watamu Beach. You'll find features like free WiFi in public areas and free self parking, plus 2 outdoor pools.
  • Free WiFi in some public areas
  • Free self parking
  • For dining with ocean views, stop by watamu restaurant, one of the property's 2 restaurants
  • Take a swim in the 2 outdoor pools
  • Amenities include a gift shop, laundry facilities, and a multilingual staff
  • Onsite recreation includes a private beach
  • 9 minutes by car from Watamu Beach and 5 minutes from Prawn Lake
Simply walk outside to smell the salt air and watch the ocean waves from the sand beach. Spend the day at the beach and work on your tan with sun loungers (chaise longues) or relax in the shade with umbrellas. Bring your whole family to Watamu Bay Ora Resort for summer fun including 2 outdoor swimming pools, a children's club, and a children's pool.

There are 2 restaurants on site, along with a snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3.5-star Watamu resort.

Watamu restaurant - This restaurant overlooks the ocean and pool. Reservations are required.
Malindi restaurant - Overlooking the ocean and pool, this restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Reservations are required. Open daily.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Watamu restaurant
  • Malindi restaurant

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Children's pool
  • Shopping
  • Spa services

Family friendly

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Children's club
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Supervised childcare

Conveniences

  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Multilingual staff
  • Turndown service

Outdoors

  • Beach loungers
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Private beachfront location

Spa

  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Beach towels
  • Designated smoking areas
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 7:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Watamu Bay Ora Resort

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
The front desk at this property is open daily from 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM.
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • Reservations are needed for massage services and spa treatments. For reservations, contact the resort before arrival using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

Ora Resort
Ora Resort Watamu Bay
Watamu Bay Ora
Watamu Bay Ora Resort
Watamu Bay Resort
Ora Resort Watamu Bay Hotel Watamu
Watamu Bay Ora Resort Resort
Watamu Bay Ora Resort Watamu
Watamu Bay Ora Resort Resort Watamu

Watamu Bay Ora Resort Reviews

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 11 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 11 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 11 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 11 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 11 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jeff, Boston, MA, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful Hotel
A wonderful hotel and I Loved the ambience and the hospitality from the staff.The management was handy to help.The only thing they have to find ways of improving their access road which was unfortunately poor.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Recommend for the structure and setting but...
... I was disappointed with the quality of the service, especially from the management.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

To, muc

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
even for low money not to recommend
Unfriendly stuff and management. rooms are clean but very poor equiped. food ok but dictated by groups of italien and french tourist. every information only in french and italien available. whole garden area looks like desert. beacharea not very beautiful I cannot recommend this hotel even if the price was low. there are much better option for this price.

6/10 Okay

teidmor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Moretti, Milano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mare indecente
Manutenzione del bagno scarsa (doccia piena di calcaree). Mare indecente, con parecchie alghe durante le ore di alta marea e sabbia melmosa durante la bassa marea. Cucina più che buona.

4/10 Poor

Uffe, Næstved, DK

Laaangt ude.
Det er utroligt man kan pladsere et hotel for enden af en 7 km. utrolig vanskellig farbar jord vej ved en strand det næsten er umugligt at bade fra p.g.a. døde koraler med skarpe kanter og tide vandet. Desuden de få t-v kanaler man kan se er for det meste syncroniseret med italiensk tale og wifi dyrt, langsomt og ustabilt. Udvalget i restauranten yderst sparsomt og absolut ikke noget at skrive hjem om . Vi forlod hotellet efter 3 dage selvom vi havde forudbetalt for 5 og ikke kunne få refundet noget.Flot hotel fra 2010, ejet a 4 italienere, vi var så godt som de eneste gæster i et hotel med plads til flere hunderede? Det er fordi det eruden for sæsonen sagde man!

10/10 Excellent

Marco, Rimini

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Abbiamo soggiornato dal 2 al 5 febbraio 2011 . Il cibo in abbondanza e di qualità , la posizione della camera con splenidida vista mare , la cortesia del personale , la disponibilità dello staff italiano mi fanno consigliare la struttura senza esitazione . Da non dimenticare inoltre l'ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo .

6/10 Okay

Japanese, Nairobi

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Not so bad, but just a resort hotel
We, as a couple visited this hotel for 2011 silvester. This is a huge resort, with clean and new facility, also there was a big party to celebrate 2012. In generall, is a lively hotel with great ocean view, but too huge to provide a high quality service to each customer. Good for huge entartainment resort-lover, but not so much impressed.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Fint hotell, men dårlig beliggenhet
Hotellet er nytt og fint, men det ligger et stykke fra både Watamu og Malindi. Det er en resort, og beliggenheten gjør at det er kronglete og dyrt å dra ut av resorten. Hvis man liker resortliv med alt inkludert er det fint, hvis ikke bør man velge et annet hotell.

10/10 Excellent

Iben, København

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kenyas paradis
Dette hotel ligger i de smukkeste omgivelser og har et yderest venligt personale. Dette tilsammen har givet en stor komfort under opholdet. Vores superior værelserne var med flot udsigt over det Indiske ocean. Der er ingen tvivl om at dette hotel og område er Italienernes Mallorca, hvilket bl.a betyder at maden er italiensk. Ønsker man en afslappet ferie med stor komfort så kan vi varmt anbefale dette hotel.