Key facts
Before you go.
- Starting point
- Mombasa, via the Likoni ferry then the road to UkundaDiani Beach (Wikivoyage)
- GPS coordinates
- -4.32222, 39.57500Diani Beach (Wikipedia)
- Best season
- Avoid the main rainy season, April to June; some inconvenience in October–NovemberDiani Beach (Wikivoyage)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
From Mombasa airport you have to cross an estuary on the Likoni ferry.
Diani Beach (Wikivoyage)To skip the ferry queue, an air taxi links Diani airstrip to Mombasa airport.
Diani Beach (Wikivoyage)A small airstrip, Ukunda, lies between the beach and the Mombasa–Lunga Lunga road.
Diani Beach (Wikipedia)
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Sources · 2 pages consulted, with the exact sentence used
- Diani Beach (Wikipedia)
Diani Beach is a beach on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Mombasa […] The beach is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) long, from the Congo river in the north to Galu beach in the south […] A small airstrip - Ukunda Airport - is located between the beach area and the Mombasa-Lunga Lunga road. Inland from the beach is extensive vegetation […] including numerous palm trees […] (coordinates -4.32222, 39.575)
- Diani Beach (Wikivoyage)
The worst travel time is in the main rainy season from April to June. Also in the 2nd rainy season, October-November, you have to reckon with inconveniences. […] From the Likoni Ferry, take another matatu to Ukunda […] To get to Diani Beach from the airport, you have to take a ferry across an estuary. […] Air taxi Diani Airport to Mombasa Airport: If you don't feel like waiting for hours to cross the ferry this is an alternative.
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