Lamu island

The Lamu archipelago has a rich precolonial history that blends Bantu, Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Southeast Asian cultures.

Covered in ninth-century ruins, sandy beaches, and boho boutique hotels, the Lamu Archipelago blend Swahili, Arab, Chinese, and Indian cultures.

WHEN YOU LAND at the miniature airport in Lamu, a group of islands off the coast of Kenya, the first thing you do is walk down a long pier to a waiting dhow. You step aboard. You smell the old wood of the sailing boat, the design of which goes back centuries. Across a narrow channel in the Indian Ocean you see Lamu Town, the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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