The Majlis Resort

The Hotel

The Majlis Resort sits on Manda Island, the larger island opposite Lamu Town across the Lamu channel, accessed by the property's dedicated dhow-and-speedboat shuttle from the Manda Island MMU airstrip and from Lamu Old Town. The property is the Lamu Archipelago beachfront-resort flagship, the only top-tier Lamu property running at full-resort scale (25 suites, four restaurants, three pools), with deliberate Swahili-Arab architectural register that translates the historic Lamu-Old-Town carved-coral-stone-and-timber vocabulary into a contemporary beachfront resort context. The Majlis opened in the late 2000s and has continuously held its position as the largest top-tier Lamu Archipelago property.

The 25 keys are spread across the property's beachfront-resort footprint distributed along the Manda Island Lamu-channel frontage. Categories run from entry-tier Garden Suites (50 sqm with garden-facing private outdoor space) through Beachfront Suites (75 sqm with direct Lamu-channel frontage) to multi-bedroom Royal Suites (100-180 sqm) and the named Royal Imperial Suite (220 sqm, the property's milestone unit, three-bedroom standalone configuration with private outdoor pool and direct Lamu-channel-and-Old-Town sightline). The interior register is the Majlis-Swahili-Arab signature applied throughout, restored carved-coral-stone walls, custom-made Swahili-and-Arab carved-wood furniture, hand-loomed Lamu-and-Zanzibar textile commissions, and the deliberate decision to integrate the historic Lamu Old Town architectural-and-decorative vocabulary across the beachfront-resort context.

Operationally The Majlis runs the Lamu Archipelago beachfront-resort register at scale. The all-inclusive structure covers all meals across four restaurants (the central main restaurant, the beach-front grill, the pool restaurant, and the Manda-Beach-Bar), all premium drinks, the structured dhow-and-speedboat-shuttle programme to Lamu Old Town and the surrounding archipelago islands, and the structured Manda-Toto cultural-and-snorkel-day-trip programmes. The three swimming pools (a quiet adult pool, a family pool, and the beachfront infinity pool with direct Old-Town-sightline), the structured kids' programme, and the on-property PADI-certified scuba-diving programme give The Majlis the family-resort scale that the smaller Lamu boutique properties don't offer.

What gives The Majlis the considered Lamu position is the beachfront-resort scale combined with the Manda-Island position-facing-Lamu-Old-Town. The Majlis is the only top-tier Lamu Archipelago property running at full-resort scale (the smaller Peponi and Lamu House properties run at the boutique-Lamu-Old-Town and Shela-village register); the Manda-Island position gives the property direct sightlines across the Lamu channel to the UNESCO Old Town; and the Swahili-Arab architectural register is distinct from the surrounding Lamu cluster. For a Lamu honeymoon at the larger-resort scale, a multi-generational family beach holiday with the Lamu cultural-day-trip programme, or a Lamu anniversary that wants the Manda-Island-facing-Old-Town context, The Majlis Resort is the most-considered choice.

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