Day Trip
Gede Ruins Day Trip
A half-day on your doorstep — mangrove boardwalk, dhow sunset and a lost Swahili town.
- Starts
- Watamu
- Ends
- Watamu
- Itinerary
- 1 days
Overview
About this safari
You do not have to leave Watamu to see something remarkable. This trip pairs the Gede Ruins — a 12th-century Swahili town swallowed by the forest and only rediscovered in the 1920s. At Gede you walk among coral-rag walls, a mosque and a palace under enormous baobab and tamarind trees. At Mida you cross the boardwalk out over the mangroves and, if the tide is right, take a dhow out for sunset. It is an easy afternoon and works well on an arrival or departure day.
Highlights
What makes this trip
- 12th-century Gede Ruins
- Back in time for dinner
Day by day
Itinerary
- 1
Day 1
Gede Ruins
Afternoon pick-up from your accommodation. We start at the Gede Ruins, walking the site with a guide for about ninety minutes — the mosque, the palace and the pillar tombs, under some of the largest baobabs on the coast.
- Guided walk at the Gede Ruins
- Accommodation
- n/a — day trip
- Meals
- Bottled water included
What's included
- Transport from your accommodation
- Guide
- Gede Ruins entry fee
- Bottled water
What's excluded
- Dhow hire if the tide does not allow
- Drinks and snacks
- Tips
Optional extras
- Private guide
- Seafood platter at the creek
- Extended birdwatching start
Important information
Wear shoes you can walk in — the ruins are uneven underfoot.