Affordable Vacation Mombasa SGR | 3 Days 2 Nights
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Mombasa Beach Hotel or similar
The holiday you have been saying you will take, costed properly and short enough to actually book.
An Affordable Vacation Mombasa SGR package for the trip you have been talking about for two years.
There is a difference between getting away and going on holiday. Getting away is reactive. A holiday is something you choose, put in the calendar and look forward to for a month, and the looking forward is half of what you are paying for.
This is the shortest version of a coast holiday that still feels like one. Three days, two nights, both train legs in First Class, breakfast and dinner covered and a room facing the ocean. It fits a long weekend, which is the only reason most couples ever take it, and the whole cost is on this page rather than revealed in stages.
It is also the package most people extend. Two nights is the starting point, not the ceiling. Add a third or a fourth and only the accommodation changes, since the train and the transfers cost the same either way. If you want to go further, the same group runs lodges in Tsavo, so the coast and a bush stop can be one trip on the way home.
On the best time to visit Mombasa, the honest answer is that the coast works year round and the differences are smaller than people expect.
June to October is dry and cooler, which is the easiest weather and the busiest hotels. January and February are hot, clear and quieter. The long rains in April and May bring the cheapest rates of the year and genuinely green coastline, and the rain tends to come hard and briefly rather than settling in for the day. Late December is beautiful and carries a festive supplement at every hotel on this coast, so it needs quoting separately.
Details
Summary information about this package
Mombasa Beach Hotel or similar
Mombasa
Couples
Included
Rail
For Adults only (18+)
Half-board
Included
All year round
Costs
Kenyan Citizen
Ksh. 39000 per person sharing
Non-resident
$ 450 per person sharing
Transport
Options: Rail
Duration and Timing
No
3 Days 2 Nights
About Package
More information about this package
Every room faces the sea: Mombasa Beach Hotel has 152 rooms and each one opens onto a private balcony over the Indian Ocean. On a holiday rather than an overnight, the room stops being somewhere to sleep and starts being somewhere you spend real time.
Room to grow the trip: 145 standard rooms plus six executive and deluxe suites, and the property is large enough that extending by a night or two rarely runs into availability. That is not true of the boutique properties on this coast.
Full board and all inclusive both available: the meal plan can be moved up rather than being fixed, which matters on a longer stay where a third and fourth lunch start to add up.
The Cavern Beach Bistro: built into the coral rock at the water's edge, so there is somewhere to eat that is not the main restaurant without leaving the property.
The reef is directly offshore: Mombasa Marine National Park sits in front of the hotel, putting snorkelling and the glass bottom boat a short ride from the beach rather than a half day trip.
Part of Kenya Safari Lodges and Hotels: the same group operates Voi and Ngulia Safari Lodges in Tsavo, both close to the railway line, which makes a coast and bush combination straightforward rather than a second booking.
Package Itinerary
The package itinerary is as follows
Affordable Vacation Mombasa SGR Itinerary with Baecation Adventures from Nairobi
Day One: The journey is part of it
Boarding at Nairobi Terminus in Syokimau for the eight o'clock departure, with the link train from Nairobi Central at 6:40am if you are coming through town. The line crosses Tsavo mid morning and the game sits close enough to the track to count, which is the part nobody expects to enjoy and everybody does.
Miritini in the early afternoon. Your driver meets you on the platform rather than in the car park, then through Changamwe and over Nyali Bridge to the hotel. Check in and take the rest of the afternoon on the beach or at the pool.
Dinner is at the hotel. The sand at Nyali holds the heat of the day long after dark.
Day Two: The full day
Breakfast at your own pace. The tide runs a long way out in the morning and the flats in front of the hotel are the best walking on this stretch of coast.
The middle of the day belongs to the pool, the gardens or the spa. If you want the water, the Marine Park reef is directly offshore and both the snorkelling trip and the glass bottom boat can be arranged the same morning.
Dinner is covered. The Tamarind dhow sails in the evening if you want one night that is different from the other, with pickup from the hotel and dinner cooked on deck as you pass Fort Jesus lit against the water.
Day Three: Checkout, then the city
Breakfast, then the room goes back at ten. Your bags go into the car rather than a luggage store and the driver stays with you until the train.
The car is yours for the day. Fort Jesus and the carved doors of Old Town, or Haller Park and the giraffe feeding platform, or a long lunch on the creek. You decide on the morning rather than in advance.
The driver has you at Miritini in good time for the three o'clock departure, and Nairobi Terminus comes up at around twenty past eight.
Add Ons
Worth Adding (arranged before you travel so nothing needs organising on the day)
Personal photographer or videographer, half day: KES 10,000 ($100)
Spa treatment for two: KES 10,000 ($100)
Private beach picnic setup: KES 10,000 ($100)
Out on the Water
Marine Park snorkelling for two: KES 9,000 ($90)
Glass bottom boat, half day, for two: KES 10,000 ($100)
Tamarind Dhow dinner cruise for two: KES 18,000 ($180)
Upgrade Your Stay (per couple, for the full two nights, on top of the package price)
Full board, lunch added daily: KES 11,450 ($115)
Executive Suite, half board: KES 24,300 ($243)
All inclusive, meals plus daytime snacks and selected drinks: KES 31,450 ($315)
Reef Hotel, Nyali, sea facing, half board: KES 11,450 ($115)
Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort and Spa, half board: KES 52,900 ($529)
Stay Longer (per couple, per extra night, on top of the package price)
One additional night, half board: KES 20,000 ($200)
+ Inclusions
Return Madaraka Express First Class, Nairobi Terminus to Mombasa Terminus
Private transfer from Miritini to the hotel on arrival, with a meet on the platform
Two nights at Mombasa Beach Hotel, Nyali, sea or garden facing double room
Half board throughout, breakfast and dinner daily
Private saloon car with driver on your final day, from checkout until the station drop, fuel, driver's allowance and parking included
Luggage carried in the car on your final day
Tour guide services
All government taxes, catering levy and service charge on accommodation
- Exclusions
Lunch on all days
Drinks, including bottled water, beyond what the meal plan covers
Entrance fees at Fort Jesus and Haller Park on your final day
Festive season supplement. Travel between 23 December and 2 January carries a hotel supplement and is quoted separately
Anything in the Add Ons section
Travel insurance
Personal expenses, laundry, tips and gratuities
Transfers to and from Nairobi Terminus at either end of the trip
What To Carry
The original ID used to book your train tickets. Not a copy and not a photo. Kenya Railways tickets are tied to the named passenger and you will not be allowed to board without the document you booked with
Light cotton clothing. The coast is humid year round and nothing heavy gets worn
Swimwear and a cover up
Something modest for Old Town. It is a residential Muslim neighbourhood and covered shoulders and knees are the respectful minimum
Reef safe sunscreen, a hat and sunglasses
Insect repellent for the evenings
A light rain jacket if you are travelling in April or May
A power bank for the train
Cash for gate fees and tuk tuks
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