Details
- Location:
- Kenya > Shela
- Yoga offer:
- Yoga retreats
- Yoga style:
- Ashtanga, Hatha
- Services:
- Massage
- Language:
- English
- Food:
- Vegetarian
- Accommodation:
- Double, Single, Other
Fatuma's Tower
»Yoga oasis in Africa«
Description
Many wouldn’t associate yoga with Kenya, but the breathtakingly tranquil Fatuma’s Tower yoga retreat in Shela promises to change that.
Imagine being carried by an old wooden boat to a sleepy fishing village on Lamu Island, where against the sand dunes at the back of the village you enter the gates to a lush, peace-filled oasis.
Fatuma's Tower is more than a guesthouse- it was created with the intention of being a retreat from the world. Their Kenya Yoga & Wellness holidays allow you to choose a personal yoga program, join a group yoga retreat or simply join afternoon yoga classes (5pm daily €5 for guests). At least once a month group yoga retreats are hosted at Fatuma’s Tower by international yoga teachers (retreats 2-10 days). Visit their website for dates. Able to accommodate 15 practitioners, the feeling of peace in the yoga hall fosters your journey to self.
With 10 double rooms, single rooms and suites Fatuma’s Tower can accommodate 27 guests with standard and holiday season rates applying (from 50€ single room-120€ double occupancy).
All rates include Breakfast & Return Boat Transfers. Rates for yoga retreats will vary depending on the retreat program.
The carefully restored and modified historic Tower has five double bedrooms and a large yoga hall. The Sand Castle has a ground floor family apartment comprising three double rooms and the Garden Cottage has two double rooms both with bathrooms. While no two rooms are the same, all are simple but elegant and furnished with local antiques, dark wood accents and colourful fabrics to recreate the atmosphere of a fine Swahili house. All rooms are cool and airy and have solar powered hot water, fans and mosquito nets.
Using the freshest local ingredients and produce, guests will enjoy an abundance sweet tropical fruits, farm-fresh produce and home-cooked Italian and Swahili, seafood and vegetarian dishes created by the talented Kenyan chefs. Enjoy your meals in the shady courtyard dining area or on your terrace. At night dinner is taken under the stars with the romantic glow of lanterns placed amongst the greenery surrounding the sandy garden.
Guests will love the tranquil garden location at the historic tower overlooking the sand dunes and a 10-minute scenic walk from Shela's pristine 12km beach.
Take the time to read in the shade of the magnificent tamarind tree growing in the courtyard or relax in the small garden plunge pool. Guests wanting extra pampering will love the garden therapy room used by 2 sisters from the village to receive massages, reflexology, pedicures, manicures and other therapies.
Image by Ferdinand Reus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/72092071@N00)