35km of vast uninterupted, unihabited beach, remote, unexploited & wild, this is the true meaning of where bush meets beach. I was lucky enough to visit the Tana Delta, on the northern coast of Kenya in March of this year with my husband, David.
The Tana Delta is a unique & diverse wetland area, the only one of its kind in East Africa with incredible birdlife, shade dappled creeks, large pods of hippo's & basking crocodiles on the banks of the Tana river. I grew up in Kenya, and had been to the Tana many years ago. Quite often childhood memories take a different shape over time & ones expectations grow, this however, did not disappoint! With 360o panoramic views, the castaway style rooms of the Delta Dunes Lodge are tucked away in the rolling, rippling dunes amongst the large shade of the indigenous coastal forest.
Both sitting on the verandah in the early morning sipping freshly made coffee as the sun rose over the Indian Ocean, David was watching a fish eagle hard at work eyeing its unsuspecting victim waiting for the moment it would fling itself off the doum palm and swoop down, talons first, into the water, whilst I was watching a pod of bottlenose dolphins playing in the breakers in shore. Sand dollars in abundance, lion tracks on the beach, baboons catching crabs, exciting game tracking... this is a place I could go back to time and time again. We had bird watching trips up the tributaries, game viewing river excursions, cultural tours, fishing trips, sundowners, floating across the river mouth on rubber rings, early morning bush walks, sand yachting, kayaking.
You can do as much or as little as you like. Fabulous for honeymooners and families alike, a truly amazing place and fantastic experience and one I will cherish.