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Turtle Bay Beach Club

3.0 star property
3-star beachfront resort near Watamu Beach

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On the beach, beach towels
On the beach, beach towels
Terrace/patio
Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, sun loungers
In-room safe, free WiFi

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • Bar
  • All-inclusive
  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Mida Creek Road, Watamu, 80202
  • Watamu Beach
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Prawn Lake
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Mida Creek
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Malindi (MYD)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

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In-room safe, free WiFi

Superior Room

  • Ocean view
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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In-room safe, free WiFi

Standard Double Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, free WiFi

Standard Double Room Single Use

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Superior Double Room Single Use

Superior Double Room Single Use

  • Ocean view
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

About the area

Watamu

On the beach.Your stay at this Watamu resort places you within a 10-minute walk of Watamu Beach and Prawn Lake. Also, Mida Creek is within 3 miles (5 km) and Ruins of Gedi is within 6 miles (10 km).
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What's nearby

  • Watamu Beach - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Prawn Lake - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Mida Creek - 6 min drive - 3.2 km
  • Ruins of Gedi - 15 min drive - 7.8 km
  • Malindi Beach - 46 min drive - 24.0 km

Getting around

  • Malindi (MYD) - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪PilliPan - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Licht Haus - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Casa Tex Mex - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Papa Remo Ristorante - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪crab shack - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Turtle Bay Beach Club

3-star beachfront resort near Watamu Beach
Some rates at Turtle Bay Beach Club are all-inclusive. These rates include onsite meals and beverages, and may include taxes and gratuities. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.

Turtle Bay Beach Club offers its guests a children's pool, an outdoor pool, and a hot tub. There are 3 restaurants on site, along with a snack bar/deli. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 3 bars/lounges. Public spaces have free WiFi.

A library, a terrace, and barbecue grills are also featured at Turtle Bay Beach Club. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is available for a fee. Self parking is free.

This 3-star Watamu resort is smoke free.

  • 145 guestrooms or units
  • 3 dining venues
  • 3 bars or lounges
  • Deli
  • Supervised childcare (surcharge)
  • Childcare (surcharge)
  • Towels for the beach
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Umbrellas for the pool
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Wedding services available
  • Pool or billiards table
  • Library
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Gift shop
  • Beauty salon
  • Newspapers in lobby (free)
  • Onsite shopping
  • No smoking on site
Turtle Bay Beach Club offers 145 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Plasma televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access.

Languages

English, German, Italian, Swahili

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Supervised activities for children (surcharge)

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • 3 bars/lounges
  • 3 restaurants
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Hot tub
  • Library
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Shopping
  • Yoga classes

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Accessible airport shuttle
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Plasma TV with satellite channels

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: midnight
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Turtle Bay Beach Club

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Airport shuttle fee: KES 4500 per vehicle (one-way, maximum occupancy 4)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa and Mastercard. Cash is not accepted.

We should mention

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

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Turtle Bay Beach Club Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 84 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 30 out of 84 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 84 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 84 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 84 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

salvo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Watamu nel cuore
Abbiamo soggiornato 4giorni nel resort. Il personale è molto cortese e competente, la struttura bella e affacciata sul mare (strepitoso). Le camere grandi e comode, probabilmente una rinfrescatina alla struttura renderebbe tutto perfetto!
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

VISHAL

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff get 12 out 10. Choice of different items in buffet are amazing. This is a 4* and they had king prawns on dinner menu on 21st december with the lower rates before Christmas. We are writing this review from a 5* hotel in malindi owned by a large italian chain on christmas eve and there is no dreams of having prawns on menu. Hands down an amazing experience. Only downside is the general cleanliness. The loos near the pool stink really bad
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Turtle Bay Beach Resort appears to have had some upgrades since our last visit in 2023. There is fresh paint in many places, the ping pong table has been restored and new paddles are available to use. The food remains good, though not exceptional and there is sufficient variety for most tastes. The all-inclusive alcoholic drinks remain dismal due to the use of bottom end ultra-cheap alcohol requiring the consumption of multiple drinks to better enjoy your vacation. This is despite asking for stronger drinks time and time again. End result, a full belly of juice and not as much relaxation as desired. The only other downside remains the "available" WiFi. I walked all the common areas one day and tested the WiFi download speeds. This included poolside, up at reception, in our room. I'm sorry to report that there was no location that had a download speed in excess of 1mb/second, many locations such as our room had no WiFi whatsoever. In this modern era, this is unacceptable for guests who want to stream a movie at night for their kids. Turtle Bay, it's time to spend the money to upgrade your internet service!! We were pulling a strong signal in our room from nearby Medina Palms resort and no signal from Turtle Bay! Overall, Turtle Bay remains a reliable location to relax and not worry about added fees, but it remains in need of upgrades to remain competitive. Cheaper prices will only go so far before the lack of quality becomes more important than the savings. Tom
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Pamela

4/10 Poor

Rishi

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brigitte

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Pamela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This is our second time visiting Turtle Bay. We like the staff and their dedication to the environment and community. However the rooms are in need of updating mattresses, bathroom and decorations. Also the music is played late into the night til 12:00am.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brigitte

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Damien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 11 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Guest L36
Air conditioning didn’t work, the food was very average, bed was very uncomfortable, the room was firstly when I arrived. The staff we’re constantly trying to over charge. Overall a bad experience
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sofia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff are what make the place. They will go above and beyond for you! It’s also beautiful! The rooms are clean and quiet. Not the fanciest hotel in the world but comfortable and comforting. Nothing left to be desired.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roberto

Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

heather

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great pool. Excellent service.

10/10 Excellent

heather

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The food was great and the staff hospitality excellent. The pool was wonderful.

4/10 Poor

Abbas

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Average Place .
Overall an average experience staying at this hotel Positives - Friendly Welcoming Staff - Quality of the food was very good - Pool areas are very nice Negatives - Rooms are dated and need a refurb - Not enough Power points in the room - Checkout time says 11 on Hotels.com booking but it was 10am - Shoes went missing from the hotel room. The hotel were not very interested to look into why this had happened.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Luc, New York

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent vacation facility
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

jean noel

Travelled with family
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The service was impeccable. I would like to thank Damien for his hospitality. We loved Turtle Bay Resort. We shall return for our next holiday.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Janette

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice choices: 2 pools (1 adults only); private beach area with chaises longes/thatch umbrellas; buffet each meal but you could get “snack”(burger/fries, fish n chips) any time plus there’s a separate pizza/pasta café. Scenic beach area with a turtle shaped rock; tide pools/coral to explore right there. Nice beach but really needs constant maintenance to clear the dead seaweed away. Beach covered with seaweed every day I was there (7 days), strewn with trash.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Larry

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice that it had a quiet pool
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022