Does Sun Palm Beach Resort have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool.

How much does it cost to stay at Sun Palm Beach Resort?

As of 22 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Sun Palm Beach Resort on 23 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 2025 start from $171.01, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is Sun Palm Beach Resort pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Sun Palm Beach Resort?

Check-in start time: 2:30 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

Are there all-inclusive benefits at Sun Palm Beach Resort?

Some rate plans available at this property are all-inclusive.

Where is Sun Palm Beach Resort located?

Nestled on the beach, this Watamu resort is within 3 mi (5 km) of Watamu Beach, Prawn Lake, and Mida Creek. Ruins of Gedi is 4.2 mi (6.7 km) away.

Sun Palm Beach Resort Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

4/10 Poor

Jasmine

29 December 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

The staff were friendly and the pool was great. However we experienced issues at check in (not being placed in the room we booked), long power cuts and Wi-Fi issues

6/10 Okay

Anna

1 January 2024

Had to change rooms 3 times as there were issues with ants and a/c not working. Don't go for all inclusive as food isn't great (except breakfast) pizza place onsite good.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Ian

29 September 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Check in went poorly as there was some confusion regarding a change in meal options. Then the room we were put in had a leaky A/C unit so we were moved to another room which we then had problems with the door lock. I have to say that with all of these minor problems they were rectified very quickly. I was surprised to find there was no refrigerator in the rooms but I should have checked the facilities provided. I dont know why they provide a tv when there in nothing you can watch on it and not even a communal tv where sports can be watched. We had opted for the dinner option for the first evening and on going to the restaurant where dinner was being served found a very limited variety of dishes available. After serving myself I returned to my table and started to eat only to find everything was cold. I asked my wife how her food was and she said hers was also cold. I then went and checked the baine maries and found they were all cold, well definitely not anywhere close to the 60 degrees Celsius they should be. I then complained about the cold food and pointed out that the possibility of food poisoning using cold baine maries was a real possibility. They then took my plate of food away and about five minutes later returned with the same plate of food and indicated it had been reheated, again a perfect recipe for food poisoning, but it was actually cold. I then left the restaurant and went to reception asking to see a supervisor or even better the manager. Not good

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Thomas

9 May 2023

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Not as advertised

Booked a deluxe apartment with seaview. However, as it turned out the apartment was not an apartment, but a room in a house with a shared livingroom. Seaview was no -existent from the room.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steven Robert

23 March 2024

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

This was the most magical vacation and guesthouse that we have ever stayed at! The facilities are gorgeous and the staff is so sweet and accommodating (and always available) and we LOVED the big and beautiful pool. I think floating around in the water at night with the palm trees swaying above me was the most magical experience I have ever had. The hotel has wonderful gardens and is situated on a beautiful beach! Concerning the bad reviews- the guesthouse is located in a small town in East Africa and costs under $100 a night for an exotic beachfront guesthouse, I really don't understand why people expect the hotel to be a 5 star resort in California (you want that, you need to expect to pay for it). That means that power is going to go off every now and then (they ALWAYS got it to come back reasonably quickly!), the food is going to be African and take a little while because everything is fresh and often made to order and there may be a few bugs (though we never saw ANY! they were always cleaning and we found everything to be exceptionally clean) I have been a social worker in East Africa for 16 years, and I can say the food is going to be a transition for anyone arriving in the country- it isn't hygiene related, it is just going to be rough for some people who are coming into a new continent with different bacteria. Whenever we host teams, even for the teams that choose to ONLY eat at nice guesthouses and snacks that they brought, people will always get sick.

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Renaud

11 February 2023

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

L'établissement se veut luxueux mais la base n'y est pas. La sute etait tres sombre, sans terrasse, et les rideaux sont tellemznt fin quavec les lumieres allumées tout le monde vous voit dans votre lit... Beaucoup de coupures d'eau et d'électricité. Pas d'eau chaude. La wifi n'est pas dans toutes les chambres. L'hôtel ne dispose pas de restaurant.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Francesca

2 January 2023

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

Struttura pessima e truffa!!! All'arrivo la prenotazione non c'era. Dopo aver contattato il servizio clienti, sono comparse le camere e ci è stato detto che era tutto a posto. Purtroppo non è stato così. Nelle camere non ha funzionato per giorni l'aria condizionata (nonostante diversi solleciti per sistemarla), l'acqua calda non è mai pervenuta. TUTTE le sere andava via la corrente e così non funzionava la pompa che tira acqua: non ci si lava . I ragazzi alla reception (senza uniforme, targhette di identificazione o altro) sono completamente spaesati e incapaci di dare una risposta concreta alle richieste di risolvere i problemi. La colazione altro tasto dolente: scarsa e di qualità pessima, con la sala sporca, l'omelette cotta su un fornello che dire incrostato è poco, e con gli ingredienti da poter aggiungere piazzati su un piatto tutti insieme alla rinfusa. La mancanza di organizzazione e di una gestione competente del luogo, evidentemente maltenuto, è lampante a questo punto. Il peggio si raggiunge dopo 4 giorni: ci dicono che non hanno ricevuto il pagamento delle stanze perchè gli account dell'hotel sono stati creati da un manager che non lavora più per loro da 5 anni e quindi non riescono ad accedere a prenotazioni e pagamenti. In modo estremamente arrogante e strafottente ci viene richiesto di pagare nuovamente tutto, perchè loro non hanno colpe e non hanno intenzione di fare nulla. Chiesto rimborso e fuggiti in un'altra struttura. ALLA LARGA!!!!

10/10 Excellent

Dieter

6 March 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

War sehr schön alles wunderbar essen sehr gut Pool war zu warm weil Pumpe defekt war

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Dahir

9 February 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

nice hotel, but bad management

bad aircondition.. Food? careful

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Malena

7 January 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely place

Fantastic place and very good service. A lot of Italian tourists and the food served is typically Italian. We stayed at a lot of different places on our holiday and to spend 7-14 days at this place with only Italian food while in Kenya would not be ideal . The place is magnificent with nice and tidy rooms and comfortable beds. We spent New Years and had a wonderful dinner on the beach.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

4 September 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Relax

Struttura accogliente, in posizione vicina al centro di Watamu. Personale sempre gentile e sorridente. Ideale per trascorrere qualche giorno all’insegna del relax. Da migliorare: servizi igienici. Nota negativa a margine: prezzo troppo elevato per i pasti esclusi dalla tariffa all inclusive.

Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

27 August 2019

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

La struttura è ben curata, con una grande piscina e la spiaggia affaccia nella baia dell’isola dell’amore che si raggiunge a piedi con la bassa marea. Il cibo è buono e abbondante e ogni sera organizzano uno spettacolo, oltre al beach volley e l’acqua gym con personale molto disponibile.

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nique

29 July 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The only thing I missed was hot water in the showers. I pointed it out and it was fixed, but the problem came back. A special comment about the incredible staff. They where amazing, hard to be better in making people feeling welcome than what they did.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Bart-Jan

26 April 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great family friendly place

Sun Palm beach is really a great place to stay. As is Watamu! All staff were very (child)friendly. Only remarks would be the limited choice of food (non Italian alternatives were on the menu but not available during ou stay).

Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

17 March 2019

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

This property is not as shown on the website. It was a shabby room with black mold showing on the walls of the facility and in the outflow pipe to the AC. The bathroom is a mess, cracked vanity cracked and dirty molding on shower floor soiled by age tile floor. The room AC shut on and off many times during the hot tropic nights. The food started fine but later brought the gift of travelers disease (diarhea). This is not a 4 star hotel. The beach was 4 star. Who rates these resorts anyway? This was a most distressing stay after a 21hour flight. Expedia you should be ashamed and embarassed to represeent this resort.

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mandy

19 February 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great resort set on a fantastic beach.

We stayed at the Sun Palm for 3 nights as a family of 5. The staff were very welcoming and showed us around the resort and were very accommodating with our needs. The resort is set on a fantastic beach with clear water and an abundance of interesting island/coves to discover. The room was excellent, spacious and clean. The buffet food was good with plenty of options, including pancakes for breakfast and pasta station for dinner, which kept our kids happy. The restaurant on site was also excellent for choice. The hotel catered for their Italian guests but as English speakers we were not left out and every effort was made to ensure we were involved especially during the evening shows. Would return again for another fully enjoyable holiday.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

23 January 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Personale gentilissimo, molto disponibile e sempre sorridente, in particolare i camerieri al bar e il personale della reception. La camera molto confortevole e bellissima la vista sulla piscina. Bellissima la spiaggia privata con lettini gratuiti e personale sempre gentilissimo. Le uniche pecche del soggiorno sono state il WI-Fi molto debole e limitato solo alla reception e la doccia con l'acqua al massimo tiepida.

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gabit

21 December 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Well rested

Hotel very much. late check out until 16.00 cost $ 40. bedding and towels changed daily. English speaking staff. the food in the general restaurant is of good quality, but a small cockroach crawled along one of the salads. The à la carte restaurant on the menu offers Japanese, Italian and Swahili dishes. we chose Japanese and were shocked. instead of miso soup, we were served warm water with soy and instant noodles from the bag. Tempuri were edible, instead of sushi, we were served 3-4 kinds of rolls with a minimum amount of fish. The chief of restaurants Mario apologized for our remarks and wishes and gave us a 10% discount for which he thanks. very much straining beach boys on the beach, do not lag behind you for anything. the job of protecting the beach is only to prevent the beach boys from entering the beach area of the hotel, but they manage to impose their goods and services from there. but this is a problem of hotels all over the coast. in general, the hotel and its location is quite decent.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Federico

3 October 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel fantastico !

Struttura meravigliosa immersa nel verde con piscina e attività di animazione di fronte la spiaggia più bella di Watamu ! Spiaggia riservata e attrezzata. Hotel pulito confortevole e con personale molto amichevole è disponibile! Wi-Fi molto scarso è solo nelle aree comuni per il resto ottimo hotel situato in zona strategica per gli spostamenti!

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Sanjay

31 July 2018

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very basic hotel , with no life

Had cockroaches in breakfast. Rest you can imagine... sad experience

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

28 May 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We were there before the season opened so very few guests. Full menu range wasn’t yet available. Staff very attentive, sometimes overly enthusiastic to help. Beautiful setting, very helpful and friendly staff. Would go there again

Stayed 5 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jonny

19 March 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful view

A very warm welcoming from management and staff. The rooms are beautiful and the views are even better. Very close to other restaurants ands resorts. Tuktuks or motorbikes are the mode of transportation just walk to the front gate and hop on! Highly recommended.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

4 January 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautifully located and maintained hotel within walking distance to Watamu's village center with a good choice of restaurants. I will and have recommended this hotel to friends and colleagues.

Stayed 13 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

hugo, montreal

28 November 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautifuel and quiet

Quiet in a beautiful environment, nice swimming pool beautiful beach building is like the one we find in greece all white perfect for a family or in couple, you can swim in the sea on high tide

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

31 March 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ottimo resort sul mare.

Soggiornato in coppia nel mese di marzo 2017. Piccolo resort sulla baia più bella di Watamu, davanti alle 7 isole ed in particolare all'isola dell'amore. Tutti i giorni, la baia è soggetta al fenomeno della bassa marea, durante la quale si possono fare lunghe passeggiate attorno agli isolotti. Spiaggia di sabbia bianca, protetta da bellissime palme, lettini in legno dotati di comodi materassini; relax e silenzio. Fra la spiaggia e l'albergo, un giardino curatissimo, su alcuni esemplari di piante un cartellino indica specie e provenienza. Piscina con acqua di mare e piccolo idromassaggio. Il resort è molto pulito. Le camere luminose letti comodi in legno dotati di zanzariere; la junior suite è ampia, con divano tavolino, consolle ed un bel bagno con asciugacapelli. Personale cortese, simpatico, sempre disponibile. Ringrazio particolarmente Justin per la simpatia e disponibilità. Il mio giudizio è assolutamente positivo, il resort è consigliatissimo.

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