Sawa

Although it is only half an hour by car from the tourist hub of Diani Beach, package tourism has not yet arrived in these parts – on the long beaches you rarely meet a white person. Msambweni consists of a cluster of ten villages; altogether they have about 12,000 inhabitants, predominantly Muslims and members of the locally dominant Digo tribe. People in Msambweni earn their livelihood mainly from agriculture, fishing and crafts. The area is full of coconut palms, mango trees, neem trees, and sugar cane plantations. Msambweni is the site of the County Hospital in the village of Kisimachande, and of a Medical Training Center in Tumbe. Msambweni is an extremely safe and peaceful place with friendly people. Even as a foreigner, you can move freely and without worries here at any time of the day. At worst, you may be approached by a hawker on the beach, although they seldom have the stubbornness of their professional colleagues at Diani.