Footprints House

It is difficult sometimes to trust the point of view of other people, however, one thinks that those who write reviews do so honestly but not in any case. We made a reservation here since most people say it is a fantastic place, now I do not know, if they are false reviews but it is the only thing I can think. We arrived late at night and it was a big surprise sadly not good to see the place, the common areas I can say look normal, but the room was horrible, it was a nightmare to spend the night there, we had the room on the ground floor, the bathroom was a fright, too old, rusty totally neglected, a fan full of rust, a carpet that can no longer more than so much dirt, the walls destroyed and in the morning we could see a totally neglected garden a poor breakfast, In short, the place is a disaster. We immediately canceled the reservation, we never saw any owner in the house, instead he called us on the phone to say that he accepted the cancellation of the reservation, it was the only good thing, however we lost half a morning to get something better. I recommend you go somewhere else, in diani there are better options than this, we chose it especially for being in front of the sea but there are also other options facing the sea for a few dollars more. Avoid this place at all costs if you don't want to have a hard time.

After a long train journey via Mombasa we arrived at Footprints to be told by the owner that we might not be able to stay because our son was only 9 years old and their policy is for no under-12s. This was a bit strange as the UK Airbnb site we booked through had no mention of this and *********** states that children over 8 are welcome. I even had to put the ages in when I booked. This was not the welcome we had experienced everywhere in Kenya but ultimately we were allowed to stay after thinking we would have to move elsewhere. Overall we had a really nice stay at Footprints. The family room was huge and the helpful staff served up a lovely breakfast each morning. The swimming pool and the beautiful gardens was a real highlight. There's not heaps to do in the immediate local area. The beach is stunning and only a few beach boys. On the main road there's a few decent places to eat and a nice little Swahili place called Speedy's on a little road to the beach. A trip to the Kongo is definitely a must and we also visited Pallet Cafe (a 20min tuk tuk ride to the south) which was on a lovely, very quiet, stretch of beach.