Villa with pool, stunning sea views, with own chef and staff on request

If you want to get away from it all, walk on an almost deserted world-class beach and come back to a fabulous meal including fresh fish purchased from a visiting fisherman, and get lulled to sleep by waves crashing on the reef then look no further than Villa Chui. If you want to walk to coffee shops, restaurants, shops and supermarkets then head to Diani. Villa Chui sits at the eastern end of a large fenced lot which includes at the western end, a smaller building sued by the maid and night-time security. Villa Chui presents in what I think of as African farmhouse with locally made furniture. Soft furnishings are clearly African and to my taste subtle. The ground floor provides a kitchen, living/TV area, indoor and outdoor dining. On the second floor are three bedrooms, one has a bathroom attached and the other two share a Jack and Jill bathroom. There is a west-facing outdoor seating area that is perfect for soaking up the early morning sun. A staircase leads to a rooftop patio that has covered seating and a covered table. Close to the villa is a small unheated swimming pool and steps leading to a track that runs parallel with the beach for a few hundred meters before providing beach access. You can also access the beach by walking towards the village and then turning down towards a primary school that is full of the cutest kids. The village itself reflects its rural location and to be honest has little in the way of interest. The msambweni beach is world-class, offering

Villa Chui is a place to really dive into Kenya. The house has many wonderful places to sit, hear the ocean and relax. There was a wonderful team that prepared all our food and helped to keep the house and the pool clean . The beach is only round the corner and there were times when we were almost alone. I can recommend the house to all people who are looking for a real quiet , traditional place .

I had the best services, vicinity of the beach, boat ride, swimming pool, good weather. I loved the place. Very friendly workers. They have the best cooks of the Swahili dishes. Fresh fish from the ocean. Everything is just perfect

beautiful house, beautiful beach , beautiful people ! We had 2 weeks of the best. Masudi ( cook ) is excellent and we loved the fish he grilled every day for us. The beach is a dream. No beach boys and you can walk 1 hour alone. The waves are not to high, so our children had a lot of fun. We enjoyed the pool directly on the house. You can walk through the village for shopping and we always find friendly people who helped us to find the right place for buying what we need. We will come back next year !!

The good: Very quiet location, perfect to get a bit off the beaten path and away from the busy Diani Beach area. The house is fairly well taken care of overall. If you are looking for a quiet, fairly remote location to relax for a few days, it’s probably a good fit. Probably best to go there without children. The not so good: The kitchen was not well equipped and it lacked a coffee machine. Utensils, pots and pans were not sufficient. There are no shops around, bring anything you think you will need as you can’t even buy milk there, just a few vegetables. The house workers were always there starring at you the whole day. They would be in the house, in the kitchen cooking their own food in your kitchen, listening to their music in your house. We felt like we could not relax and as if we constantly lived with other people. They kept their food in the kitchen and fridge, so we always felt a bit uncomfortable not being sure how many tomatoes were ours and felt like we had to ask every time our kids wanted to grab a fruit or carrot. Sometimes I am pretty sure they were helping themselves with our rice or other groceries. It was just a bit unpleasant not to feel at home but to have invading roommates. Outside furniture was insufficient, if you look at the pictures in detail, you will notice they actually moved the furniture from the balcony to the terrace because they don’t have two sets of furniture. If the furniture is on the balcony and you want to sit on the terrace, you have to move everything down yourself one floor if you want to have somewhere to sit. The staff however somehow have their own views of where things should go and move everything back when you are not looking, so you start all over the next day. The ceiling was not finished in one of the rooms, and you were starring at the roof. This would not have been a problem if the custom made mosquito nets had been adequate. Instead they did not fit the beds and we did not sleep for a week as we were just devoured. We tried to buy our own nets, but with beds with wooden pillars it’s not so easy to install commercial nets. You cannot swim there as the beach is rocky. The really cheap: The staff only informed us there was hot water on the last day, not sure if it was to save on electricity or just laziness. The pool was not cleaned and turned green after a couple of days. There is a pool table, but you have to pay extra to play. It felt a bit like a rip off, with staff trying to save/make money