Lamu rides on Swahili culture’s magic to attract visitors

There is an old peculiar legend that a Chinese fleet of Zheng He sunk near Lamu Island – a thousand years ago – leaving behind a few survivors who settled on the island.

Such are the stories that have given Kenya’s oldest town Lamu its spice and earned it the privilege of being declared a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Lamu has been called a paradise before and one must visit the island for proof.