Diamond Beach Village is a small, rustic beach lodge with 6 huts and strong eco-tourism ethics. One of the first lodges to be built on Manda Island, it sits on a lovely wide sandy beach and directly opposite Shela Town. Boat transfers take guests across to Lamu for shopping or sight seeing.
There is a small friendly bar and several garden seating areas. Diamond Beach's five double rooms have a double bed downstairs and a single bed mounted in the roof, each has a front porch, en suite shower, sink and flush toilet. There is also a tree-house built round a baobab with a double and 2 single beds. All bandas are provided with sheets, mosquito nets and towels. Each has a mains plug with a British socket and all have electric lighting in the evening. The rooms are made from local materials and environmentally friendly policies for waste disposal, energy use, firewood and water usage are all employed.
The treehouse sleeps between two and six people, with wooden floors, branches coming through the walls and a large veranda on the first floor stretching right around the tree, where there is an open air bathroom with sink, shower and flush toilet. There is another bathroom on the ground floor.