Kwale
Kwale Town is the capital of Kwale County, Kenya.
Kwale Town is the capital of Kwale County, Kenya. It is located at 4°10′28″S 39°27′37″E; 30 km southwest of Mombasa and 15 km inland. The town had an urban population of 10,063. It is next to the Shimba Hills National Reserve.
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Getting to Kwale
- Airports
- Moi (MBA), 21 km · Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 229 km · Kilimanjaro (JRO), 278 km
- Nairobi → Kwale435 km · quickest by air, 5h 4m · KSh8,280–12,850
- Eldoret → Kwale699 km · quickest by air, 7h 15m · KSh9,970–15,480
- Kisumu → Kwale690 km · quickest by air, 6h 45m · KSh9,440–14,650
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kwale
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kwale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Diani Beach, the main gate is about 31 km away, making a day trip quite practical.
- Get aroundKWS prohibits off-road driving and sets a maximum speed of 40 km/h (25 mph).
From Wikivoyage: Shimba Hills National Reserve, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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If you know how people move in Kwale – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Kwale
Kwale is 26 km from Mombasa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.