Place in Kwale County, Kenya

Kwale

Kwale Town is the capital of Kwale County, Kenya.

Every way there

Nairobi → Kwale
435 km · quickest by air, 5h 4m · KSh8,280–12,850
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Eldoret → Kwale
699 km · quickest by air, 7h 15m · KSh9,970–15,480
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Kisumu → Kwale
690 km · quickest by air, 6h 45m · KSh9,440–14,650
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The field note

What is in and around Kwale, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Kwale has

YScheduled flightsMombasa (MBA), 21 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Matuga, 12 km.

-4.174°, 39.460°

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.

How locals move

Getting around Kwale the local way

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. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.