Malindi
Malindi is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Galana River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. Wikipedia
Population 54,000 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Kenya
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
House of Columns Museum · 860 m - Vasco da Gama Pillar Monument · 20 m
- Padro de Gama Archaeological site · 20 m
- Portuguese Chapel Monument · 420 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.