Peponi Hotel Lamu - Kenya

"A long-standing hotel in Shela village on Lamu Island, offering ocean views, exceptional food, and a sense of escape without modern distractions like TVs or air-conditioning."

"The palm-pinned terrace of the Peponi Hotel—a Swahili-tinged Chateau Marmont of sorts and the epicenter of Lamu’s social scene—still fills up with martini-sipping glitterati every night." - Chris Schalkx

"Honestly, this set was an impulse purchase before the trip, as Google sent me to the Banana Republic site while I was hunting for some neutral tone basics. It became my favorite go-to outfit of the trip. It worked for dinner at the lodge in the Masai Mara or Peponi Hotel in Shela, but was actually comfortable to wear when flying from one destination to the next."

"For more than 50 years, the Peponi Hotel has been part of the fabric of Shela. The handsome seafront house was built in the 1930s for the Kenya Colonial Service district commissioner, a Major Henry Sharp, and sold in the 1960s to Aage Korschen and his wife, Wera, who turned it into a small hotel. Peponi, which is still in the same family, has expanded over the years and is known for its deep, colonnaded veranda overlooking the Lamu Channel and for hosting celebrities. Virtually all visitors to Lamu end up on Peponi's bougainvillea-shaded terrace at some point."