Charming beach house with private dipping pool overlooking the sea

Chikore, meaning a small noisy bird in Kidigo, the local language, is a lovely two-bedroom house with antique arched windows and two bathrooms ensuite. The comfy sitting room has beautiful antique Chinese furniture (a relic of the Indian Ocean trade routes) and original art. The house is very private, being tucked away in the gardens but boasts a lovely big veranda with a small pool where you can splash with small children or sit with a G&T and enjoy the view of the beach. The bedrooms are air conditioned and there are also overhead and stand fans.
The sea view is of a turquoise lagoon made by a reef in the Indian Ocean. It is a vast natural spa and its warm, clear water is heavenly for swimming whether the tide is in or out. The dazzling sand is so fine and so white that you can walk on it barefoot at any time of day. Amid the tropical gardens, there is a wealth of bird life and an assortment of monkeys which play in the grounds and sometimes on your roof. You can hear the sound of bush-babies and cicadas floating in the breeze of the star-studded nights.
Your personal chef and housekeeper take care of the housework. Good food is important to us and we try to make sure that our chefs are both talented and versatile. Fresh seafood is brought to the door by fishermen and "bicycle shops" also deliver vegetables and fruit. Your chef can shop for you or there are supermarkets a short taxi or tuk tuk ride away. There are a range of restaurants, from beach bars to real Asian sushi nearby.
You can be as active or relaxed as you like. Yoga, exercise classes, massages and beauty treatments can be arranged in your own house. Activities including watersports, deep sea fishing, snorkelling, cultural and nature tours, camel and horse riding, golf and tennis are all easily available. Game Parks are accessible both by road and by air. We can give advice about or arrange travel to other areas.
Chikore House is part of Four Twenty South, a family-owned property with five other houses discretely positioned in three acres of tropical gardens ensuring privacy and security. The houses date from the 1950s and were the original rental houses in Diani. They have been gently updated with modern comforts but retain their old-world tranquility and charm.