Short term rental statistics and data: Kenya - Lamu
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Properties

There are 168 short term rentals properties in Lamu
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Hosts

In this area there are 88 unique hosts and 49 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

79 listings in Lamu have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All Lamu listings received 4.779 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
July 202558.96%€ 221.71
August 202570.87%€ 206.17
September 202590.3%€ 209.71
October 202587.65%€ 229.45
November 202583.54%€ 213.95
December 202578.56%€ 264.97
January 202673.4%€ 212
February 202688.63%€ 218.93
March 202692.52%€ 219.07
April 202697.63%€ 223.42
May 2026100%€ 224.89


In the next year, in Lamu, the short term rental higher medium price is € 264.97, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 246.62. Instead the lowest medium price is € 206.17 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 202.92.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Lamu from July 2025 to May 2026 varies between 58.96% and 100%.
Consider that many short term rental hosts do not open their booking calendars too far in the future. Opening your calendar for 12 months or more could be a great business opportunity.
Note: we collect and update data every day and short term rentals prices and availabilities may vary on every data update.

Properties and rooms

In the "Lamu" area 18.45% of short term rental properties are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 16.67% are classified as Entire home, 8.93% are classified as Private room in home, 8.33% are classified as Entire villa, 7.74% are classified as Entire rental unit, 5.36% are classified as Room in bed and breakfast, 4.17% are classified as Private room in rental unit, 4.17% are classified as Room in aparthotel, 2.98% are classified as Room in boutique hotel, 2.38% are classified as Private room in villa, and 20.82% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

Rooms in non exclusive use properties are divided according to the following types: 0% are "Private rooms", 0% are "Hotel rooms" and 0% are "Shared rooms"
Bedrooms and beds

Of those properties 49.4% have 1 bedroom, 14.29% have 2 bedrooms, 11.9% have 3 bedrooms, 7.74% have 5 bedrooms, 7.14% have 4 bedrooms, 2.98% have 7 bedrooms, 2.38% have 6 bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 4.17%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 9.52% have 0 beds, 32.14% have 1 bed, 19.64% have 2 beds, 13.69% have 3 beds, 8.33% have 4 beds, 7.74% have 5 beds, 2.38% have 6 beds, 2.98% have 7 beds, and all other properties are about 3.58%.

99.4% have beds, 0.6% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 42.26% have bathrooms, 11.9% have 1.00 bathroom, 8.33% have 2.00 bathrooms, 7.14% have 3.00 bathrooms, 6.55% have 4.00 bathrooms, 15.48% have 5.00 bathrooms, 2.98% have 6.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 5.36%.

Note: A half bath value means it is just a toilet and sink. There isn't a shower or tub in it, so a house with 1.5 baths has one full bathroom and one-half bath.
Max guests capacity

Regarding the number of people that the accommodation facilities are able to accommodate, in the "Lamu" area's, we have the following segments: 2.38% can accomodate up to 1 guest guests, 3.57% can accomodate up to 10 guests guests, 4.17% can accomodate up to 12 guests guests, 2.98% can accomodate up to 16 guests guests, 38.1% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 11.31% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 11.9% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 3.57% can accomodate up to 5 guests guests, 8.33% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 8.33% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 5.36% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Lamu" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 35.12% apply Flexible policy, 33.33% apply Strict policy, 21.43% apply Moderate policy, 9.52% apply Firm policy, and hosts applying different policies are 0.6%.