Ngomongo Villages

Ngomongo Villages is a well-known sustainable eco-cultural tourist village in Mombasa, Kenya, which is situated 4° south of the equator. It is situated in a former coral limestone quarry, and the aim of its rehabilitation was to convert it into a sustainable development, while turning it into hospitable land with utility to community, while eliminating its hazards and improving the ecosystem.

The legacy of the former mine was a sun baked, arid, barren and rocky base, the floor of which was barely five feet above the somewhat salty water table. Dr. Frederick Gikandi, a local medical doctor started single-handedly to reclaim this quarry by planting 4 acres of eighty different indigenous trees; casuarina trees later followed which were easier to cultivate. Public awareness to tree planting was raised by inviting the public to join in the reclamation process.