Likoni to Mombasa: How do I Travel from Likoni to Mombasa?

Well, I don’t understand what exactly you mean by ‘travel from Likoni to Mombasa’, because Likoni itself is in Mombasa. In fact, Likoni is one of the major neighborhoods in Mombasa, and one of the 6 constituencies that make Mombasa (the other 5 being Mvita, Nyali, Kisauni, Changamwe and Jomvu).

Anyway back to your question: if you want to move from Likoni mainland to the Mombasa CBD (Mombasa Island), you have to take the ferry. There have been talks of building the Likoni bridge or the Likoni cable car, but for now, only the ferry is operational. So you move from whichever corner of Likoni you are at (whether it is Ujamaa or Mtongwe or Shelly Beach or Jamvi la Wageni or Mtaa wa Maka or Mtaa wa Medina or Soweto or Likoni flats... or whatever other area) to the Likoni ferry crossing, board the ferry there, and within 10 or so minutes, you would be at the other side of the ferry crossing, in Mombasa. If you are traveling on foot, you won’t have to pay anything at Likoni Ferry, as crossing is free for pedestrians. But if you have a vehicle, you will have to pay a small fee to board the ferry at Likoni. There are a number of ferry vessels there, including the MV Nyayo, the MV Harambee, the MV Likoni, MV Kwale, MV Jambo and the MV Safari.

After crossing to the Island side, you will probably have to board one of the matatus that go to Mwembe Tayari or ‘Posta’ in order to get to the actual Mombasa central business district. Alternatively, you can walk – it should be a 15 or so minute walk.

In calculating how much time you need to move from Likoni to Mombasa, you have to factor in the amount of time you will have to wait for the ferry to come (on average around 20 minutes), the amount of time it will take for the ferry to cross the channel (on average around 7 minutes), and the amount of time it will take you to disembark from the ferry (which can be as much as 5 minutes)...