SHIMONI CAVES,DIANI

Shimoni slave caves Kenya are located an hour's drive (50km) from Diani Shopping Center, Shimoni is a small village on the south coast of Kenya.Shimoni slave caves has an underground pass that empties out to the famous Three Giant Sisters Caves located in Fikiriini village in Tswaka,Kwale county.After the departure of the Arabs,elders from the Digo  community created a small traditional shrine (Kaya) in the caves for spiritual rituals.It can take you 30- 45 minutes to go from Ukunda to Shimoni in Kwale country,having paid sh 150 for the whole matatu ride.As mentioned before the name "Shimoni" is a Swahili word that means 'a place of the hole". or "inside the hole".The name is derived from the existence of caves by the seashore formed as a result of natural geological forces.