Naomi Campbell’s Sprawling Kenyan Escape

Over the course of her remarkable 35 year career, supermodel Naomi Campbell (and new mother) has blazed trails, stormed catwalks, and graced countless magazine covers. While most of her legendary peers have long retired and retreated from the spot light, at 50 Campbell is in demand as ever and enjoys a level of visibility models half her age would envy. AD article

Just over an hour’s flight from Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, Malindi has been a favorite of the Italian jet set, “All locals speak Italian” It’s like little Italy in East Africa.

Looking into the lofty, open-air living room, from which a saltwater pool extends out to the terrace.

Luxury at Home

Naomi Campbell’s saltwater pool and terrace

Naomi Campbell’s Home

The makuti thatched roof is composed of sun-dried coconut palm leaves hand-sewn into intricate layers. Khadija Farah

A pair of doors carved by Armando Tanzini (local artisan) open onto a welcoming terrace.

Inside Naomi’S Home

The entrance area. Naomi first visited Malindi in the mid 1990s and returned again a few years later, with longtime friend and owner of this Kenyan luxury resort.

We’ve had this one for at least 12 years, and it’s still in good form, “she says proudly. Because of the air, wind, and sea salt, things can break down very quickly here, but it’s held up well, and it’s just like a piece of art itself”

Naomi Campbell

Naomi wearing a Jade Swim bandeau top, Dries Van Noten skirt and Cult Gaia sandals, in the entrance area of her Kenyan Getaway. On a wall Bas-relief of Africa by local artist Armando Tanzini.