Nairobi, May 12 -- Nyali has the priciest beachfronts in the Kenyan coastal region, with an acre retailing at Sh146.4 million, while Vipingo Beach offers bargain hunters a chance for a luxury plot.

Nyali's pristine beaches, whose front-row land prices have jumped 24 percent in the last five years, enjoy better infrastructural development that has made it a maganet of Kenya's elite under a presidential decree that lasted 44 years till 2014.

Beaches in Vipingo and Kikambala are the lowest priced at Sh38.9 million and Sh36.3 million an acre, respectively, as hoteliers and wealthy home owners regard them for less aesthetics and facilities.

"The intensive development of Nyali has delivered the Coast's highest average price per acre but the ...