Vipingo is another relatively small coastal village, and lies about 30 kilometres north of Mombasa. This area consists mainly of small local Swahili villages, and residential properties near the beach. The main beaches in the Vipingo area are Vipingo Beach and Kuruwitu Beach. Inland from the beach are expansive sisal plantations, interspersed with monolithic Baobab trees. Accommodation in Vipingo mainly consists of local resident's guesthouses, or beach houses offered as holiday rental properties. Vipingo has an isolated and important pocket of coastal forest, providing an important sanctuary for many coastal forest species of flora and fauna. The forest meets with white sandy beaches, and old coral cliffs and on spring high tides the Indian Ocean laps at the feet of this valuable, yet threatened ecosystem. Old tombs and mosques can be found in and amongst this forest, and other areas of Vipingo - and local tales of spirits and superstition add an eerie sense of an age gone by.