Witu[1] is a small market town in the Lamu County of Kenya, East Africa.

It is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the Witu Forest.

A secondary road leads 21 kilometres (13.0 mi) south to Kipini on the coast.

[3] The average elevation of the town is about 22 metres (72 ft).

[5] Witu was the centre of an inland empire of approximately 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi).