Malindi Watamu

Malindi is also known as ‘Little Italy‘ is one of Kenya’s popular towns. It is popular for its coral reef that is just 1,000 feet off its shore. The best tours in Malindi according to Viator travelers are: Tour Malindi & Robinson Island & Marafa Hell’s Kitchen. You can also visit Malindi Marine National Park. This is another excellent place to visit while in Malindi. Here one gets to see over 6000 species of fish. More to this, one can see other sea creatures such as the green turtles. It is claimed to be oldest marine park in Africa 12. The park lies at Malindi, about 118 km north of Mombasa and is protected and administered by the Kenya Wildlife Service 12. The park is endowed with magnificent resources such as fringing reefs, coral gardens in the lagoons, sea grass beds, mangroves, mudflats, marine mammals, turtles and various species of shorebirds 3. Visitors can also enjoy glass bottom boat rides, snorkelling, camping and beach walks in this veritable paradise.