Watamu Marine National Park stretches from blue Lagoon to Whale Island and is an exclusion zone for fishing.

Watamu National Park is part of a complex of marine and tidal habitats along the Kenya’s north coast.  It is enclosed by the Malindi Marine National Reserve which also encloses Malindi Marine National Park. Habitats include intertidal rock, sand and mud, fringing reefs and coral gardens, coral cliffs, sandy beaches and the Mida Creek mangrove forest. Marine life attractions include fish, turtles, dugongs and crabs. The Mida Creek forest has a high diversity of mangrove species including Ceriops tagal, Rhizophora mucronata, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Avicennia marina and Sonneratia alba. These provide refuge to a variety of both resident and migrant bird species.

Getting to Watamu Marine National park.
By Road:
Watamu is 120 kms north of Mombasa and 28km south of Malindi. At Gede, which is on the main Mombasa Malindi Road, you turn towards the Indian Ocean. 11kms from the main road is Watamu itself.

By Air :
Malindi airport is your arrival point

Major attractions in Watamu Marine National Park.
It has coral gardens with over 140 species of hard and soft corals, the most recognizable being mushroom, brain and staghorn. Other attracting activities include, wind surfing
Snorkeling. Water skiing, Sunbathing, Diving and  Glass bottom boat rides

Accommodation options in Watamu Marine National Park.
There is currently no accommodation in the Watamu Marine  reserve. However, a wide range of options exist in nearby Malindi town.

Best time to visit Watamu Marine National Park.
All Year Round.