Description

Tour Highlights

This is a full day trip to the Kisite Mpunguti Marine National Park which is found off the Kenyan Coast about 50km south of Diani, near the Tanzania border.

This breath-taking marine park offers some of the best snorkelling and diving in the world. You will be picked up from your accommodation at around 7.15 am and driven to Shimoni, a distance of 50kms, arriving at around 8.30 am.

Upon arrival at Shimoni Jetty you will board an Arabic Dhow and sail to Kisite Marine Park where you can snorkel and swim. If you are lucky enough you can swim with the dolphins.

Kisite is the best and most accessible Marine Park in Kenya which also has a fantastic variety of fishes and coral. Snorkelers have also been lucky enough to see whales and whale sharks.

After snorkelling you head back to Wasini Island for a late lunch. This will truly be a meal to remember served by smiling Swahili ladies, with white wine and beer. After lunch you have time to relax over tea, coffee and patisseries! Arrive back at Shimoni jetty at around 4.00pm and be driven back to your accommodation.

Time	Activities	Hotels and Meals
0600 hours 0700 hours	Pick up from North Coast Hotels Pick up from South Coast Hotels
0830 hours	Arrival Shimoni Jetty Embark
0900-1100 hours	Snorkelling
1300-1430 hours	Lunch at Wasini Island – Coral Garden Walk	Lunch and Walk
1600 hours	Back at Shimoni Jetty – Disembark

Tour Itinerary

This excursion begins with transfer pickup from your beach hotel and a drive to the south coast’s Shimoni Pier that overlooks the Wasini Channel. When you arrive, you meet the experienced dive team and listen to a brief introduction about the trip and available options before setting sail in an authentic dhow.

As you sail to the park site, you may spot dolphin, including the rare humpback dolphin, as well as aquatic seabirds. Once in the marine park, your adventure begins as you slowly go below the surface to enter an underwater realm that is filled with beautiful coral, fish, sea turtle and other inhabitants. For snorkelers, the outer reef of a rocky islet gives you the chance to see underwater life from a unique vantage point of gazing down into the water to locate and observe the animals. After a morning of diving and snorkeling, lunch is served at the Wasini Island Restaurant and then the rest of your day may be spent with a visit to the local village by Wasini Coral gardens, or you may even rejuvenate with a nap or just relax on the beachfront and watch the ocean waves splashing against the rocky corals.

ITINERARY
0600 hrs: Pick up from hotels located in the north coast of Mombasa.
0700 hrs: Pick up from hotels located in the south coast of Mombasa
0830 hrs: Arrive at the Shimoni jetty to embark on the dhow and sail.
0900 hrs – 1100hrs: Sailing and snorkelling at the Kisite Marine Park
1300 hrs: Sail to Wasini Island. Cultural Tour and Lunch
1430 hrs: Coral Garden Walk
1600 hrs: Depart