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Day trip · from Diani or Mombasa

Wasini Island & Kisite Marine Park

Dolphins, coral gardens and a Swahili seafood lunch

  • Day trip

South towards the Tanzanian border, Kisite-Mpunguti is Kenya's best-protected marine park. You sail out by dhow, snorkel the coral gardens, usually find dolphins on the way, and eat lunch on Wasini Island — crab, grilled fish and coconut rice.

Trip highlights

  • Snorkelling over live coral in a fully protected marine park
  • Bottlenose and humpback dolphins, regularly seen on the crossing
  • A Swahili seafood lunch on Wasini Island
  • The coral gardens boardwalk and the Shimoni slave caves
  • Whale sharks and humpback whales in season

Day by day

  1. Full day

    06:30 – 18:00

    An early pick-up for the drive south to Shimoni, where you board the dhow. The crossing usually turns up dolphins. Two to three hours snorkelling in the marine park, then across to Wasini for lunch and the coral gardens boardwalk. Back at your hotel in the early evening.

    Meals
    Lunch

What’s included

  • Return hotel transfers
  • Dhow trip and marine park fees
  • Snorkelling equipment and a guide
  • Swahili seafood lunch on Wasini Island

Not included

  • Drinks
  • Diving
  • Tips
  • Travel insurance

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