. Kisite Island features an exposed sand arch and surrounding placid waters off the most enriching of snorkeling sites. The National Park is open through out which offers the best of snorkeling all year round. It was initiated to curb the scenic islands and aqua habitats of the wide range of marine life and migratory birds. Kenya’s most outstanding underwater world can be viewed.
Most marine activities include windsurfing, water skiing, scuba, goggling and deep sea fishing.
Many hotels have their own marine sports centers but there are also Wasini Island & Shimoni Caves
This is well natured land, with no motor movements and totally different in terms of culture and scenario from the mainland, which utterly welcomes exploration. It includes magnifique sculptured rocky coastline, low rag coral forest cover, plenty of eco touristy venerable baobab trees and two small villages. Once below the waves, but now merely washed into the incoming tide, these rather surreal grey-white coral gardens lie directly behind Wasini village. Run by the friendly ‘Wasini Women’s Co-operative Boardwalk’(offering guided walks, cool drinks and a handicraft shop),the two and a half acres of petrified coral gardens and mangrove swamps can be explored by means of a meandering timbered broad walk leading in a circuit around the site.
The Shimoni caves are situated a short distance from the Shimoni Pier, extending 5km inland. They are bat filled. It is well served for centuries as ‘Kayas’ or sacred sites of worship and sanctuary for the local community.Later, in the 18th and 19th century, the caves are also believed to have served as the holding areas for the thousands of slaves captured in the African interior, who were in transit to the infamous Arabian slave markets of Zanzibar. The caves, which are run as a community project, are open from 8.30am to 6pm (a small entrance fee is payable.) |
