- Address: Kwale District, Coast Province, Kenya
- Phone: +254 800 597 000
- Website: http://kisite-mpungutimarinepark.info/the-park/
- Area of the park: 11 square meters. km
- Date of foundation: 1973.
- Working hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Cost of visiting: adult - 20 dollars, children's - 15
The Kizit-Mpunguti Marin National Park is located near Shimoni, on the southern Kenyan coast, almost on the border with Tanzania . It is located on four small islands surrounded by coral reefs. Area Kizit-Mpunguti Marin - 11 square meters. km. It was founded in 1973 to protect picturesque islands and a large number of various marine animals and plants, including endemic ones. Tourists visit the park to enjoy the nature of the islands, watching the marine life, diving and, of course, the gentle sun.
The Sea Bird Kingdom - Kizit Island
Kizit Island is a completely flat rocky part of the land, surrounded by beautiful sandy beaches. The island is waterless. It is located 8 km from the coast and is home to a large number of species of seabirds. Here you can see colonies of crab rye, pink terns.
In the protected waters, a variety of fish are found in abundance: moray eels and perches, stingrays and gubans, parrot fish and butterfly fish, fugu, scorpion fish, various spinoraceous, stingrays - more than 250 fish species have been recorded. The reserve is also home to dolphins (there are constantly more than 200 "bottlenose dolphins", bottlenose dolphins), reef sharks, green sea turtles, etc. In the migration season, you can see whale sharks and humpback whales. There are also 56 species of coral.
Due to the small depth and amazing transparency of the water, the reserve is one of the most popular places in East Africa for diving enthusiasts. Here come both professionals and beginners to enjoy the amazingly rich underwater world. The most popular dive sites are the outer boundaries of coral reefs. They are indicated by mooring buoys.
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How to get to the Kizit-Mpunguti Marine Park?
The park is open daily and around the clock. It is best to visit it in the period from July to December, because at this time you can observe whale sharks and whales, "walking" their whales in these warm waters.
You can get here from the coast only by boat. To do this, contact the keeper of the Kizit-Mpunguti National Park. The office is located 200 m from the main pier of Shimoni. You can also ask for an excursion to the local travel agency or at the reception of your hotel. It is best to go to the reserve in the morning, when the sea is calm. The cost of a visit for tourists is 20 USD for adults and 15 USD for children.
You can get to Shimoni from Nairobi like this: fly to Yukanda by plane and then by car to A14 (a little more than an hour of flight and the same amount of time on the road from Yukanda to Shimoni). In addition, you can reach the park from Mombasa - the journey time will take several hours.
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