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Malindi Marine National Park

Africa’s Oldest Marine Park, Magic Islands, Zebra fish

Malindi Marine Park and Reserve was the first marine protected areas in Kenya, established in 19968 and designated as a biosphere research under Man and Biosphere reserve and Biosphere Reserve programme of UNESCO in 1979.The park is located south of malindi town extending to Mida creek , neighbouring Gede ruins and Arabuko Sokoke and enveloped by a national reserve and a 100 ft strip pf coastal land starting from Vasco-da-Gama pillar to Watamu.

Malindi Marine Park is well endowed with a variety of unique resources such as fringing

Reefs, coral gardens in the lagoons, sea grass beds,mangroves,mudflats and a high diversity of fish and marine mammals (eg.dolphins),Turtles and Shorebirds. Among the species of fish found in the Malindi marine [Park include coral reef fish, sweetlips, surgeonfish, butterfly fish, damsels and parrotfish.

On the leeward side of north reef which has a low coral cover with large schools of Barracuda and the occasional reef shark commonly encountered as a well large rays that feed on the bottom. Whether snorkelling or scuba diving you are sure to marvel at the underwater beauty and may just bump into other regular visitors to the malindi marine park who include sea turtles feeding on the thallasia beds and dolphins feeding on shimmering schools of sardine.