Marinated with a variety of unique natural resources such as fringing reefs, coral gardens in the lagoons, sea-grass beds, mangroves, mudflats, and a high diversity of fish and marine mammals, Malindi promises great times for the water lovers. Located about 100km north of Mombasa, present marine life includes humpback dolphins, sea turtles, and shore birds. Bird species found in this marine park include; reef fish, sweetlips, surgeonfish, butterfly fish, damsels and parrotfish. Invertebrates include; sponges, marine worms, crustaceans – crabs, lobsters, crayfish and shrimps.
Famous for its vast stretch of casuarina fringed white sandy beaches, the coast resort of Malindi and also Watamu are also world leaders in accessibility, beauty and diversity of marine life which lives just offshore on Barracuda and North Reef coral reefs, turtle and whale islands.
Malindi Marine National Park & Reserve was the first Marine Protected Area to be established in Kenya in 1968 and was designated as a Biosphere Reserve under the Man & Biosphere programme of UNESCO in 1979. The Park is located South of Malindi town from the famous Vasco-Da-Gama Pillar and extending to Watamu.
