Giga Destinations, Tours and Safaris
The fish and coral here compete for your attention with their vivid colours, creating an explosion of oceanic beauty. Fringing reefs, coral gardens, lagoons, seagrass, and all kinds of sea life – turtles, dolphins, fish, and shorebirds – make up Africa’s first marine park.
The water’s purity and the park’s endless diversity of marine life ensure near-perfect diving and snorkeling. Windsurfing, water skiing, deep-sea fishing, and simply swimming among the vivid waterscape of fish inhabiting this reserve are all great things to do in Kenya’s first protected marine habitat.
The 6 square kilometer (2.3 square mile) park is bordered by the 213 square kilometer (82 square mile) reserve, which includes beaches, mangroves, mudflats, and a variety of coral reefs. There are approximately 600 different fish species and over a hundred different varieties of coral in the park.
You’ll see a rainbow of coral kinds when snorkeling, diving, swimming, or just visiting, including the flat, broad potato coral, the jagged branches of staghorn coral, and the appropriately titled organ pipe and boulder brain coral.
Look for triggerfish, parrotfish, butterflyfish, grouper, emperor, and other species while fluttering over these fragile coral formations. Sea anemones, crabs, lobsters, sea cucumbers, and octopuses are among the other creatures that live in this bustling underwater world.
Green, hawksbill, olive ridley, and loggerhead sea turtles are among the numerous species that call this park home. The turtles’ existence is ensured by the diverse environments here, which provide crucial breeding locations.
The Malindi sea region has been designated as an important Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
The temperature ranges from 20°C/68°F to 300°C/860°F in the Malindi region. The rainy season is divided into two parts: long rains in March/April and brief rains in November/December.
Malindi town is located on the coast, 110 kilometers (68 kilometers) north of Mombasa.
Getting there: Giga Destinations Safaris in Mombasa may arrange a trip for you.
By air: Malindi Airport is the area’s primary aviation hub.
Deep-sea fishing — There are plenty of wahoo, kingfish, marlin, yellowfin tuna, and sailfish to be found here.
Creek fishing – For mangrove snapper, queenfish, and barracuda, look for mangrove snapper, queenfish, and barracuda.
Snorkeling and SCUBA Diving — Get up up and personal with the many coral species and the plethora of colorful fish that inhabit them at all depths.
Malindi Museum — Near the Malindi jetty is a late-nineteenth-century edifice that holds antiques and displays highlighting the town’s colonial past.
Giga Destinations Tours & Safari’s Kenya safari package offers days of bush hikes, nighttime drives in comfortable 4×4 autos, and nights spent under the stars. A Kenya safari with Giga Destination also allows you to learn about local conservation projects such as an elephant research center or a community tree-planting effort. You can appreciate nature’s majestic majesty as well as the Mara’s rich culture with Giga Destinations Kenya safari packages.
