Day Trip to Malindi and Watamu
Mombasa, Kenya
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: Flexible
Visit Malindi and Watamu on this day tour to experience the hidden towns near Mombasa. Visit the Palace, shops, mosque and much more. Walk through the mangroves and see the wildlife. This tour is great to experience Mombasa.
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Visit Malindi and Watamu on this day tour to experience the hidden towns near Mombasa. Visit the Palace, shops, mosque and much more. Walk through the mangroves and see the wildlife. This tour is great to experience Mombasa.Be picked up from your hotel in Mombasa by your guide. You will then be taken to Malindi to view the ancient buildings and attractions, namely the Jumaa mosque, village homes, shops and Palace. You will then be taken to experience the beauty of the Mida creek, 12 square miles of Mangrove forests. The creek makes an incredible transition from the coral reefs of the ocean with many wild birds inhabiting there; sandplover, egret, tern, whimbrel, curlew sandpiper and sanderling. You will then be transferred to visit to the remains of a Swahili town called Gedi. Here your guide will tell you about the history of the palace and tombs and the spectacular variety of trees including; combretum, tamarind, baobab, wild ficus and sterculia.
You will break for lunch at Watamu. Visit to the Watamu Snake Farm where the largest collection of snakes in East Africa are found. Visit the Vasco da Gama pillar, one of the oldest European monuments in Africa where you will get the history of the pillar.
Drive back to your hotel in Mombasa in the evening.
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