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Kisite Mpunguti Marine National Park

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Location
  
Coast Province,  Kenya

Governing body
  
Kenya Wildlife Service

Area
  
11 km²

Established
  
1973

Nearest city
  
Mombasa

Address
  
Kenya

Phone
  
+254 800 597 000

Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park

Hours
  
Open today · 12AM–11:59PMWednesday12AM–11:59PMThursday12AM–11:59PMFriday12AM–11:59PMSaturday12AM–11:59PMSunday12AM–11:59PMMonday12AM–11:59PMTuesday12AM–11:59PM

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Shimoni Reef Lodge, Shimba Hills National, Msambw Beach House, Fish Eagle Point, The Funzi Keys

Diving at kisite mpunguti marine national park kenya green sea turtle


Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park is situated on the southern coast of Kenya near Shimoni and south of Wasini Island in Kwale District near the Tanzanian border. Kisite park covers 11 square kilometres while Mpunguti reserve covers 28 square kilometres.

The park covers an area with four small islands surrounded by coral reef.

Marine life is in abundance, including trigger fish, moray eels, angelfish, butterfly fish, groupers, parrotfish, wrasses, scorpionfish, pufferfish, damselfish, rays, snappers, green sea turtles, hawksbill turtles, and dolphins. Humpback whales and whale sharks are seasonal.

References

Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park Wikipedia