Scuba Diving Destinations:

Watamu Marine Park

Destination: Indian Ocean, Kenya, Watamu Marine Park

The Watamu Marine Park is a Kenyan area in which visitors, and specially divers, can enjoy a wide variety of different activities as well as relax. This marine park is also a Reserve and therefore is full of many different marine species, some of them exotic and unique in their beauty.

Divers and snorkelers who visit Kenya should have the Watamu Marine Park as a must in their itinerary. The Watamu Park receives a great amount of visitors per year who arrive not only due to the variety of marine life they can observe while diving but also to the beauty of the environment.

Due to the important amount of visitors they receive and the risks this implies to the park's marine life, the Kenya Wildlife Service has established some rules which must be followed while visiting the area. These rules forbid the collection and touching of corals, shells and marine life as well as any fishing activities in the Park area.

Besides following these rules, visitors are also asked to have an entry pass in order to have access to the different areas of the Park. This way, it is very important that they keep their tickets or entry passes and do not throw them away since they could need them while visiting the Park.

Watamu also has other very interesting areas for divers to visit. One great place located in the Watamu area in which divers could have a great time is the Turtle Bay and its surroundings. This area is suitable for experienced divers as well as for those who are just starting and need some guidance since there are PADI courses available for those visitors who might wish to take them.

The Turtle Bay Diving is being opened for divers for more than 25 years and is one of Watamu's diving main attractions. As its name indicates, in this area several different kinds of turtles of a variety of sizes can be observed by divers as well as from the shore. This way, the Watamu Marine Park and the Turtle Bay are two destinations which divers who visit Kenya should not miss.





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