Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park | |
Iucn Category: | II |
Map: | Kenya |
Map Width: | 300 |
Location: | Coast Province, |
Nearest City: | Mombasa |
Coordinates: | -4.7139°N 39.3622°W |
Area Km2: | 39 |
Area Ref: | [1]
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Established: | 1973 |
Governing Body: | Kenya Wildlife Service |
Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park is situated on the southern coast of Kenya near Shimoni and south of Wasini Island in Kwale County near the Tanzanian border. Kisite park covers while Mpunguti reserve covers .[1]
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.