Visit Malindi and Watamu on this day tour to experience the hidden towns near Mombasa. Malindi Watamu full day trip excursion explores the main tourist attractions of Malindi and Watamu. Visit the Palace, shops, mosque and much more. Walk through the mangroves and see the wildlife. This tour is great to experience Mombasa.

After breakfast at a hotel in Malindi you are picked by a Spurfowl Safaris representative  and depart for Malindi Town, an idyllic seaside town that is deeply rooted in a colorful history that began in 1498 when Vasco de Gama first visited the location.

From the winding streets to the centuries-old houses, you will see the story of Malindi unfold before your eyes.

We take a tour to enjoy the colors and smell typically African through the old market area, stalls of spices, heaps of pineapples and watermelons, the jewelry shops in semiprecious stones, local crafts in wood, soapstone and batik.

One of the most prominent landmarks on the tour of Malindi is the Church of St. Francis Xavier, one of the oldest in East Africa that is situated near the Vasco de Gama Pillar.

You also visit the Juma Mosque and learn about the unfortunate use of the structure for slave trading until the late nineteenth century.

A visit to the ruins of Gedi near Watamu takes you to the site of an abandoned coastal town that is surrounded by an intriguing mystery that lies within the remains of mosques, houses and other archaeological finds.

Your touring time at Gedi includes tombs, the king’s palace, artifacts and a sunken court.

Enjoy sea food and coastal cuisine lunch in Watamu.

Your Malindi day excursion also includes a glass bottom boat ride in the Malindi Marine Park where you look into the depths of the Indian Ocean to observe marine life in a natural setting and snorkeling can also be arranged.

Alterantively we could take a canoe trip into the mangrove forest or take a cultural tour and visit the reptile park at Mida Creek, Watamu.

CHARGES: 

from $ 150/=