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Mombasa Sights |
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The Bamburi
Nature Trail |
Mamba Village |
The Bobmbolulu workshops |
Kisite Marine Park
and Mpunguti Reserve
Mombasa Marine National
Park & Reserve |
The Ngomongo Village Park |
Shimba Hills
National Reserve |
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Mombasa;
Beach Hotels
, Attractions
, Architectural & Cultural Heritage
Night Spots,
Entertainment
& Fun
<Mombasa
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Haller
Park - Bamburi
The
Haller park - formerly Bamburi Nature Trail
is the largest animal sanctuary in
Mombasa. The park boasts
an
 enormous variety of animals,
reptiles, insects and botanical gardens.
Walking along the trail is the ideal way
to look at the various animals, and on
many occasions holding or feeding a
reptile such as a snake is allowed under
close supervision of a guide.
Educational videos are also shown, with
emphasis on the the history and
continuous improvement of the trail. It
was previously a barren piece of land
that had been stripped of its resources
through limestone mining, and was
redeveloped through reforestation and
conservation efforts, and is now a
habitat for a large number of flora and
fauna species.
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Mamba
Village is East Africa’s largest crocodile
farm. A tour of the farm starts with a movie
on the life cycle and
 behaviour of
crocodiles, followed by a comprehensive tour
of the rest of farm, and ends with the
highlight of the day: a spectacular scene of
blood-thirsty crocodiles fighting for food
during feeding time.
Excellent
cuisine is available at the Mamba
Restaurant, and the house specialty is
superbly grilled crocodile meat. Souvenirs
of your visit can be bought at the Mamba
Souvenir shop located within the village
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Mombasa Marine National
Park & Reserve
The park is 10 km2 while the reserve is
200 km2. Both the park and reserve are marine protected areas . Their coastline is heavily
developed with tourist facilities. One can hire boats to get into the Marine Park or
water sports facilities.
The place is ideal for diving.
Kisite Marine Park
and Mpunguti Reserve
Kisite and Mpunguti Marine Parks are located on the
south coast off Shimoni and south of Wasini Island in Kwale The complex covers
a marine area with four small islands surrounded by coral-reef. Kisite island is a small waterless coral island, 8 km offshore in
the Marine Park. Coral platforms around the raised central portion
are exposed at low tide. The three other coral islets in the park
(Mpunguti ya Juu, Mpunguti ya Chini and Liwe la Jahazi) lie closer
to the larger Wasini Island, are scrub covered and support no significant
wildlife or birds. The surrounding waters have well developed coral
gardens and a large variety of fish.
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Shimba Hills
National Reserve
Only 56km south of Mombasa, this reserve
 is a great option for holidaymakers who fancy a day
away from the town and the beach. It is the
only reserve in the country where you will see
sable antelope, a tall sleek animal with
beautiful horns which is unfortunately hunted
for meat elsewhere. The reserve has rolling
hills covered in jungle and grassland. At the
baited water hole at Shimba Lodge it is possible
that you will see leopard and plenty of elephant. Shimba Lodge is a
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The Bombolulu workshops
The Bombolulu
workshops are located along the north
coast of Mombasa. Founded in 1969,
 Bombolulu Workshops is a Project of the
Association for the Physically Disabled
in Kenya (APDK). It is a major Tourist
attraction which consists of a Cultural
Centre with 8 traditional homesteads.
The Centre also runs a traditional
Restaurant and entertains guests with
traditional dances throughout the day.
The Centre is run by the "Association
for
the physically disabled" and employs
150-disabled craftsmen/women who produce jewellery, handprinted textiles, wood
carvings and leather crafts. The
products are sold in a large showroom
and exported to 20 countries. Bombolulu
Workshops have grown to be one of the
biggest rehabilitation centres in Kenya
and has built a reputation as one of
Kenyans most reliable exporters.
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The
Ngomongo Village Park
 All of rural Kenya in
one spot ! Ngomongo Villages Park is a
collection of nine (9) diverse Kenya tribal
homesteads; each complete with hut, cultivated
crops, domestic and wild animals ( like
crocodiles for the El molo man) wild animal
traps, charms and fetishes, tinsmiths and even a
village witch doctor!
Each village has activities for you to engage
in, including archery, boating, rafting, tasting
traditional foods and liquor, forest walk, hook
fishing, grinding and pounding maize.
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Wasini
Island
Only five kilometres long and one
 across, Wasini
is a great place to escape to. Heavily wooded
with no cars, roads or running water, you are
guaranteed peace here. It takes a couple of
hours to stroll around the island on narrow
footpaths and en route you will come across
Muslim ruins, local women and men at work in the
sun, and coral gardens which you can walk
through - rather like snorkelling on land.
Occasionally during spring tides, these gardens
are claimed back by the sea when the tides rush
in. Wasini Restaurant runs a regular boat
service between Shimoni and the island.
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