Dolphin Tour and Snorkeling in Kisite Marine Park: An Enthralling Dhow Safari Experience
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18 Ratings
Diani Beach

Embark on a dhow safari for several hours and enjoy delicious seafood. Upon arrival at Kisite Marine Park, you’ll have the opportunity to snorkel. Don’t worry if you can’t swim, as there are plenty of water taxis and guides available - you’ll never be alone. Please take note, this trip is organized locally and is not a fishing expedition.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Shimoni - You will be picked early in the morning at 7:30 am from your hotel and drive to Ukunda town and catch the Mombasa lunga lunga road to shimoni.Here you will stop and pay for the marine park fee. At 9:00 am, you will bord an Arabic dhow which will cruise you to kisite Marine Park. But on the way the captain and his cruise will pull up their socks so that you can see the friendly dolphins on the way. This is not guarantee but its 90%.In case you don’t find them on the way, you can spot them at the snorkeling area and have fun with them.
    When you reach at Kisite Marine Park, this is the place where you are going to snorkel. For those ones who do not know how to swim, there is enough water taxi and a water guide (they will never be alone!) they should not worry.
    NB Please note that we do not swim with the dolphins only watching them.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Parking fees
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Minimum 4 people.
Location
Diani Beach
will call them for pickup
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Silvia
Apr 8, 2024
a trip interesting even for children. I recommend - the weather was a bit bad, even the dolphins were hiding from us, but the trip was great. people in the village of Wasini friendly. The snorkeling was amazing. I recommend only paying attention to the weather 😉
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803zenabm
Feb 27, 2024
Great snorkelling and dolphin watching - I happened to find these guys on a google search. I wasn’t sure how good the service would be, but honestly speaking they were brilliant. They gave us a great price for a private dhow. We had a great time snorkelling. My kids have snorkelled all over the world and they said this was right up there with the best. They swam with huge fish and stingrays. We also saw many dolphins swimming around our boat. Our guide muhammad was a really nice and helpful guy. And the captain and his young helper served us fresh watermelon and pineapple. Our tour included simple lunch at wasini island. It was fresh and tasty. I would recommend a visit to the island to understand the basic lifestyle of the islanders. These people are very poor, live without water and electricity. so please don’t listen to other reviewers who are expecting luxury and criticise the island for not looking like something out of a movie. I would definitely go again.
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Fabi1017
Jan 26, 2024
A great day - Great tour! It took us an hour to get from Diani Beach to the boat. We saw some dolphins and took some great photos. Snorkeling was available as needed, the crew looked after everyone very well. Delicious lunch with a choice of fish, chicken and vegetarian. Lots of side dishes were also served.
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727jass
Nov 25, 2023
Boat trip - The boat team were great bunch. Made the day fun even with the rain. Great scenic drive both by sea and road. Would recommend.
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Dolphinbaysafar
Nov 7, 2023
Great trip. - The views were amazing,we took so many photos of dolphins,underwater photos,the baobab trees,corals etc
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Va
Jan 22, 2024
You should experience it at least once, but... - I would recommend taking part in something like this. But you should know what you are getting into. Otherwise you will quickly be disappointed. You should definitely order early breakfast at the hotel before you start the trip or at least have a few snacks with you. Because lunch is definitely not served before 1 p.m., but rather later. It is also now a tourist attraction with which the people there want to make a lot of money. 13 years ago it was even nicer. This time the boat was simply overcrowded. Some had to ride on the roof in 35 degree heat, some had no proper seats or they were squeezed together. When snorkeling there are beautiful parts of the reef with lots of colorful and different sea creatures. But there are also large areas where the reef just looks dead and you only see very few, unspectacular sea creatures. 13 years ago fins were strictly prohibited. Now there are Europeans who bring huge diving fins with them and carelessly clear half the reef with them. The food is very good though. The crabs are highly recommended. You get super delicious local food. What I don't understand at all, however, is that you have to hand over all plastic bottles before boarding the boat. To protect and keep the sea clean. Instead, they sell gas bottles and drinks cans on site? Huh? I'm not allowed to take my own bottle, which I want to take home with me, but they sell me the cans, which cannot be recycled or even burned in this country? And the captain drank milk and then threw the milk carton from the boat into the sea. I don't like that at all.
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Augus56
Jan 12, 2024
not bad but expensive and lots of journeys - real snorkeling site with a wide variety of corals and fish but a bit of a tourist factory and expensive and short for the price...
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Marco
Jan 24, 2024
Tourist trap - Old boats and overloaded with people. There is almost nothing to see. Scam restaurants. Absolutely not to go
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Christiane537
Jan 23, 2024
rip off - Please don't do that, we are so disappointed with this event! They just lie to you, say you have your own boat and your own captain, food included, diving with dolphins, none of that is true! We got on a one o'clock old boat with 30 people, the nails were sticking out and it felt like it was going 5km at most, we saw dolphins for 5 minutes and the stupid island for snorkeling is rubbish too, you have to book food separately, which we stayed away from. !!!! Rip-off!!!
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Bryan_w
Dec 22, 2023
Horrible - Everything was good in the beginning. At the end of the tour, they filled up the dhow almost over capacity. They decided to drop us off further from the pick up spot, in order to pick up paying customers. Would definitely not return
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