Things to do in Mombasa

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Things to do in Mombasa ...

There are so many please to visit and experience in and around Mombasa. Visit some of the sites below to discover nightlife venues, restaurants, shopping, sports, white water rafting, camel rides and more. Clicking on the photographs will also link to informative websites.

See The Real Mombasa ............................................................ www.intrepidtravel.com/Kenya

Small Group Trips In Kenya. Visit Places You Can't Get To On Your Own

Sightseeing Tours In Mombasa .................................................. www.city-discovery.com/Mombasa

Discover Mombasa with a Day Tour : Easy Booking on City Discovery!

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g294210-Activities-Mombasa_Coast_Province.html

Gede Ruins, Watamu

Bamburi Beach

Fort Jesus, Mombasa

Bamburi Beach - Category: Beaches

The Diving Instructors and Dive Masters on duty have many years of experience diving the East
African coast. Being in the middle of Bamburi Beach, the Tropical diving team can easy be reached
from other hotels. Offers all the year diving trips to the inner and outer reef and, depending on the
tide, in the morning and afternoon. Double dives and single dives are possible.

Fort Jesus Museum - Category: Monuments and Statues

Fort Jesus is a Portuguese fort built in 1591 by order of King Philip I of Portugal, then ruler of the
   joint Portuguese and Spanish Kingdoms, located on Mombasa Island to guard the Old Port of
   Mombasa, Kenya.

Gede Ruins - Category: Ancient Ruins

Gede Ruins is a 12th Century Swahili village that was mysteriously abandoned some 600 years
ago. It is now a National Museum, and the ruins are heavily overgrown with beautiful indigenous
forest trees, baobabs and tamarind.

Hippo and Tortoise at Haller Park

Jumba la Mtwana

Mamba Village, Nyali, Mombasa

Haller Park - Category: Nature and Wildlife

Haller Park is a nature park in Bamburi, Mombasa, on the Kenyan Coast. It is the transformation of
a quarry wasteland into an ecological paradiseJain Temple. Wonderful wildlife.

Jumba la Mtwana - Category: Historic Site

Clearance and excavation of the ruins were first carried out in 1972 by James Kirkman with a view
of dating the buildings, its period of occupation and consolidating buildings which were in danger
of collapse. Ten years later in 1982, Jumba la Mtwana was gazetted as a National Monument. Jumba
is legally protected under Antiquities and Monuments Laws of Kenya.

Mamba Village - Category: Educational Site

Mamba Village, which is situated in Nyali, 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. Village, which is situated in
   Nyali, is East Africa’s largest crocodile farm.

Mombasa Go-Kart, Bamburi, Mombasa

Mombasa Old Town

Nguuni Nature Sanctuary

Mombasa Go Kart - Category: Games and Entertainment

Located next to the Severin Sea Lodge Hotel and open from 4pm - 10pm Tuesday - Sunday. The
   centre has a large sports screen where you can watch football, rugby and any other major sporting
   event. There is a viewing veranda located in the bar and you can order food from the bar whilst you
   are having a drink.

Mombasa Old Town - Category: Historic Sites

Mombasa Old Town is a place to visit to appreciate the different cultures and architectures of the
Arabs, the British, the Italian and the Portuguese.

Nguuni Nature Sanctuary - Category: Nature and Wildlife

The Trust has established a small nature sanctuary at Nguu Tatu (Three Hills) an area adjoining a
shanty town development, close to Mombasa. The Sanctuary is now a home to a big number of
ostriches, elands, oryx, water bucks, giraffes and camels.

Tana River Primate Reserve, Malindi

White water rafting Tana River Primate Reserve, Malindi

Tana River Primate Reserve, Malindi

Tana River Primate Reserve - (White water rafting) - Category: National Parks

http://www.africanmeccasafaris.com/kenya/nairobi/excursions/tanawhitewaterraftingkenya.asp
  The Tana River Primate National Reserve is a mixture of savannah and riverine forest. Wonderful
  birds, the Red Colobus and Mangabey Monkeys can be seen here, as well as Grevy's Zebra, Giraffe
  Oryx, Buffalo and Lesser Kudu. The river hosts plenty of Crocodile and Hippo.

White Water Rafting on Kenya's rivers is an experience that leaves many guests to Kenya in total
awe.  First, it is the only experience where nature viewing is done in a complete opposite way: guests
view Kenya's scenic valleys, birdlife, forest and nature from the river looking out to the land.