{"id":886,"date":"2020-02-10T07:57:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T07:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/?post_type=listing&#038;p=886"},"modified":"2020-02-10T07:57:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T07:57:28","slug":"watamu-marine-park","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/listing\/watamu-marine-park\/","title":{"rendered":"WATAMU MARINE PARK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>WATAMU MARINE PARK<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>\u201cHaven of the Green Turtle\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-carousel-extra='null' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1200px; height: 204px;\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-original-height=\"204\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 246px; height: 204px;\" data-original-width=\"246\" data-original-height=\"204\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/listing\/watamu-marine-park\/attachment\/9\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"242\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"200\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"887\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"604,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9.jpg?fit=300%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9.jpg?fit=604%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9.jpg?w=242&#038;h=200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"242\" height=\"200\" data-original-width=\"242\" data-original-height=\"200\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"9\" alt=\"9\" style=\"width: 242px; 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height: 200px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Green turtles, unique coral gardens, the Gede Ruins \u2013 the Watamu Marine National Park &amp; Reserve has it all. The park is part of a complex of marine and tidal habitats along Kenya\u2019s north coast with rich and diverse birdlife, fish, turtles, and dugongs. Visitors can enjoy the white sandy beaches, snorkeling, water skiing, windsurfing, and glass-bottomed boat tours.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Abundant BirdLife<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Over 100 species of birds are found in the cultivated gardens, shambas and bush. Commonly seen overhead is the Black Kite, whilst the Common Bulbul, White-Browed Coucal, and Speckled Mousebird can be seen scuffling in the undergrowth. Bright Yellow Canaries and Golden Palm Weavers flash in the bush, whilst the Lizard Buzzard and the Lilac Breasted Roller are often seen perched on poles and wires.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What to take with you<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Footwear, e.g. sandals or flip flops (to protect your feet from the reef)<\/p>\n<p>T-shirts (to protect your body from sunburn)<\/p>\n<p>Snorkel, mask, fins, all of which are available for hire<\/p>\n<p>Camera, hat, sunscreen, insect repellant<\/p>\n<p>Guide books<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of drinking water<\/p>\n<p>A friend(s)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Activities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Diving<\/p>\n<p>Glass Bottom<\/p>\n<p>Boat Rides<\/p>\n<p>Snorkeling<\/p>\n<p>Sun Bathing<\/p>\n<p>Water Skiing<\/p>\n<p>Wind Surfing<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Attractions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Haven of green turtle<\/p>\n<p>Unique coral garden<\/p>\n<p>Mida creek<\/p>\n<p>Kipepeo project<\/p>\n<p>Gede ruins<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATAMU MARINE PARK \u201cHaven of the Green Turtle\u201d Green turtles, unique coral gardens, the Gede Ruins \u2013 the Watamu Marine National Park &amp; Reserve has it all. The park is part of a complex of marine and tidal habitats along Kenya\u2019s north coast with rich and diverse birdlife, fish, turtles, and dugongs. Visitors can enjoy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"listing_location":[129],"listing_cat":[127,106,105,107,128,104,110],"listing_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listings\/886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"listing_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_location?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"listing_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_cat?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"listing_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goplaceskenya.com\/experiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_tag?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}