A Guide to Watamu: |
Walking on Watamu's beach |
Practical Issues |
Watamu Causes: |
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Watamu's beach has a reputation for being quiet. So quiet, in fact, you are often not within a kilometre of the nearest sunbather or other beach walkers. Although it may seem a little busy at its northern end, the four and a half miles of pristine, white, sandy beach is, for the most part, deserted.
There is occasionally a group from Temple Point, an Italian resort in the mouth of Mida Creek, who come to the beach-side during low tide. Temple Point usually only opens during the busy months and this is the only significant crowd you are likely to encounter. During the migratory months - November through to March - many birds can be found walking the beach and feeding in the shallows.
Little moray eels, catfish, octopus and lionfish can all be found preying on the lesser creatures, baby fish and plants. A walk to the very mouth of Mida Creek at low tide is usually rewarded with some little gem or other since it is there that the largest collection of these eroded reefs is situted. These corals can be very slippery, and some have barnacles growing on them so wear a good pair of beach shoes. The sand can get pretty hot too! |
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low tide, and especially spring low tide, a number of eroded corals protrude from
the surface. Resembling giant Swiss cheeses - more the holes than the cheese -
these are home to innumerable fascinating flora and fauna of the sea. Friends: |
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