Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Protected area Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park is situated on the southern coast of Kenya near Shimoni and south of Wasini Island in Kwale County near the Tanzanian border. Kisite park covers Template:Convert while Mpunguti reserve covers Template:Convert.<ref name="KWS"/>

The park covers an area with four small islands surrounded by a coral reef.

Marine life is in abundance, including trigger fish, moray eels, angelfish, butterfly fish, groupers, parrotfish, wrasses, scorpionfish, pufferfish, damselfish, rays, snappers, green sea turtles, hawksbill turtles, and dolphins. Humpback whales and whale sharks are seasonal.

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