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Kenya Marine National Parks
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The Park, starting at its southern end, goes out from Leopard Point for a mile to a spot just south-west of Sand Island; then northwards for a mile along Storm Passage to just beyond the tip of North Reef, and from there back to the beach at Chanoni Point. The coastline of the park is an attractive coral-sand beach. Low tide exposes more sand and patches of sea-weed, broken by shallow pools and channels. Between the shoreline and the two main reefs, North Reef and Barracuda Reef, runs Barracuda channel. The water here is too deep for normal goggling, but the sandy bottom with its rich growth of sea-weed harbors numerous shells, particularly the common spider conch, which may often be seen on the shallower edges of the Channel. Read the rest of this entry »
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