Sabaki River Mouth

Sabaki River Mouth
For bookings/local guides contact the Site Support Group: Sabaki River Estuary Youth Group
P.O. Box   659-80200 Malindi
Tel: + 254 (0) 42-32462
E-mail: sabaki.skimmers@yahoo.com

The Sabaki River Mouth is a renowned estuary just five miles north of Malindi and two hours drive north of Mombassa on the Kenya coast. The river mouth includes intertidal mud and sand flats as waterfowlwell as salt marshes, dunes, seasonal and permanent freshwater pools, mangroves and scrub.

The site is well known for birds such as the Malindi Pipit, Madagascar Pratincole and Zanzibar Red Bishop and has been designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA).

Visit the Sabaki River Mouth for:
•    Guided walks/ bird-watching with professional local guides
•    Breathtaking views of the estuary with thousands of birds
•    Exploration of the sand dunes & watering pools by foot
•    A stay overnight at the community eco-lodge

Don’t leave the estuary without:

•    A jar of local honey to help support conservation initiatives at the River Mouth.

Congregatory birds:
•    Madagascar Pratincoles
•    Sooty Gulls
•    Saunders’s Terns
•    Lesser Crested Terns