Parks & Play
Mama Ngina Waterfront
Mombasa Island
Open daily
Mama Ngina Waterfront is a redeveloped public park on the cliff above the Kilindini channel, and it's free to walk into. A two-kilometre palm-lined promenade runs along the water where you can watch ships come into port, with playgrounds, little cars for toddlers, camel and horse rides, an amphitheatre and rows of food stalls along the way. Four-hundred-year-old baobabs and open lawns make it a good, easy evening with kids.
Good to know: Late afternoon into sunset is the time to go — it gets busy and lively, and the heat has dropped.
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