Full dayWasini Island
Wasini Dolphin Tour
A full day on Kenya’s far south coast: dolphin watching in the channel, snorkelling over the Kisite reefs, and lunch on Wasini Island.
Snorkelling · Dolphin watching
From$70/ personView tour
Kenyan Coast & Beyond
Exploremoreof the Kenya Coast
Island escapes. Ocean adventures. Wildlife encounters. Create memories that last a lifetime.
Diani BeachKenya South Coast
Featured journeys
Days on this coast worth planning a trip around
Four of the trips our guests come back for, each run by people who live here.
Full day
Full dayFunzi Island
Funzi Island Tour
A slow day on the water in Funzi Bay — the tidal sandbank, crocodiles in the river mouth, birdlife in the mangroves and seafood under the trees.
Crocodile watching · Tidal sandbank
From$69/ personView tour
EveningMombasa
Sunset Sailing
A private sail on the Indian Ocean as the light goes — flat water, a slow pace and the coastline turning gold behind you.
Indian Ocean · Private boat
From$100/ personView tour
Full day or half dayMombasa
Sport Fishing
A day on the water with a local skipper — trolling the blue beyond the reef and bottom fishing over structure, with the crew reading the conditions.
Trolling · Bottom fishing
From$450/ personView tour
Why Placid Tours
Coastal expertise, and nothing oversold
We would rather tell you the truth about a day on the water than sell you a version of it that does not exist.
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Local knowledge
Our guides, skippers and drivers are from this coast. They know which channel the dolphins are working this week and which day is not worth going out on.
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Built around the sea
Tides and sea state set the timing here, not a printed timetable. We plan each day around what the water is actually doing on your date.
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Straight answers
No guaranteed sightings, no invented departure times, no fees hidden until the morning. If something will not work for you, we say so before you pay.
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Responsible by default
Marine parks, reefs and wildlife are approached the way they should be. A reef that survives is the reason there is anything to show the next visitor.
Where we travel
From the reef to the red earth
Coral islands, mangrove estuaries, coastal forest and open plains — plus the sea route south to Tanzania.
The coast, properly
The best days here are the ones nobody scheduled
A sandbank that only exists for three hours. Dolphins in the channel because the water was flat that morning. The walk down to a waterfall in forest an hour from the beach you have been lying on all week.
This coast does not run to a timetable, and the operators who pretend it does are the ones who disappoint people. We plan around the tide, the season and the sea — and we tell you what we are planning around, so you know why your day looks the way it does.
- Islands
- Wasini & Funzi
- Safari
- Shimba & Tsavo
- By sea
- Zanzibar & Pemba
Travel guide
Read before you come
Practical guides to the places we take people, written by the people who take them there.
City guide7 min read
Things to Do in Mombasa
Old Town, Fort Jesus, the reef beaches and the day trips that leave from the city — how to spend your time on Kenya’s coast.
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Travel guide6 min read
Wasini Island: A Travel Guide
A car-free coral island off Kenya’s far south coast — what the day looks like, what to bring, and what the water is actually like.
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Travel guide6 min read
The Best Island Tours from Mombasa
Wasini or Funzi? A straight comparison of the two island days that leave Kenya’s south coast, and how to choose between them.
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Tell us your dates and what you would like to see. We will come back with a plan, a price and honest advice about what works for the time you have.