Arabuko Sokoke National Forest With its 420 sq kms this is the largest indigenous coastal forest remaining in East Africa. A variety of ancient monument sites, including the Gede ruins (see below) are all within its boundaries. The whole area has been declared a UN Biosphere Reserve, of which there are relatively few in the world. More info here Mida Creek The Creek is about 6 kms long, from its spectacular entrance from the sea and its dramatic water currents and coral outcrops, through an enveloping mangrove forest to the far ends that are a tangled ribbon of channels and sandbanks, ideal places for wetland birds to feed at low tide More info here Gede Ruins This is a 12th century Swahili village that was mysteriously abandoned some 600 years ago for unknown reasons. It is now a National Museum. The ruins are heavily overgrown with beautiful indigenous trees, baobas and tamarind.  More info here Kipepeo Butterfly Project This innovative project, right at the entrance to Gede Ruins, aims at giving the forest edge communities opportunities to get an income directly from the forest, by live breeding the unique butterflies of the Arabuko-Sokoke-Forest and sending them to live butterfly display centers around the world.  More info here