Picture-perfect resort islands.
Laid-back "go slow" Caribbean island.
Palm-fringed national-park island reached by catamaran, with a starfish-filled natural pool on the way.
Jungle island with 28 white beaches, glowing plankton at night and almost no roads, off Sihanoukville.
Zanzibar’s liveliest beach, dhow builders and turquoise shallows.
Laid-back pair of jungle islands with clear water and cheap beachfront snorkelling.
Three tiny car-free islands off Lombok — turtles, reef bars and no traffic at all.
Palm-fringed beach on Nevis.
Wild, empty rainforest beaches.
Lagoon island of white sand.
Atlantic islands off Conakry.
The gateway island of the Bijagos, with the Bruce beach, a small museum and boats to the wilder islands.
A lake of 29 islands in the terraced hills near the Congo border — canoe trips, no crocodiles, safe to swim.
Wake over a turquoise lagoon with steps down into the reef — the Maldives invented the overwater villa.
Quiet beaches and nesting turtles.
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